A new learning algorithm

“Imagine a world where AI doesn’t just automate tasks but frees us to focus on strengthening the unique qualities critical to human advancement: creativity, leadership, learning, and trust.”
– Jim Stratton, Chief Technology Officer, Workday, on World Economic Forum

Learning & Development is getting a hard reset.

To keep pace, imagine the 5 biggest L&D trends of 2025 as a new learning algorithm, with AI+human interaction at the top:

def build_modern_L&D():
AI_fluency = prioritize(human_machine_collaboration)
mindset = reinforce(resilience + EQ + adaptability)
learning_path = design(skill_based_model)
impact = measure(behavior_change + business_outcomes)
leadership = rewire(for_inclusivity + purpose + agility)
return sustainable_performance

Why now? Because 2025 marks the rise of the Frontier Firm—organizations that operationalize AI with skills, guardrails, and redesigned workflows—and L&D is the engine that makes it stick.

The Microsoft + LinkedIn Work Trend Index 2025 shows 82% of leaders saying this is a pivotal year to rethink key aspects of strategy and operations, 81% say they expect agents to be moderately or extensively integrated into their company’s AI strategy in the next 12–18 months. Adoption is accelerating: 24% of leaders say their companies have already deployed AI organization-wide, while just 12% remain in pilot mode.

McKinsey underscores mindset—resilience, adaptability, EQ—as foundational human capabilities in disruption.

And Deloitte’s Human Capital Trends 2025 reframes leadership around intangible skills—judgment, empathy, purpose, sense-making—so organizations can turn tensions into triumphs and deliver better business and human outcomes.

Measurement seals it: Impact must show up as behavior and results, not just completions.

This isn’t a nice-to-have update—it’s your new L&D operating system.

Turn these trends into impact for your organization. Contact us or talk to your Advantage partner to get started.

One great thing for 08.26.25 – Want to see this algorithm in action? Join us Friday, Sept. 5, for our continuing finale series of The Intangibles featuring IntelliPRINT—an AI-powered leadership assessment that helps leaders align who they are with how they lead. Register now!