{"id":39882,"date":"2021-07-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mt4business.wpenginepowered.com\/report\/innovate-dominate-decline\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T11:55:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T11:55:30","slug":"innovate-dominate-decline","status":"publish","type":"report","link":"https:\/\/www.mindtools.com\/thought-leadership\/reports\/innovate-dominate-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovate, Dominate or Decline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div\n  id=\"bb-block-wrapper-603945263\"\n  class=\"bb-block-wrapper bb-container-block-wrapper bb-block-wrapper--margin-bottom--d-lg \"style=\"\n    color: inherit;\n    background-color: transparent;\n            background-image: none;\n        background-size: cover;\n    background-repeat: no-repeat;\n    background-position: center center;\n  \"\n>\n  <div class='bb-block bb-container-block'>\n    \n\n<div\n  id=\"bb-block-wrapper-276323038\"\n  class=\"bb-block-wrapper bb-heading-block-wrapper\"style=\"\n    color: inherit;\n    background-color: transparent;\n            background-image: none;\n        background-size: cover;\n    background-repeat: no-repeat;\n    background-position: center center;\n  \"\n>\n  <div class='bb-block bb-heading-block bb-heading-block--align-left'>\n\n        <h3 >Today, organizations face relentless competition. Numerous research reports, academic and corporate, point to the fact that organizations need to be faster, better, and more responsive in order to maintain a competitive advantage.<\/h3>\n\n    \n  <\/div>\n<\/div> \n\n\n<p>Despite the high degree of uncertainty, this research uses a mixed-methods approach, qualitative and quantitative insights, to expand our understanding of organizational learning. It aggregates the views of organizational leaders who are on the front-line of decision-making when it comes to learning and development. Our aim is to provide a clear view of the current situation and of the future outlook for L&amp;D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We highlight that organizations depend more than ever on their L&amp;D leaders and teams to ensure that they thrive in a complex, volatile, and ambiguous world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The opportunity is there, the question now is whether L&amp;D leaders are ready to spearhead a once-in-a-generation organizational transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/div> \n\n\n<div\n  id=\"bb-block-wrapper-1255232229\"\n  class=\"bb-block-wrapper bb-container-block-wrapper bb-block-wrapper--margin-bottom--d-lg \"style=\"\n    color: inherit;\n    background-color: transparent;\n            background-image: none;\n        background-size: cover;\n    background-repeat: no-repeat;\n    background-position: center center;\n  \"\n>\n  <div class='bb-block bb-container-block'>\n    \n\n<div\n  id=\"bb-block-wrapper-1815585686\"\n  class=\"bb-block-wrapper bb-heading-block-wrapper\"style=\"\n    color: inherit;\n    background-color: transparent;\n            background-image: none;\n        background-size: cover;\n    background-repeat: no-repeat;\n    background-position: center center;\n  \"\n>\n  <div class='bb-block bb-heading-block bb-heading-block--align-left'>\n\n        <h3 >In this research report, we look at:<\/h3>\n\n    \n  <\/div>\n<\/div> \n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Where are we now?<\/strong> \u2013 For the first time in 5 years the Organizational Learning Index, which tracks the health and impact of the L&amp;D industry, has gone up. We explore the trends that made this possible<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Breaking path dependency<\/strong> \u2013 Diverging from past decisions is no easy feat. However, modifying old ways of working and learning just isn\u2019t enough &#8211; we need something radically better<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Thinking about the future<\/strong> \u2013 If ever there was a time for L&amp;D to play a strategic role and aim to embed a high-impact learning culture, it\u2019s now. Fundamental to this role is a long-term orientation. We explore three key mindsets that top performing L&amp;D leaders consistently rely on: a) disciplined imagineers, b) architects of performance, c) resilient system builders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>How to become a top performing L&amp;D team <\/strong>\u2013 Using several advanced statistical methods, we provide L&amp;D leaders with guided roadmaps that are underpinned by years of research. The guided roadmaps provide an evidence-based approach to transitioning from being reactive and transactional to being proactive and strategic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/div> \n\n\n<div\n  id=\"bb-block-wrapper-798911062\"\n  class=\"bb-block-wrapper bb-container-block-wrapper bb-block-wrapper--margin-bottom--d-lg \"style=\"\n    color: inherit;\n    background-color: transparent;\n            background-image: none;\n        background-size: cover;\n    background-repeat: no-repeat;\n    background-position: center center;\n  \"\n>\n  <div class='bb-block bb-container-block'>\n    \n\n<div\n  id=\"bb-block-wrapper-1436536666\"\n  class=\"bb-block-wrapper bb-heading-block-wrapper\"style=\"\n    color: inherit;\n    background-color: transparent;\n            background-image: none;\n        background-size: cover;\n    background-repeat: no-repeat;\n    background-position: center center;\n  \"\n>\n  <div class='bb-block bb-heading-block bb-heading-block--align-left'>\n\n        <h2 >Stats you can trust<\/h2>\n\n    \n  <\/div>\n<\/div> \n\n\n<p>This research draws on insights from our\u00a0Learning Performance Benchmark. It remains the only free, independent and confidential benchmarking tool for L&amp;D professionals. Our new report pulls data from 995 organizations and 6,000+ employees from 83 countries across 22 sectors. To bring you insights, we track the health and impact of organizational learning. That means measuring the impact of L&amp;D strategies, their digital innovation and behavioural change.<\/p>\n\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/div> \n\n\n<div\n  id=\"bb-block-wrapper-48484271\"\n  class=\"bb-block-wrapper bb-container-block-wrapper bb-block-wrapper--has-background-colour\n  bb-block-wrapper--full-width-contained\n bb-block-wrapper--padding-top--d-md  bb-block-wrapper--padding-bottom--d-md  bb-block-wrapper--margin-bottom--d-lg \"style=\"\n    color: inherit;\n    background-color: #DADAFE;\n            background-image: none;\n        background-size: cover;\n    background-repeat: no-repeat;\n    background-position: center center;\n  \"\n>\n  <div class='bb-block bb-container-block'>\n    \n\n<div\n  id=\"bb-block-wrapper-240384209\"\n  class=\"bb-block-wrapper bb-heading-block-wrapper\"style=\"\n    color: inherit;\n    background-color: transparent;\n            background-image: none;\n        background-size: cover;\n    background-repeat: no-repeat;\n    background-position: center center;\n  \"\n>\n  <div class='bb-block bb-heading-block bb-heading-block--align-left'>\n\n        <h2 >Want to apply these solutions to your organization?<\/h2>\n\n    \n  <\/div>\n<\/div> \n\n\n<p>Mindtools helps you equip your managers and leaders with critical skills and capabilities.<br>Together, we can cultivate resilient managers and leaders who lead with skills, insight and empathy.<\/p>\n\n\n<div \n    class=\"bb-buttons-block bb-buttons-block--align-  \"\n>\n\t\n<a\n\thref=\"https:\/\/www.mindtools.com\/talk-to-the-team\/\"\t\t\tclass=\"\n        bb-button bb-button-- \n        bb-button-- \n         \n                        \"\n\tstyle=\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\"\n>Talk to our team to find out more\n<\/a>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/div> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore how top performing L&#038;D leaders navigate through uncertainty, balance efficiency and innovation, and have real impact on their organizations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":42208,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1923,176],"tags":[],"research-report-types":[1946],"topic":[1945,1949],"class_list":["post-39882","report","type-report","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learning-and-development","category-strategy","research-report-types-strategy","topic-learning-and-development","topic-performance-management"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Innovate, Dominate or Decline - Mindtools<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Download Mindtools&#039; 2021 Annual Benchmark Report. 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