Donald H Taylor
@donaldhtaylor.bsky.social
Workplace learning and performance. Lead researcher at the L&D Global Sentiment Survey, chair of the Learning Technologies Conference and convenor of the Workforce Development Board at EdTech VC Fund Emerge Education. London, UK. www.donaldhtaylor.co.uk
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AI in L&D 2025: The Race for Impact
Learn how L&D is really using AI today. This 54-page report includes in-depth case studies and detailed analysis of over 600 users from 53 countries.
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How is L&D actually using AI? Today's report, co-authored with Egle Vinauskaite, is 54 pages packed with detailed information from from more than 600 users in 53 countries.
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Ok, Welsh people, I've only ever said it, but how would you write "Baad in bed on two chairs"?
Also ... is it only South Walian or more widely used?
Also ... is it only South Walian or more widely used?
February 14, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Ok, Welsh people, I've only ever said it, but how would you write "Baad in bed on two chairs"?
Also ... is it only South Walian or more widely used?
Also ... is it only South Walian or more widely used?
There are over 100 L&D conference worldwide each year. I made a list of them so you don't have to.
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January 22, 2026 at 9:04 AM
There are over 100 L&D conference worldwide each year. I made a list of them so you don't have to.
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In 2019 I made 5 small predictions about L&D in 2025, and one big one. I score myself 1.5 out of 5 on the small recommendations. The big one ... well I think I nailed it.
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In 2019, I made some predictions about the future of learning in 2025: five small and one big. The small ones were largely wrong. As for the big one ... I'd like your opinion on that.
Here are th...
In 2019, I made some predictions about the future of learning in 2025: five small and one big. The small ones were largely wrong. As for the big one ... I'd like your opinion on that.
Here are the fi...
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January 19, 2026 at 2:02 PM
In 2019 I made 5 small predictions about L&D in 2025, and one big one. I score myself 1.5 out of 5 on the small recommendations. The big one ... well I think I nailed it.
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Well I've had fun over the Christmas break. Now I'm returning to work, starting with a LinkedIn post that describes my focus for this year...
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What LinkedIn posts can you expect from me in 2026? Let me set out some key themes, to help you decide if it’s worth following me or not.
🔹My major theme is the future of L&D. We are entering an...
What LinkedIn posts can you expect from me in 2026? Let me set out some key themes, to help you decide if it’s worth following me or not.
🔹My major theme is the future of L&D. We are entering an imp...
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January 6, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Well I've had fun over the Christmas break. Now I'm returning to work, starting with a LinkedIn post that describes my focus for this year...
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Has anyone tried turning 2026 off and then turning it back on again?
January 5, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Has anyone tried turning 2026 off and then turning it back on again?
What should L&D be called?
Please take my end-of-year poll on LinkedIn.
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Please take my end-of-year poll on LinkedIn.
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What should L&D be called?
There’s plenty of debate here on LinkedIn about this. Some say it doesn’t matter, that it’s a matter of semantics. I have some time for that view, but I do think this ...
What should L&D be called?
There’s plenty of debate here on LinkedIn about this. Some say it doesn’t matter, that it’s a matter of semantics. I have some time for that view, but I do think this is a...
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December 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
What should L&D be called?
Please take my end-of-year poll on LinkedIn.
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Please take my end-of-year poll on LinkedIn.
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Jesus fucking Christ. Such selfless bravery. To die together fighting murderous hatred. Like Ahmed al-Ahmed, the names of Boris and Sofia Gurman should be celebrated and remembered. #bondibeach
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Bondi couple praised as heroes identified as Boris and Sofia Gurman
A video circulating on a Chinese social media platform and verified by the ABC has revealed a couple confronting the Bondi Beach shooter.
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December 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Jesus fucking Christ. Such selfless bravery. To die together fighting murderous hatred. Like Ahmed al-Ahmed, the names of Boris and Sofia Gurman should be celebrated and remembered. #bondibeach
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What will be hot in L&D in 2026? Have your say!
It takes 2 minutes to vote in the L&D Global Sentiment Survey, and you can register to receive your report in February. #GSS26
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It takes 2 minutes to vote in the L&D Global Sentiment Survey, and you can register to receive your report in February. #GSS26
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L&D Global Sentiment Survey 2026
Running since 2014, the survey is trusted by thousands of L&D professionals in over 100 countries. It takes just 1-2 minutes, and you can register to receive the full report in February.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM
What will be hot in L&D in 2026? Have your say!
It takes 2 minutes to vote in the L&D Global Sentiment Survey, and you can register to receive your report in February. #GSS26
www.research.net/r/DHTS-XX-26
It takes 2 minutes to vote in the L&D Global Sentiment Survey, and you can register to receive your report in February. #GSS26
www.research.net/r/DHTS-XX-26
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What happens now is that every dropped piece of trash, every inch of graffiti, every broken down subway train, every disappointing sandwich, every rat in Central Park, and every single crime gets blamed on Zohran Mamdani... by racists who never go near NYC.
