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Challenging clichés around the fate of L&D budgets in difficult times, Jo Cook of Lightbulb Moment concludes training is in fact more crucialthan ever!


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t the age of 19 I studied journalism and I remember my choice being critiqued because, or so I was told, in a recession,


magazine subscriptions are one of the first things to get cancelled hen a natural career step took me into L&D I recall similar comments made because training budgets alays get cut first ell, m more than 0 years on from both of those conversations and glad to see that the 0 orkplace Learning eport


from LinkedIn Learning1 has reported that L budgets are going up n the report, Linkedns ice resident


of Talent Development, Linda Cai said: “The responsibility of learning has always been to help organisations navigate uncertainty and chaos in the orld As we move on from lockdowns and try to cope ith other significant global problems, this “uncertainty and chaos is palpable ur organisations are having to respond to, operate within, and support their people through this, and so workplace training remains a


crucial part of that strategy Drivers of work culture, in a report


from lint, including belonging, support for well-being, employees being able to have initiative and more lso on their list is the opportunity to learn and gro Not only is that the number-one driver of work culture, but it also moved up eight places in the to years to 0 his isnt surprising hen theres a skills shortage and much discussion of the ‘Great esignation pportunities to learn and grow are extremely important when applying for a job, according to Gallup3, and theres a groing feeling amongst orkers, especially those aged -, that they feel empoered hey want to expand their knowledge and skills, they want to be useful, and they want their work and workplace to have meaning to them


This means that learning opportunities


need to support the functional need of the organisation but also the personal development needs of its people Considerations include topics, length of time and modalities ith digital learning fatigue an increasing issue  or certainly as reported by  of respondents to a Fosway digital learning survey  e need to consider a huge variety of different development options e need to ensure that managers and


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