A study on digital learning, learning and development interventions and learnability of working executives in corporates

Purpose – The digital learning and learning & development (L&D) at workplaces in corporates is having a significant challenge, where only about 1% of the week is spent on L&D by the employees. There are an array ofrecentL&Dreports – byDeloitte,2019;Skillsoft ’ s,2019;LinkedInWorkplaceLearningReport-2019;UKL&D Report-2019; FICCI-NASSCOM and EY “ Future of Jobs ” Report-2017 – which have clearly been indicating that the digital learning is fast-emerging as one of the realistic option. The employees invest their time and energy for skilling/up-skilling/re-skilling for remaining relevant to the emerging business context under volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA) world and also coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is being researched. Design/methodology/approach – The L&D interventions have primary objective of enhancing skills, competencies and career growth among employees, and the learning engagement styles/ systems are undergoing dramatic paradigm shifts. There is dire need to understand the impact of sweeping changes with Industry 4.0 and HR 4.0; however, there are only a few industry-centric studies that are available to assess the impact of technology on L&D with digital learning. Hence, there is a need to study the factors influencing varioussegmentsofworkforceinlargecorporates,wherethelearningengagementwithdigitallearningisfast-emergingamongcorporates. Findings – Giventhedigitallearning/L&Dcontextincorporates,thisresearchpaperhasattemptedtoreview and analyse the opportunities, challenges and emerging trends with respect to leveraging technology and innovation to enhance L&D to deliver the business goals, under the 70:20:10 framework, with case analysis of tendifferentcorporates(acrossdifferentindustrysectors)viz.,Genpact,Nexval,Airbus,Siemens,AstraZenecaPharma,HPCL,HGS(BPM),HP,FlipkartandIBM.TheA-to-ZofTalentManagementandLeadership Development(adoptedversionfromIndiaLeadershipAcademy,PublicisSapient,2019)bestpracticesareanalysed,summarizedandpresentedtoindicateemergingtrendsinIndustry4.0era. Research limitations/implications