My tip as a Londoner. Shrug and carry on.
My tip as a Londoner. Shrug and carry on.
November 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
What happens now is that every dropped piece of trash, every inch of graffiti, every broken down subway train, every disappointing sandwich, every rat in Central Park, and every single crime gets blamed on Zohran Mamdani... by racists who never go near NYC.
My tip as a Londoner. Shrug and carry on.
My tip as a Londoner. Shrug and carry on.
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Dolly Parton releases “9 to 5” 45 yrs ago today.
“I knew what it was like to be a working woman trying to make a decent living, trying to be taken seriously. .. I wanted a song that sounded playful on the surface but spoke to that frustration .. A song about women .. saying, ‘We deserve better.’”
“I knew what it was like to be a working woman trying to make a decent living, trying to be taken seriously. .. I wanted a song that sounded playful on the surface but spoke to that frustration .. A song about women .. saying, ‘We deserve better.’”
November 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Dolly Parton releases “9 to 5” 45 yrs ago today.
“I knew what it was like to be a working woman trying to make a decent living, trying to be taken seriously. .. I wanted a song that sounded playful on the surface but spoke to that frustration .. A song about women .. saying, ‘We deserve better.’”
“I knew what it was like to be a working woman trying to make a decent living, trying to be taken seriously. .. I wanted a song that sounded playful on the surface but spoke to that frustration .. A song about women .. saying, ‘We deserve better.’”
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Nothing on the BBC Radio news this morning. Nothing I could find on their website. This is an MP from the party whose lead in the opinion polls normally ensures them wall-to-wall coverage. She spouts racist nonsense for which even she feels obliged to apologise. What on earth are they playing at?
Reform’s Sarah Pochin forced to apologise after claiming adverts 'full of black people' drive her 'mad’ | LBC
The Runcorn and Helsby MP was responding to a viewer live on air who complained about the demographics of advertising.
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October 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Nothing on the BBC Radio news this morning. Nothing I could find on their website. This is an MP from the party whose lead in the opinion polls normally ensures them wall-to-wall coverage. She spouts racist nonsense for which even she feels obliged to apologise. What on earth are they playing at?
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One feature of working at the Bar is that I come across a lot of very clever people. Of course it is a chastening reminder of one’s own limits, which is a moral good. After 34 years, I have changed my understanding of what cleverness is. /1
October 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
One feature of working at the Bar is that I come across a lot of very clever people. Of course it is a chastening reminder of one’s own limits, which is a moral good. After 34 years, I have changed my understanding of what cleverness is. /1
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In 2005, I wrote an article called "Inventing Akromiya" about how the government of Uzbekistan made up a group called Akromiya to justify a massacre of civilian protesters.
Twenty years later, the US is more like Uzbekistan, and I wrote "Inventing Antifa": sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/inventing-...
Twenty years later, the US is more like Uzbekistan, and I wrote "Inventing Antifa": sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/inventing-...
Inventing Antifa
In 2005, the Uzbek government invented a group called “Akromiya” to justify massacring protesters. Now I worry the US government will do the same.
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October 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
In 2005, I wrote an article called "Inventing Akromiya" about how the government of Uzbekistan made up a group called Akromiya to justify a massacre of civilian protesters.
Twenty years later, the US is more like Uzbekistan, and I wrote "Inventing Antifa": sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/inventing-...
Twenty years later, the US is more like Uzbekistan, and I wrote "Inventing Antifa": sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/inventing-...
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A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly
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October 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly
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How is L&D actually using AI? Today's report, co-authored with Egle Vinauskaite, is 54 pages packed with detailed information from from more than 600 users in 53 countries.
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AI in L&D 2025: The Race for Impact
Learn how L&D is really using AI today. This 54-page report includes in-depth case studies and detailed analysis of over 600 users from 53 countries.
donaldhtaylor.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
How is L&D actually using AI? Today's report, co-authored with Egle Vinauskaite, is 54 pages packed with detailed information from from more than 600 users in 53 countries.
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Rewatching Slow Horses from S1E1. Really stands up to a second viewing. Great writing, cast, performances.
September 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Rewatching Slow Horses from S1E1. Really stands up to a second viewing. Great writing, cast, performances.
Brits! I need your help on a linguistic issue.
What is the difference a NAP and a KIP?
For me, a nap is up to about 45 minutes. A kip is longer. But how long before it becomes a sleep?
What is the difference a NAP and a KIP?
For me, a nap is up to about 45 minutes. A kip is longer. But how long before it becomes a sleep?
September 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Brits! I need your help on a linguistic issue.
What is the difference a NAP and a KIP?
For me, a nap is up to about 45 minutes. A kip is longer. But how long before it becomes a sleep?
What is the difference a NAP and a KIP?
For me, a nap is up to about 45 minutes. A kip is longer. But how long before it becomes a sleep?
What a 25 year old magazine I found in my loft tells us about the AI boom.
