The Great Learning Disconnect: What Your Employees Aren't Telling You

Learning and development efforts are falling short. Despite significant investments, employee engagement remains stagnant, costing businesses trillions in lost productivity. Meanwhile, 70% of workers worry their skills may soon become irrelevant due to AI and technological changes.

This disconnect between organizational learning initiatives and employee needs is real, pervasive, and costly. But why does it persist?

Lighthouse Research & Advisory, in partnership with Adobe, set out to answer this question. Our comprehensive study of 2,000 workers across generations and industries reveals:

• How the right learning tech can turn AI anxiety into a catalyst for engagement
• The surprising factor that drives learning across all age groups
• Why empowering learning cultures significantly outperform those focused on mandatory training
• The hidden link between skill development and employee loyalty

These insights offer a new perspective on workplace learning, revealing both challenges and opportunities that many organizations overlook.

Discover the practical steps you can take to close the learning gap in your organization. Your employees want to grow. This report shows you how to help them.