The Boardroom Skills Agenda
- Discover how FTSE 100 companies approach skills and tech in their annual reports
- Understand how upskilling and reskilling can unleash economic growth
The FTSE 100 take on talent and technology
The boardroom focus on tech skyrockets
Strategic narratives increasingly focus on technology initiatives, as AI soars up the priority list.
But the skills agenda is stagnating
Despite being crucial to successful tech adoption, references to technical upskilling are lagging behind.
Where the FTSE 100 lead, others follow
Upskilling and reskilling could drive economic growth, tackle skills gaps and help businesses get the most from AI.
Featured insights
69%
of latest FTSE 100 annual reports reference a strategic priority relating to technology
7%
But fewer than one in 10 reference a strategic priority on skills and training
1.2%
Estimated proportion of the working year FTSE 100 companies allocate to employee training
About the Boardroom Skills Agenda report
AI-driven analysis of FTSE 100 annual reports
Annual reports serve as a statement to all stakeholders on the vision, strategic direction, priorities and performance of a company.
Our data science team collaborated with leading analyst, David Abelman, to build a carefully prompted large language model (LLM) system to analyse the annual reports of FTSE 100 companies from the last 10 years.
We analysed structured information to measure how often, and in what way, skills and training are referenced.