The Transformation Triangle: How L&D can Thrive in the Age of AI with Donald Taylor

Don Taylor chairs the Learning Technologies Conference in London and has run the L&D Global Sentiment Survey for more than a decade. In this conversation, Andy and Don dig into the 2026 survey findings and Don's latest research with co-researcher Egle Vinauskaite, The Transformation Triangle, the fifth report in their AI in L&D series.

Don explains why AI hype has peaked and become part of the L&D toolkit, and why L&D professionals are more anxious than ever to prove their value now that content production is no longer a safe differentiator. He then walks through the three directions L&D teams are moving in, the three "drags" that hold them back, and what it takes to build a function that keeps working after its leader leaves. The conversation ends with Don's advice for setting yourself up for the future.

Resources:

• Get Don's free reports >>> here
• Learning Technologies Conference, London
• Co-Intelligence by Ethan Mollick (mentioned by Andy)

Take the Next Step:

• Listeners: Download Don's reports and share this episode with an L&D colleague who's worried about their team's future.
• L&D and HR leaders: Ask yourself Don's three questions: What's the most important problem you could own? What will the business support? What do you bring?
• Ready for real AI adoption? Andy's 90-minute AI Kickstarter Workshop gets your team hands-on with AI right away, in the same "go and try it" spirit Don describes. Reach out at [email protected].