{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"LH130 Learning Technologies London 2026 Show Special","description":"Augmented Workforce, Learning at the Frontline and the Destiny of L&D. For a long stretch, you could skip Learning Technologies for a year and miss almost nothing. Not this year. AI has stopped being something L&D is piloting and started being something the field is rebuilding around \u2014 and the conversation at LT26 had a sharper edge for it. In this season finale, John brings back five voices from the show floor and the studio to map what's actually changing: the augmented workforce, the 80% of workers L&D has long ignored, the readiness question nobody wants a straight answer to, the maturing of content into context, and the generational lens of a 30 Under 30. The destiny of L&D, in other words \u2014 sketched from five different angles, while the ground is still moving. Guests, in running order Giovanni Giamminola \u2014 AI advisor and author of The Augmented Manager; opening keynote speaker at LT26. The augmented workforce thesis: humans plus AI plus AI agents, and the cognitive shift that demands of management. JD Dillon \u2014 Founder of LearnGeek; former CLO at Axonify; author of The Frontline Enablement Playbook (out the week the episode airs). On the 80% of the workforce L&D conferences forget about. Alicia Sanchez \u2014 Chief AI Officer at MPF Federal LLC; LT26 panellist on future-proofing L&D. On AI readiness \u2014 organisational and workforce \u2014 and the failure modes at both extremes. Cheryl Clemons \u2014 CEO and co-founder of StoryTagger. On the show's themes from a vendor's chair: content to context, evidencing impact, and whether storytelling has had its day as a learning modality. Matt Caldwell \u2014 People Experience and DEI at Axon; LT26 30 Under 30 cohort. The generational lens: privacy, data, bias, and what younger workers actually feel about giving themselves to AI tools. In this episode The augmented workforce \u2014 humans, AI, and AI agents working together, and what that means for management itself Why 80% of the global workforce is frontline or deskless, and almost no L&D budget reflects it The two-track AI readiness question \u2014 organisational and workforce \u2014 and the trap of "we're getting ready" as a permanent excuse Content to context: AI maturing the L&D conversation at both ends of the learning programme A generational read on AI, privacy and bias from inside the workforce that grew up with the technology The destiny of L&D, sketched from five angles while the ground is still moving Links and resources Giovanni Giamminola \u2014 The Augmented Manager: How AI Makes Management More Effective, Creative and Strategic (2025) JD Dillon \u2014 The Frontline Enablement Playbook (2026); LearnGeek; the enabled newsletter Alicia Sanchez \u2014 Why Readiness Is Shaping the Future of Work (Learning Guild) Cheryl Clemons \u2014 StoryTagger Matt Caldwell \u2014 Axon; LT26 30 Under 30 cohort (Nigel Paine)   CONNECT WITH LEARNING HACK LinkedIn: linkedin.com\/in\/johnhelmer X: @johnhelmer Threads: @jphelmer Bluesky: @johnhelmer.bsky.social Website: learninghackpodcast.com Coming next on this feed The Learning Hack returns for a new season in September. But the feed isn't going quiet over the summer \u2014 John launches a brand-new podcast on Tuesday 26 May 2026: The Tech Imaginarium \u2014 How Science Fiction Made the Modern World, co-hosted with writer and consultant Ezri Carlebach. Six episodes, weekly, into this same feed. More at learninghackpodcast.com\/tech-imaginarium. ","author_name":"The Learning Hack podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/learninghackpodcast.com\/","html":"