This survey (102 page PDF) of learning and development experts asks about their own learning, learning and development trends, what they created in the last year, design models (ADDIE ftw, for the billionth consecutive year), learning evaluation, and the impact of Covid. One feature is that it focuses on the differences between 'exemplary organizations' and others, where 'exemplary' is defined by finding organizations that measured the impact of their learning to identify performance improvements. These tended to use more methods and more interactive and hands-on based approaches.
One interesting finding: "By far, the most significant source of our professional development is "general interest learning (e.g., podcasts, articles, books, websites)." Even when asked about specific sources, it's these general interest modalities that push to the top. The top specific source listing is "online articles, blog posts, reports, or white papers." Followed closely are webinars, books, videos, and podcasts. It seems we may be on our own in terms of our professional development." This very much characterizes my own learning as well. But it matters a lot how you use these resources (which I think is overlooked by the survey). For example, I've been learning Mojolicious this week. I could just read the website and docs. But I'm actually working with the software, and thinking out loud, which I record as a set of videos. And this (at least to me) makes all the difference.
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