Financial and human resource management platform Workday has announced the launch of Workday Learning, powered by Sana. This platform has been designed to help enterprises accelerate workforce upskilling and AI-readiness.
As organizations try to become AI-ready, many learning teams are still constrained by fragmented systems, manual workflows, and generic courses that can’t keep up with the pace of change, Workday said in a media release. Workday Learning tries to solve this problem, while bringing AI into the learning experience.
With Workday Learning, learners get a personal tutor that coaches them through complex material, breaks down difficult concepts into practical guidance, and recommends what to learn next. Creators use AI to turn existing, static material into engaging, interactive learning experiences, while reducing the time it takes to create, update, and translate courses for global audiences.
Meanwhile, administrators get AI‑powered automation for assignments, campaigns, and other key learning tasks, helping Learning and Development (L&D) teams spend less time managing processes and more time shaping strategy and business impact.
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“Checking the box isn’t the same as building a skill,” said Joel Hellermark, chief AI officer at Workday. “With a personal AI tutor, interactive quizzes, and learning tailored to each employee’s role and skills, Workday Learning, powered by Sana, turns required training into engaging experiences employees can apply in their day-to-day work.”
Workday stated that recommendations are informed by Workday Human Capital Management (HCM) data, including an employee’s role, skills, organization, and location, enabling employees to see learning paths that reflect their actual context.
For example, a manager who moves to a new region can be directed to relevant local policies and leadership resources, while an employee building new skills for a role can receive recommendations aligned to that role’s requirements. Courses can also include interactive elements like quizzes, polls, and reflection prompts to help employees check their understanding as they go, turning learning from a one‑off event into an ongoing, adaptive experience.
The release also claims that for instructional designers, L&D teams, and subject‑matter experts, Workday Learning is built to remove the production bottlenecks that slow learning down. Rather than starting from a blank slide deck, teams can upload existing PDFs, presentations, or other online course files and have them converted into structured, interactive courses in minutes.
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According to the release, the AI-powered editor helps teams transform static source material into engaging, interactive learning experiences. It proposes outlines, learning objectives, knowledge checks, and interactive elements that authors can review and adjust. It also includes an integrated writing assistant which helps handle everyday tasks like drafting lesson text, simplifying long policies into learner‑friendly explanations, generating quiz questions, and adapting content for different roles or regions.
There is also a built-in translation feature that allows teams to localize courses into dozens of languages from the same source, helping global organizations roll out programs simultaneously across markets instead of in slow, sequential waves.
Workday also helps learning administrators and HR teams by providing one place to manage assignments, campaigns, reporting, and controls across both Workday‑native and Sana‑created content. According to the HR firm, customers using Workday Learning’s capabilities have seen learning operations move from reactive to proactive – with some reporting up to five times faster compliance reporting, three times higher learner engagement compared to legacy learning systems, and significant time savings for administrators and learning teams.