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Is the current AI boom really like the dot com boom of the turn of the millennium? Here are two magazines, 17 months apart, that tell the story of the times.
In July 1999, at the peak of the dot com…...
Is the current AI boom really like the dot com boom of the turn of the millennium? Here are two magazines, 17 months apart, that tell the story of the times.
In July 1999, at the peak of the dot com ...
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September 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
What a 25 year old magazine I found in my loft tells us about the AI boom.
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I have a football-food dilemma.
Tonight it's #ENGITA.
We plan to watch.
BUT
We're also planning pizza!
Will this sway the result?
What should we do?
a) Swap pizzas for pies
b) Compensate by drinking more beer
c) Enjoy the pizza and don't be silly
d) Something else
#Lionesses #WEuro #Euro2025
Tonight it's #ENGITA.
We plan to watch.
BUT
We're also planning pizza!
Will this sway the result?
What should we do?
a) Swap pizzas for pies
b) Compensate by drinking more beer
c) Enjoy the pizza and don't be silly
d) Something else
#Lionesses #WEuro #Euro2025
July 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I have a football-food dilemma.
Tonight it's #ENGITA.
We plan to watch.
BUT
We're also planning pizza!
Will this sway the result?
What should we do?
a) Swap pizzas for pies
b) Compensate by drinking more beer
c) Enjoy the pizza and don't be silly
d) Something else
#Lionesses #WEuro #Euro2025
Tonight it's #ENGITA.
We plan to watch.
BUT
We're also planning pizza!
Will this sway the result?
What should we do?
a) Swap pizzas for pies
b) Compensate by drinking more beer
c) Enjoy the pizza and don't be silly
d) Something else
#Lionesses #WEuro #Euro2025
Calling L&D people in Spain and Iberoamerica! Today and tomorrow sees the free FiAD Summit online.
I'm speaking today at 16:30 UTC : "Beyond AI Shock: What's Next for A&D?" in English, but with Spanish translation.
Speakers: www.forofiad.org/fiad-summit-...
Reg: www.forofiad.org/inscripcion-...
I'm speaking today at 16:30 UTC : "Beyond AI Shock: What's Next for A&D?" in English, but with Spanish translation.
Speakers: www.forofiad.org/fiad-summit-...
Reg: www.forofiad.org/inscripcion-...
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June 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Calling L&D people in Spain and Iberoamerica! Today and tomorrow sees the free FiAD Summit online.
I'm speaking today at 16:30 UTC : "Beyond AI Shock: What's Next for A&D?" in English, but with Spanish translation.
Speakers: www.forofiad.org/fiad-summit-...
Reg: www.forofiad.org/inscripcion-...
I'm speaking today at 16:30 UTC : "Beyond AI Shock: What's Next for A&D?" in English, but with Spanish translation.
Speakers: www.forofiad.org/fiad-summit-...
Reg: www.forofiad.org/inscripcion-...
Your workplace creates a digital version of you to extend the consulting work you can offer. What could possibly go wrong? www.linkedin.com/posts/donald...
Would an AI version of me (Digital Don) let me consult more widely? Sure!… | Donald H Taylor
Would an AI version of me (Digital Don) let me consult more widely? Sure! But it's a little more complicated than that....
Here's part of a recent interview with Dominik Mate Kovacs of Coloss...
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June 6, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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Last week AI gave me some incorrect information. Today, after a few… | Donald H Taylor
Last week AI gave me some incorrect information. Today, after a few hundred miles and a lot of thinking, I've realised misinformation is everywhere.
To recap: last week, Google search's AI su...
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June 5, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Today on my local high street, I saw several things that warmed my heart. Here are just two:
A woman stepped off the bus and thanked the driver.
A painter waiting at the bus stop saw a tired elderly man, and gave him something to sit on.
As long as we remain kind and civil, there is hope.
A woman stepped off the bus and thanked the driver.
A painter waiting at the bus stop saw a tired elderly man, and gave him something to sit on.
As long as we remain kind and civil, there is hope.
May 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Today on my local high street, I saw several things that warmed my heart. Here are just two:
A woman stepped off the bus and thanked the driver.
A painter waiting at the bus stop saw a tired elderly man, and gave him something to sit on.
As long as we remain kind and civil, there is hope.
A woman stepped off the bus and thanked the driver.
A painter waiting at the bus stop saw a tired elderly man, and gave him something to sit on.
As long as we remain kind and civil, there is hope.
A non-existent statue, and a lesson about AI.
How do we encourage practical scepticism?
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How do we encourage practical scepticism?
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AI is so embedded in our lives, and so credible, I worry we will forget to… | Donald H Taylor
AI is so embedded in our lives, and so credible, I worry we will forget to fact check everything - especially when it produces what we want to see. That's a lesson I learned this morning.
I'm...
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May 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
A non-existent statue, and a lesson about AI.
How do we encourage practical scepticism?
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How do we encourage practical scepticism?
www.linkedin.com/posts/donald...