240 People leaders, three months of interviews, one report.
We interviewed 240 senior People leaders across 18 countries to produce the 2026 State of L&D report. Three themes dominated: AI-augmented delivery, the return to in-person cohorts for senior-level work, and a structural shift toward measurable outcomes.
The full report is 64 pages. The short version: budgets are flat, expectations are up, and the function is being asked to defend itself in language it has not historically used.