L&D | Why the course is a non-starter when it comes to upskilling

By Steve Dineen, Founder & President, Fuse

The learning industry has been relentlessly focused on skills for years now, with L&D teams caught up in courses as the solution to skilling people for tomorrow. But here’s the thing: while courses have a valuable role to play in reskilling, they’re a non-starter when it comes to upskilling.

Upskilling for today, reskilling for tomorrow

The biggest problem in L&D today is that reskilling and upskilling are both characterised by course-based learning. How can that be when the two serve different purposes? Reskilling seeks to equip people with skills they can apply in the future, whereas upskilling is focused on driving performance in the here and now.