{"id":41484,"date":"2020-02-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mt4business.wpenginepowered.com\/report\/back-to-the-future\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T14:17:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T14:17:54","slug":"back-to-the-future","status":"publish","type":"report","link":"https:\/\/www.mindtools.com\/thought-leadership\/reports\/back-to-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to the Future: Why tomorrow&#8217;s workforce needs a learning culture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div\n  id=\"bb-block-wrapper-1927877225\"\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-1414307676\"\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 >Why do learning investments keep rising, but impact keeps falling? Why is it smarter to invest in culture over digital? And how do top-performing companies make the most from their L&amp;D efforts?<\/h3>\n\n    \n  <\/div>\n<\/div> \n\n\n<p>That\u2019s what we explore in our new research paper <em>Back to the Future: Why tomorrow\u2019s workforce needs a learning culture<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/div> \n\n\n<div\n  id=\"bb-block-wrapper-1863243\"\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-1183866807\"\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 ><\/h3>\n\n            <p class=\"bb-heading-block__subheading\" >In this report, Gent Ahmetaj, PhD, Head of Insight and Analytics for Mindtools looks at:<\/p>\n    \n  <\/div>\n<\/div> \n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The last decade<\/strong> \u2013 Investment in tech rose by 3% in 2020. But only 15% of learning leaders grew their business through innovation. (That\u2019s 3% lower than in 2019). We explore why<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Today<\/strong> \u2013 In 2020, we find that 71% of high-impact learning cultures (HILCs) involve learners at the design stage. (Compare that to an overall average of 21%.) We show how they do it<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The next decade<\/strong> \u2013 Learning leaders at HILCs are 10 times more likely to see sustainable growth, transformation, productivity and profitability. We show what they do differently.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/div> \n\n\n<div\n  id=\"bb-block-wrapper-108303783\"\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-1945321450\"\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 >Stats you can trust<\/h3>\n\n    \n  <\/div>\n<\/div> \n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This research draws on insights from our Learning Performance Benchmark. Formerly of Towards Maturity, it remains the only free, independent and confidential benchmarking tool for L&amp;D professionals. Our new report pulls data from 1,123 organizations and 9,000 employees from 83 countries across 22 sectors. To bring you insights, we track the health and impact of organizational learning. That means measuring businesses\u2019 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-736064776\"\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-1042232122\"\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>Discover what makes a high-impact learning culture, what they do differently, and how you can beat the odds to see success from your learning and development (L&#038;D) strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":42216,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1923,176],"tags":[],"research-report-types":[1946],"topic":[1945],"class_list":["post-41484","report","type-report","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learning-and-development","category-strategy","research-report-types-strategy","topic-learning-and-development"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Back to the Future: Why tomorrow&#039;s workforce needs a learning culture - Mindtools<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Download the Mind Tools&#039; 2020 Annual L&amp;D Benchmark Report. 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