Very few industries are immune to the need for an AI learning strategy. A paper looking at the economic effects of ChatGPT concluded that large language models (LLMs) alone will affect at least 10 percent of tasks for 80 percent of U.S. workers — and that’s before adding in software and tooling.

Yet many leaders seem to be delaying adding AI learning opportunities into their employee development strategies. Over half of workers in a recent UiPath survey said they haven’t received any AI education or guidelines about using AI at work.

Providing employee development opportunities to learn AI skills and explore all that’s possible with the technology must be a strategic imperative for two very good reasons: Your competitors are already learning how to harness AI for their benefit, and your employees will likely be exploring AI even without official guidance.