Majority of Indian youth prefer learning through videos: HBR Ascend Youth Skills Survey

NEW DELHI, JULY 16: The latest edition of HBR Ascend Youth Skills Survey by Harvard Business Review, brought out by the publishing house of Harvard Business School, has revealed that a majority of youth in India (57%) and South-East Asia (56%) prefer learning by watching videos.

The survey covered over 2,700 Millenials from more than 100 countries and 6 continents to learn about their perspectives, attitudes, and opinions around work, workplace, success, and skilling. According to the data, the respondents cited office politics (27%), a lack of training and development (26%), unclear/changing job roles (22%), a restrictive work culture (20%), and a lack of collaboration (19%), and excessive workload (18%) as barriers to their performance at work.

It also reported a high measure in the desire for improving employability skills among the Millenials across the countries. Respondents were willing to invest their own money for acquiring skills in data science (38%), creative and innovative thinking (33%), analytical thinking (30%), business communications (29%), and AI and automation (27%).

Speaking on the findings in the survey, Vivek Chachra, Country Manager (India), Harvard Business Publishing said, “There are several existing notions around millennials and their approach towards work. The HBR Ascend Youth Skills Survey clearly reveals that Millennials understand the impact of technology and automation on the future of work and highly value knowledge over current credentials,”

HBR Ascend is a mobile-first learning platform from Harvard Business Review that is brought out by Harvard Business Publishing.