Three different surveys, three different populations — never blended, each bar labelled with its source, as the edition's matrix table prints them.
YOUR ARITHMETIC — the seven benchmarks above are the desk's, as printed. Dial in YOUR OWN organisation's AI training or adoption rate and see where it would stand among them; the figure you choose is your hypothetical, not the desk's call.
| Series | As printed |
|---|---|
| Feel more productive (McKinsey) | 80% |
| Firms seeing any profit impact (McKinsey) | 37% |
| Clear winners (McKinsey) | about 6% |
| Call AI skills a priority (edX) | 83% |
| Have built real capability (edX) | 29% |
| Workers with access to learning (PwC) | 51% |
| Walmart — the confidence print | 27% |
Source: Human Capital & EdTech edition, Oct 28 — the 60-second regime matrix as printed.
While AI use at work climbed, the help to learn it went down — the edition's own reading.
| Series | As printed |
|---|---|
| Access to learning — a year ago → now (PwC, 49,364 workers) | 59% → 51% |
| Daily AI use at work — a year ago → now (PwC) | 14% → 22% |
| Big companies offering AI training — a year ago → now (Workera) | 25% → 58% |
Source: Human Capital & EdTech edition, Oct 28 — the matrix table as printed.
Per tracker TrueUp, as printed — with two months of 2026 left.
YOUR ARITHMETIC — the two totals above are the desk's, as printed. Dial in YOUR OWN estimate of the 2026 pace and see where it would stand against them; the figure you choose is your hypothetical, not the desk's call.
| Series | As printed |
|---|---|
| Tech jobs cut in 2026, so far | 195,000 |
| Tech jobs lost in all of 2025 | 245,000 |
Source: Human Capital & EdTech edition, Oct 28 — the cuts attention card as printed.
Announced cuts at the three companies the edition names with figures.
| Series | As printed |
|---|---|
| Oracle | 21,000 |
| Netflix | 1,000 |
| EA | 400 |
Source: Human Capital & EdTech edition, Oct 28 — the company-level cuts as printed.
Every row is a value already bound in one of this desk’s three chart payloads, shown exactly as bound — label, value and unit unchanged. Sorting reorders the rows of this table only; it creates, converts and re-bases nothing. Units are shown per row, exactly as bound, and are never silently unified. This desk’s range figures and cross-tables keep their own bound form in their own components and are not flattened into this table.
Feels vs shows — the training paradox (hc-feels-vs-shows) — Three different surveys, three different populations — never blended, each bar labelled with its source, as the edition's matrix table prints them.
The axe — the pace of cuts (hc-the-axe) — Per tracker TrueUp, as printed — with two months of 2026 left.
The axe, by company — cuts named in the edition (hc-company-cuts) — Announced cuts at the three companies the edition names with figures.
Default view — rows grouped by component of origin, in bound order.
| Unit | Component of origin | Source note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feel more productive (McKinsey) | 80% | % | hc-feels-vs-shows | Feels vs shows — the training paradox |
| Firms seeing any profit impact (McKinsey) | 37% | % | hc-feels-vs-shows | Feels vs shows — the training paradox |
| Clear winners (McKinsey) | about 6% | % | hc-feels-vs-shows | Feels vs shows — the training paradox |
| Call AI skills a priority (edX) | 83% | % | hc-feels-vs-shows | Feels vs shows — the training paradox |
| Have built real capability (edX) | 29% | % | hc-feels-vs-shows | Feels vs shows — the training paradox |
| Workers with access to learning (PwC) | 51% | % | hc-feels-vs-shows | Feels vs shows — the training paradox |
| Walmart — the confidence print | 27% | % | hc-feels-vs-shows | Feels vs shows — the training paradox |
| Tech jobs cut in 2026, so far | 195,000 | hc-the-axe | The axe — the pace of cuts | |
| Tech jobs lost in all of 2025 | 245,000 | hc-the-axe | The axe — the pace of cuts | |
| Oracle | 21,000 | hc-company-cuts | The axe, by company — cuts named in the edition | |
| Netflix | 1,000 | hc-company-cuts | The axe, by company — cuts named in the edition | |
| EA | 400 | hc-company-cuts | The axe, by company — cuts named in the edition |
Source: Human Capital & EdTech edition, Oct 28 — the 60-second regime matrix as printed.
Source: Human Capital & EdTech edition, Oct 28 — the cuts attention card as printed.
Source: Human Capital & EdTech edition, Oct 28 — the company-level cuts as printed.