{"id":752846,"date":"2026-11-12T00:55:20","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T21:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-training-alone-cant-close-the-gap-between-ai-adoption-and-roi\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T00:55:20","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T21:55:20","slug":"why-training-alone-cant-close-the-gap-between-ai-adoption-and-roi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-training-alone-cant-close-the-gap-between-ai-adoption-and-roi\/","title":{"rendered":"Why training alone can\u2019t close the gap between AI adoption and ROI"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af4e93c7f733\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6af4e93c7f733\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-training-alone-cant-close-the-gap-between-ai-adoption-and-roi\/#Without_agreed-upon_outcomes_teams_default_to_speed\" >Without agreed-upon outcomes, teams default to speed<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-training-alone-cant-close-the-gap-between-ai-adoption-and-roi\/#Teams_are_told_to_use_AI_then_hit_roadblocks\" >Teams are told to use AI, then hit roadblocks<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-training-alone-cant-close-the-gap-between-ai-adoption-and-roi\/#Build_the_structure_AI_needs_to_deliver_ROI\" >Build the structure AI needs to deliver ROI<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.thenextweb.com\/2026\/10\/ai-chip-render-light-blue-background.avif\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-main-content\">\n<p>You\u2019re likely familiar with some version of this narrative: companies adopt AI, performance gains eventually plateau, and leaders are left wondering about the ROI from their investments.<\/p>\n<p>Experts disagree on how to remedy this gap between adoption and results. Some call for better governance, others for better deployment. Or my personal favorite, better enablement. Each one of these remedies depends upon organizations being aligned on what success looks like and being able to measure it.<\/p>\n<p>Take learning and development (L&amp;D) professionals. They may be supporting your AI adoption plans while facing the same organizational issues. That\u2019s right, the people most prepared to build skills are also struggling to measure the ROI of AI.<\/p>\n<p>We surveyed more than 800 workplace learning professionals across more than 25 countries for our annual <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthesia.io\/reports\/ai-in-learning-and-development-report-2027\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AI in Learning &amp; Development Report<\/a>. Here\u2019s what we can learn from them about getting from adoption to results.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Without_agreed-upon_outcomes_teams_default_to_speed\"><\/span>Without agreed-upon outcomes, teams default to speed<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>How L&amp;D teams use AI reflects what their organization rewards and measures.<\/p>\n<p>If employees are working at organizations that track AI usage and reward more tokens being used, then teams\u2019 AI use will reflect that. This type of reward only becomes an issue when it isn\u2019t paired with clear measurement outcomes. Organizations need to be able to say, we want you to use more AI, in order to accomplish X. Otherwise, they\u2019re left with productivity gains that amount to little performance improvement.<\/p>\n<p>In our report, 75% of respondents named faster content creation as one of the clearest impacts they\u2019ve seen from AI adoption. This looks like reducing the time it takes to produce new training and increasing the output of training. Meanwhile, only 11% named improved on-the-job performance as an impact.<\/p>\n<p>Most workplace training is designed to improve on-the-job performance. Yet only 35% of L&amp;D teams are consistently measuring that (compared to 72% who consistently measure participation and completions).<\/p>\n<p>This suggests that leaders are either rewarding and measuring L&amp;D performance against those metrics, or that no one has agreed on what success should look like. Our survey responses point to the latter. More than one in five name a lack of agreed-upon success metrics as their biggest barrier to proving impact.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Teams_are_told_to_use_AI_then_hit_roadblocks\"><\/span>Teams are told to use AI, then hit roadblocks<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Rewards aren\u2019t the only organizational constraint L&amp;D teams face when they adopt AI. What an organization permits, how it governs AI, matters just as much.<\/p>\n<p>That starts with which AI solutions teams can access. 73% of L&amp;D teams that started from a leadership mandate to use AI still need departmental or cross-functional permission to pilot a new AI tool. Some teams are limited to company-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>roved AI tools and can\u2019t test beyond that.<\/p>\n<p>Teams also need the right data to evaluate AI\u2019s impact. A majority of L&amp;D teams are confident that AI is leading to improvements, but struggle to provide evidence of those gains. Asked for the biggest barrier to proving impact, 53% pointed to an organizational constraint, including the lack of agreed-upon success metrics and access to data or measurement tools.<\/p>\n<p>That might look like data needed to measure impact living in disconnected systems, such as a Learning Management System, an HR Information System, a survey tool, and an AI video platform.<\/p>\n<p>If L&amp;D teams are using AI to churn out training faster, but aren\u2019t evaluating whether that training is leading to behavioral change, then they\u2019re just using AI as a content factory. Until leaders agree on outcomes beyond speed, more content is all those teams will have to show for AI adoption.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Build_the_structure_AI_needs_to_deliver_ROI\"><\/span>Build the structure AI needs to deliver ROI<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The good <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> is that about a third of L&amp;D teams report performance gains from AI, like faster time to proficiency or improved on-the-job performance. Several traits set these teams apart, like being able to freely pilot or build AI solutions, or using AI to evaluate their work. Those factors often depend on organizational factors beyond L&amp;D\u2019s control.<\/p>\n<p>Based on our data, there are three structural changes leaders can make to their AI strategy to deliver ROI.<\/p>\n<p>First, align on what AI is supposed to accomplish, then on how its usage is rewarded and measured. Without a defined outcome, teams produce what\u2019s easiest to show, which in L&amp;D is faster content. For L&amp;D teams, that means working with leaders to identify the performance changes they want to see, and how to measure them, before designing any new training. And yes, that includes AI enablement.<\/p>\n<p>Second, invest in data integration before scaling new AI solutions or automating more workflows. Make sure teams across functions have access to the data they need to measure AI\u2019s impact.<\/p>\n<p>Third, partner with L&amp;D on your AI strategy. If the goal of AI is to automate manual work, then the goal should be to free up time for more strategic capability building, like how to use AI to change how work gets done. L&amp;D is well suited to lead that capability building because they can identify where training can be part of the solution and where it can\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>Only then can training help close the gap between AI adoption and ROI.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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