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The Challenge of Keeping Up With New Skills

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Work is changing faster than formal skills building can manage.

Work is changing faster than formal skills building can manage.

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Mon Aug 03 2026

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More than half of employees (56 percent) and managers (52 percent) are learning new skills they need to do their jobs by figuring it out on their own. That is according to TalentLMS’s report, Speed-to-Skill: The Race Against Skill Decay, based on data from 1,500 US respondents, including 964 managers and 536 employees.

More than half of employees (56 percent) and managers (52 percent) are learning new skills they need to do their jobs by figuring it out on their own. That is according to TalentLMS’s report, Speed-to-Skill: The Race Against Skill Decay, based on data from 1,500 US respondents, including 964 managers and 536 employees.

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