Degreed unveiled a suite of new AI-driven workforce development solutions at its flagship LENS 2026 conference in Orlando, Florida. The announcements focus on helping global enterprises accelerate workforce transformation, build AI-ready skills, and improve business outcomes through more adaptive learning systems.
The new innovations aim to address a growing gap between AI investment and organizational readiness. Research cited from McKinsey & Company shows that while 92% of companies plan to increase AI investments, only 1% consider themselves mature in AI adoption. This gap often causes transformation initiatives to stall due to insufficient workforce readiness.
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To help close that gap, Degreed introduced Degreed Solution Accelerators, a set of outcome-based programs designed to help organizations quickly develop workforce capabilities at scale. These pre-built but customizable solutions align workforce learning with specific business goals.
The first two Solution Accelerators focus on Leadership Transformation and AI Fluency. The Leadership Transformation solution combines assessments, benchmarking, and a structured Leadership Academy to strengthen leadership effectiveness and drive measurable performance improvements across teams. Meanwhile, the AI Fluency solution provides curated learning content, guided practice, and measurement tools that help employees apply AI responsibly in daily work while following clear governance guidelines.
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A key component of the announcement is Degreed Maestro, an AI-powered system designed to help organizations manage the human side of transformation. Maestro identifies friction points, confidence gaps, and misaligned incentives that often slow adoption of new technologies. Features such as Guided Conversations and Skills Check-In allow companies to collect reliable skill data while helping employees calibrate their proficiency levels based on company-defined frameworks.
Degreed also introduced infrastructure upgrades aimed at supporting enterprise-scale learning ecosystems. New Tenant Workspaces enable organizations to segment users by region, team, or business unit while maintaining centralized governance. Additional security features, including View as a User, allow administrators to troubleshoot accounts safely without compromising system integrity.
According to David Blake, the key to successful transformation lies not only in technology adoption but also in preparing people for change. By combining AI-powered insights with workforce capability development, Degreed aims to help organizations turn AI investments into sustainable improvements in productivity and performance.
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