Skillspring Upskilling Push

Cognizant launched Skillspring on April 21, pitching it as a way to train employees faster as companies try to move artificial intelligence from pilots into day-to-day work. (news.cognizant.com) The company said Skillspring is a multimodal, conversational learning platform that maps skills to specific roles, projects, and performance goals instead of relying on static course catalogs. Cognizant said the system uses artificial intelligence agents for tutoring, assessment, feedback, and content creation. (news.cognizant.com, skillspring.cognizant.com) Cognizant tied the launch to its own research on adoption gaps. In a survey of 2,200 business executives across 23 countries and 15 industries, the company found average generative artificial intelligence spending of $47.5 million in 2024, while many senior executives still doubted their organizations’ readiness in infrastructure, talent, and agility. (cognizant.com) The pitch lands as large companies say the bottleneck is no longer access to models alone. Deloitte’s 2026 enterprise artificial intelligence report said the skills gap is the biggest barrier to integration, and education was the top talent response companies used as they adjusted to artificial intelligence. (deloitte.com) Consultants tracking workplace use are seeing the same pattern on the ground. Boston Consulting Group said in June 2025 that regular generative artificial intelligence use had stalled at 51% among frontline employees, and usage rose sharply when workers received at least five hours of training plus coaching. (bcg.com) Cognizant is also framing training as part of the machinery needed to run artificial intelligence safely at scale. Its April 21 announcement said companies redesigning work across human and agentic teams now treat skilling as a core part of artificial intelligence infrastructure, alongside the tools and workflows themselves. (news.cognizant.com) That argument lines up with broader market data showing heavy spending but limited maturity. McKinsey said in January 2025 that 92% of companies planned to increase artificial intelligence investment over three years, but only 1% of leaders said their companies had reached maturity, with artificial intelligence fully integrated into workflows. (mckinsey.com) Skillspring is not just for Cognizant’s own staff. The product site says the company plans to train 2 million people for “jobs of the future,” and offers a white-labeled, multi-tenant setup so clients can deploy branded learning programs inside their own organizations. (skillspring.cognizant.com) Cognizant said it is using a related AI Fluency Dashboard internally to show employees a real-time view of their readiness, learning progress, and usage. The company is betting that companies buying artificial intelligence tools will also pay for systems that turn those tools into routine work. (news.cognizant.com)