Building Workforce Capability

The Learning and Development Initiative (LDI) leverages its proprietary FutureWork™ learning and development ecosystem to help organizations strengthen their workforce capability and organizational performance through AI-enabled learning and workforce development.

The Learning and Development Initiative

Workforce Capability & Organizational Performance helps organizations strengthen employee capability, improve operational effectiveness, and drive measurable results through targeted learning, credentialing, workforce development, and AI-enabled capability building.

1. What is Workforce Capability & Organizational Performance?
Workforce Capability & Organizational Performance is designed to help organizations build the skills, systems, and learning pathways needed to improve performance in the Age of AI. Through NJIT’s Learning and Development Initiative, organizations can strengthen workforce capability, close skill gaps, support employee growth, and connect learning directly to operational priorities and measurable business outcomes.
2. How does NJIT LDI help organizations improve workforce capability?
NJIT LDI helps organizations assess workforce needs, identify capability gaps, and design targeted learning solutions aligned with organizational goals. Through the FutureWork™ ecosystem, LDI connects assessment, learning, credentialing, and workforce development into a practical model for building the capabilities employees need to perform, adapt, and lead in rapidly changing environments.
3. What role does the FutureWork™ Framework play?
The FutureWork™ Framework provides a research-backed model for understanding the capabilities employees need in the Age of AI. It helps organizations move beyond one-time training by creating a structured approach to workforce readiness, including AI literacy, data literacy, digital literacy, agile thinking, change navigation, and resource optimization.
4. How can the FutureWork™ Inventory support organizational decision-making?
The FutureWork™ Inventory gives organizations a practical way to evaluate workforce readiness and better understand employee strengths, gaps, and development needs. Individual results can support personalized learning, while aggregate insights can help leaders make more informed decisions about training priorities, team development, and organizational capability building.
5. What learning solutions are available through the FutureWork™ Portfolio?
The FutureWork™ Portfolio includes non-credit courses, microcredentials, digital badges, custom training, workforce development programs, and scalable learning pathways. Organizations can use these solutions to build practical skills in areas such as AI literacy, digital literacy, data literacy, project management, cybersecurity, leadership, communication, and job-specific workforce capability.
6. Can NJIT LDI customize training for a specific organization?
Yes. NJIT LDI works with organizations to design customized learning pathways aligned with specific workforce needs, operational goals, employee roles, and performance priorities. These solutions can support small and medium-sized businesses, large corporations, government agencies, public-private partnerships, nonprofits, healthcare systems, and other organizations seeking measurable workforce development outcomes.
7. How has NJIT LDI supported organizational performance in practice?
NJIT LDI has supported organizational performance through applied workforce development partnerships. One example is NJ TRANSIT’s partnership with NJIT LDI to enhance conductor training, safety, and workforce capability. This type of partnership demonstrates how targeted learning and workforce development can support operational effectiveness, employee preparedness, and mission-critical performance goals. Learn more about the NJ TRANSIT and NJIT LDI partnership.