Skillsoft launches AI dashboards for manager insight

Skillsoft has launched AI-powered Insights Dashboards within its Percipio platform, giving managers visibility into team skills and compliance risk.

The tools are aimed at line managers rather than learning administrators, reflecting a broader shift in corporate training software toward workforce planning and project staffing. Using verified skills data, they help managers assess whether teams are ready for current work and where development is needed.

The product includes a manager dashboard and a compliance risk dashboard. Together, they provide a real-time view of employee skills, identify gaps, and flag areas where businesses may face execution or compliance issues.

Skills visibility

Skillsoft is positioning the launch as a response to poor visibility into workforce readiness at many organisations. According to its Workforce Readiness Report, only 11% of organisations use formal skills assessments, while 69% of employees lack clarity on which skills matter most for success.

As a result, many businesses still rely on learning management systems that record course completion but do not connect that data to staffing decisions or operational planning. The new dashboards are intended to bridge that divide by linking learning records, skills verification, and project needs in one system.

Managers can use the dashboards to see what their teams can deliver now, which skills are still being developed, and how performance compares with industry peers. The system also highlights where employees may be falling behind and where targeted training could address specific risks.

The tools also support project matching, helping managers assign employees based on verified proficiency levels rather than assumed knowledge or completed courses alone.

Platform expansion

The launch expands Skillsoft's broader effort to move beyond traditional online learning into skills management. The company has been building its Percipio platform around the idea that employers need a more direct link between training, measurable skills, and business execution, especially as they look for ways to deploy AI-related skills across teams.

Bernie Barbour, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Skillsoft, said the new dashboards are designed to put operational data in front of the people responsible for delivery.

"These dashboards put skills intelligence directly in the hands of the people accountable for results," said Bernie Barbour, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Skillsoft. "Managers can now see what skills their teams have, identify what needs to be built, and deploy the right people to the right work. Our open ecosystem ensures those insights flow directly into the systems teams rely on, creating a continuous link between development, deployment, and performance. That's what moves organisations from tracking completions to driving outcomes, especially in fast-evolving areas like AI."

The dashboards sit within Skillsoft's unified skills management platform rather than as a separate add-on. The platform is designed to identify, build, and deploy skills across an organisation, with the dashboards serving as a decision-making layer for managers.

Market shift

The move comes as software providers seek to differentiate themselves from legacy learning management products, which have long focused on course assignment and completion tracking. Vendors are increasingly trying to show how learning data can support staffing, compliance oversight, and internal mobility.

For employers, one of the main questions is whether skills information is current and reliable enough to guide day-to-day decisions. Skillsoft argues that verified assessments give managers a stronger basis for deciding who is ready for a project, where teams are exposed to risk, and which interventions are likely to have the greatest effect.

AI strategy

The company also linked the launch to its recent work on AI-based training features, including a conversational simulator and tools for creating custom content. Those products are part of Skillsoft's effort to make Percipio a broader workplace learning and skills platform rather than a conventional training catalogue.

The dashboards are available now within Percipio and are intended to help managers act on talent data rather than assumptions.