So, what might the future look like?

Future of L&D only, nothing more.

What will never change for employees?

(Inspired the book Same as ever - by Morgan Housel)

Employees will want to learn - to grow, to deepen expertise, to stretch, to prove a point - many "humann" reasons.

Employees will want to grow - laterally, vertically, monetarily, mentally etc etc.

Almost always, growth will be accompanied by learning and many a time learning will be a pre-requisite to growth.

Learning will always be required - the mode might change, but learning will be required.

Multiple modes of learning will co-exist

Whatever else happens, Human intelligence will need to be sharpened. Call it soft skills or call it real skills (I love this term), this will always need to be sharpened. And then there is raw intelligence, visioning, strategising - another set of skills. Every willing to be sharpened by technological aids.

So learning, growth, human skills will always be valuable.

Now within real skills, you can break it down - and almost everything will continue to be required. In fact, as I often argue, it will continue to be a differentiator for ever.

Yes, the modes will keep changing (and I hope it changes better than it has in 20 years).

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