The sudden shift to remote work in 2020 put particular spotlight on L&D, especially online training. On LinkedIn Learning alone, users watched 7.7 million hours of courses in April 2020, three times the amount watched in February of that year. A separate May survey from LinkedIn also noted the growing importance of learning overall, with 68% of respondents saying that the level of urgency around learning program launches has “increased substantially.”
The push to all-online learning out of necessity may be a boon to workforce development in the long run, Monne Williams, partner at McKinsey & Co, said in a McKinsey Live panel in November.