At Work with The Ready

AUA: What Should L&D Do About AI Right Now?

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Mar 2, 2026
They tackle how L&D should respond to AI pressure and stop defaulting to more courses. Practical moves include getting hands-on with workflow automation tools and curating focused AI sources. The conversation pushes shifting toward systems thinking, experimentation, and building team-level capabilities rather than just tool training.
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ADVICE

Build Practical AI Workflows Yourself

  • Do get your hands dirty building AI workflows beyond chat to speak credibly about needed skills.
  • Rodney recommends tools like Relay and n8n to learn inputs, outputs, architecture, and practical use cases.
INSIGHT

Anticipate AI Direction Not Just Catch Up

  • See where AI is heading, not just catch up so you don't feel behind.
  • Sam warns prompt-engineering courses are already stale as tooling removes the need for esoteric prompts.
ADVICE

Follow A Small High-Signal Set Of AI Sources

  • Curate a small set of high-signal AI sources and consume them deeply to form a defendable point of view.
  • Sam follows Ethan Mollick, Greg Shove, Scott Galloway, Chase Adams, EvolvingAI, and Morning Brew AI.
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