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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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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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
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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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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.
donaldhtaylor.co.uk/research_bas... Edit
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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
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...
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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?
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The fancy phrase is ‘the affordances of new technologies are emergent’. I prefer to say ‘we discover what’s possible as we go along’.
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A lesson from the world’s first cast iron bridge: nobody knows how to use… | Donald H Taylor
A lesson from the world’s first cast iron bridge: nobody knows how to use a new technology at first. We learn as we go, adapting existing techniques.
When Abraham Darby III began construction of the...
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May 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The fancy phrase is ‘the affordances of new technologies are emergent’. I prefer to say ‘we discover what’s possible as we go along’.
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What is the future of the classroom instructor in workplace L&D? I think it will become more highly skilled, more specialised and more highly valued.
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What is the future of the classroom instructor in workplace L&D? I think… | Donald H Taylor
What is the future of the classroom instructor in workplace L&D? I think it will become more highly skilled, more specialised and more highly valued.
Traditionally, the instructor was the gateway...
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May 16, 2025 at 9:59 AM
What is the future of the classroom instructor in workplace L&D? I think it will become more highly skilled, more specialised and more highly valued.
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Having done my required Windows update, Teams is now in my start up directory? I think NOT!
May 15, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Having done my required Windows update, Teams is now in my start up directory? I think NOT!
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The YouTube version of LH114 is here!
7 big interviews from Learning Technologies London 2025, incl. @joshbersin.bsky.social, @danielhulme.bsky.social & @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social
Watch: youtu.be/LmcIbkwbaew
#LearnTech #AI
7 big interviews from Learning Technologies London 2025, incl. @joshbersin.bsky.social, @danielhulme.bsky.social & @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social
Watch: youtu.be/LmcIbkwbaew
#LearnTech #AI
LH #114 Learning Technologies 2025 Special with Josh Bersin, Daniel Hulme, David Kelly (FULL VIDEO)
YouTube video by The Learning Hack Podcast
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May 13, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The YouTube version of LH114 is here!
7 big interviews from Learning Technologies London 2025, incl. @joshbersin.bsky.social, @danielhulme.bsky.social & @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social
Watch: youtu.be/LmcIbkwbaew
#LearnTech #AI
7 big interviews from Learning Technologies London 2025, incl. @joshbersin.bsky.social, @danielhulme.bsky.social & @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social
Watch: youtu.be/LmcIbkwbaew
#LearnTech #AI
Brilliant news! The wonderful Little Universe by @natholborow.bsky.social has been shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year 2025 People’s Choice Award.
There is some excellent work here, but my vote goes to Nat!
(Click the red box under the book cover.)
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There is some excellent work here, but my vote goes to Nat!
(Click the red box under the book cover.)
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Vote for the Wales Book of the Year 2025 People's Choice Award
The Wales Book of the Year Award celebrates talented Welsh writers who excel in a variety of literary forms in both Welsh and English. There are four categories in both languages – Poetry, Fiction, Cr...
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May 12, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Brilliant news! The wonderful Little Universe by @natholborow.bsky.social has been shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year 2025 People’s Choice Award.
There is some excellent work here, but my vote goes to Nat!
(Click the red box under the book cover.)
nation.cymru/culture/vote...
There is some excellent work here, but my vote goes to Nat!
(Click the red box under the book cover.)
nation.cymru/culture/vote...
The one thing I always do before a keynote (comment by me on LinkedIn)
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This is what visualisation really looks like.
Not wishful thinking.
Not… | Jake Humphrey | 67 comments
This is what visualisation really looks like.
Not wishful thinking.
Not daydreaming.
Real, deliberate practice, before the action even begins.
This is a clip of the Blue Angels, the US Navy’s elite ...
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May 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The one thing I always do before a keynote (comment by me on LinkedIn)
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On #VEDay, Churchill, de Gaulle and the universal power of rhetoric.
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#veday | Donald H Taylor
Today is #VEDay, a day to honour those who, 80 years ago, overcame oppression to made peace in Europe possible. It's a good moment to remember the power of words, especially those from WW2.
When ...
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May 8, 2025 at 7:40 AM
On #VEDay, Churchill, de Gaulle and the universal power of rhetoric.
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