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Research: CIPD Skills and Learning at Work Survey 2026
L&D professionals have a valuable and important opportunity to share the reality of workplace learning today. Honest responses will help benchmark current practice, shape future tools and resources, and inform national policy, making it vital that voices from across the profession are heard. Find out more about the CIPD research. The CIPD Skills and Learning at Work Survey 2026 is open, and it matters that L&D voices are part of it. Since 2020 the CIPD have worked with Laura Overton,…
TJ Newsflash 6 May – AI training fails, CEOs chase value, and skills lag
The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: Beyond AI readiness, noise is making workers ill, AI-driven job cuts accelerate, insider fraud rises, cyber hiring stalls, BYO AI spreads, manager engagement dips, coaching booms, and CIPD Festival of Work 2026 opens. Why AI readiness training fails In its 2026 AI Readiness Gap report, Docebo found that 85% of employees say they can’t apply the AI training they’ve received to their day-to-day…
TJ Newsflash 28 April – Training, neurodiversity, hidden skills and mobility reshape retention
The latest L&D news, reports, research and updates, personally compiled by TJ’s Editor, Jo Cook. This week: AI anxiety climbs as productivity gains spread, temps become pathways, and the boss envies informal leaders. Apprenticeships, LinkedIn’s ‘taste test’, AI compliance pressures, job-hugging, wellbeing gaps, hybrid hiring shifts, and certifications feature. Employers hesitate to train high-turnover workers — but training may strengthen retention Employer-provided training “may be reinforcing, rather than narrowing, existing gaps in the labour market,” said Indeed Hiring Lab in…
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