More than half of Indian business leaders recognise skills shortages as a critical hindrance to future growth, but few plan to increase their training investments over the next three years, according to the research titled “Future Workforce Study”. Four in five (80 per cent) also recognise that their workforce is underprepared to adopt advanced technologies.
“The commitment to using advanced technologies for growth needs to be supported by an equal commitment to transforming the organization for the future,” said Sunit Sinha, Managing Director at Accenture. The study is based on a survey of 1,100 workers across skill levels in India and a survey of 100 senior executives in India.
The vast majority of workers expressed the need for training, with 93 per cent saying it will be important to learn new skills if they are to work with intelligent technologies in the next three to five years, and even more (95 per cent) saying they believe that AI will help them do their job more efficiently, the study said. (IANS)