Free report · 2024 edition

L&D Trends for 2024

The five priorities we heard most from global brands, enterprises and startups, with practical next steps for each one.

L&D Trends for 2024 report cover
  • Skills-based learning: a 5-step plan, from skills taxonomies to feedback loops
  • Microlearning: why focused microlessons help people remember
  • AI in L&D: the tools, prompt tips and how to move from experiments to everyday use
  • Learning in the flow of work, and how to measure business impact

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What's inside

Five trends, each with practical next steps

Every section pairs the trend with steps, prompts or templates you can use.

Trend 1 · Page 3

Skills-based learning

Map skills, run a gap analysis, build competency frameworks and create skills-based learning paths.

Trend 2 · Page 14

Microlearning

How chunking, repetition and recall help microlessons stick, before and after classroom training.

Trend 3 · Page 18

AI-powered learning

The tools worth knowing, how to write better prompts, and how L&D can lead AI adoption.

Trend 4 · Page 26

Learning in the flow of work

What it looks like day to day, and the channels, formats and triggers that make it work.

Trend 5 · Page 29

Business impact

Moving beyond completion rates to time saved, ramp time, internal mobility and ROI.

Throughout

Prompts and templates

Copy-and-paste AI prompts, plus links to skills matrices for six job functions.

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