India Inc's learning & development model badly needs an update; here's why

Over four-fifths of respondents (82 per cent) said that L&D activities needed to be technology-enabled, and almost one in three said their preferred learning medium was mobile

A survey of 5,300 middle managers in 180 companies spread across 13 industries shows employee disconnect with corporate India’s human capital development efforts. 

A little over half (55 per cent) of those surveyed felt that their organisation’s learning and development (L&D) interventions were not very relevant or aligned to business. Only 38 per cent said their company’s L&D strategy was core to the organisation strategy. Fifty-five per cent of those surveyed were happy about the learning and growth opportunities provided by their organisation. 

Almost 66 per cent identified the lack of ready-to-implement tips and relevance as the biggest challenge to L&D