{"id":87858,"date":"2026-02-11T20:33:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/degreed.com\/experience\/?p=87858"},"modified":"2026-03-27T21:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T21:18:13","slug":"ai-is-getting-smarter-is-your-workforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/degreed.com\/experience\/blog\/ai-is-getting-smarter-is-your-workforce\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Is Getting Smarter Every Day. Is Your Workforce?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

AI is changing work. As a result, adaptability has become non-negotiable. Your business will only make it as far as the speed and agility of your workforce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI alone is not an advantage; it is already democratized and as readily accessible to your competitors as it is to you. So, the differentiator becomes your people. This year more than ever, we need to be investing in human development as much or more than we invest in technology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As leaders, we need to not only make each human more productive, but also ensure each one is smarter and better skilled than yesterday. That is what\u2019s going to be the prerequisite for organizational health and growth in the AI era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Learning Landscape in 2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

So, it all starts and ends with people. That was true last year, and the year prior. What has changed are the tools we have at our disposal to enable our people. Let\u2019s take a look at how that is evolving:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. The importance of skills is growing.<\/strong> The rate of innovation means skills are changing faster than ever. The half-life of skills is shrinking dramatically, especially for AI skills<\/a>. We’re starting to see organizations thrive as they enable and lean into skill-based adaptability. Having a clearer picture of your workforce skills illuminates where employees can upskill, adjust, and grow quickly and in all the right ways for the business.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. AI can power personalized learning experiences that were never scalable in the past. <\/strong>Employees can now practice and apply new learnings on demand in a low-risk environment. AI coaching empowers and enables every employee to learn at the time that is right for them and receive personalized, timely feedback to help them cement knowledge and upskill more effectively. Plus, AI is continually improving its ability to incorporate and retain individual learning context, which means the feedback it provides is also getting better and better.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. AI just opened a huge frontier of skill, learning, and content data.<\/strong> AI provides the ability to evaluate a large body of learning experiences. You can now look at all learning content, articles, courses, podcasts, classes, and degrees collectively, and collect the data to see which content and pathways are actually creating the skill-based outcomes your organization is looking for. This is an entirely new set of data than what has been available in the past.  It makes it easier to deploy impactful skill development at scale.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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