The Training Guy
I post weekly videos on YouTube about training, leadership, technology, and other topics relevant to a Learning and Development organization. I share my expertise from years of experience in the L&D world as both an independent contributor and a leader, as well as content that I’ve learned as I continue to grow and develop in the space.
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Wayfinder Walkthrough
- Learning path and course content generation
- Exam creation
- LMS management
- User account management
- User AI Context Portfolio ...creation and management
- Adaptive Work templates to support neurodivergent employees
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Wayfinder Walkthrough
A complete walkthrough of the Wayfinder platform, highlighting: - ...
A complete walkthrough of the Wayfinder platform, highlighting:
- Learning path and course content generation
- Exam creation
- LMS management
- User account management
- User AI Context Portfolio ...creation and management
- Adaptive Work templates to support neurodivergent employees
Learn more at https://wayfinder.robbclan.comShow More
- Learning path and course content generation
- Exam creation
- LMS management
- User account management
- User AI Context Portfolio ...creation and management
- Adaptive Work templates to support neurodivergent employees
Learn more at https://wayfinder.robbclan.comShow More

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AI Assistants, MCP, and Markdown, Oh My!
The future of work is changing rapidly, and the future of Learning and ...
The future of work is changing rapidly, and the future of Learning and Development will change with it. Soon, content will be created, validated, edited, and approved from a ...prompt. Analysis will be done from raw data, from a prompt. Collaboration will be done in real time, with feedback from AI Assistants and only approved by their humans.
So what do we need to know? How AI Assistants will communicate with MCP, how workflows will change with that reality, and why everyone will want to use their AI Assistant in the future.Show More
So what do we need to know? How AI Assistants will communicate with MCP, how workflows will change with that reality, and why everyone will want to use their AI Assistant in the future.Show More

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Wayfinder: An Introduction
You've heard me talk about AI Assistants and the way they will change ...
You've heard me talk about AI Assistants and the way they will change the world of work moving forward. For Learning and Development, that means offloading much of the ...research and structural development of courses in favor of creative fine-tuning and deep engagement research. It also means working in tandem with your OpenClaw/NemoClaw/Claude Code/Claude Cowork/Gemini for Workspaces/Perplexity Computer/Insert your favorite new agent here.
So, I created Wayfinder. Your MCP-enabled AI Agent. Your AI Assistant can connect to it, create whole learning paths, and generate an AI Assistant training markdown file that will provide a guide for the AI Assistant for the given role as part of it's permanent reference. No more spending hours prompting your AI Assistant to get it to commit specific behaviors and support actions to long-term memory: It's all in one file. And that one file? You can swap it out when you change roles, with no bleed-over.
Come and learn more about Wayfinder, and if you are interested, check it out here:
https://wayfinder.robbclan.comShow More
So, I created Wayfinder. Your MCP-enabled AI Agent. Your AI Assistant can connect to it, create whole learning paths, and generate an AI Assistant training markdown file that will provide a guide for the AI Assistant for the given role as part of it's permanent reference. No more spending hours prompting your AI Assistant to get it to commit specific behaviors and support actions to long-term memory: It's all in one file. And that one file? You can swap it out when you change roles, with no bleed-over.
Come and learn more about Wayfinder, and if you are interested, check it out here:
https://wayfinder.robbclan.comShow More

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L&D and Neurodivergent Enablement AI Assistant Training
Employees, Customers, Partners: The future will have everyone using AI ...
Employees, Customers, Partners: The future will have everyone using AI Assistants as commonly and as easily as we use Mobile, personal computers, or email today, but did you know ...that AI Assistants are a massive opportunity for your neurodivergent employees?
Today, let's dive into how AI in general has helped those with neurodivergence cope with and thrive in work settings, how AI Assistants will only add to those opportunities, and how L&D, along with neurodivergent service providers, can make this the easiest, fastest way to support your neurodivergent employees with an infrastructure you are already putting in place.Show More
Today, let's dive into how AI in general has helped those with neurodivergence cope with and thrive in work settings, how AI Assistants will only add to those opportunities, and how L&D, along with neurodivergent service providers, can make this the easiest, fastest way to support your neurodivergent employees with an infrastructure you are already putting in place.Show More

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L&D and Customer Enablement AI Assistant Training
Customer's need to know how to use your service, product, or platform. ...
Customer's need to know how to use your service, product, or platform. Guess what? They have their own AI Assistants 10x'ing their productivity! And now that AI ...Assistant needs to know what to do with your service/product/platform as well.
In an age where the Internet is diverging: Human internet and now AI Agent/Assistant internet, your company needs to evolve with it. Follow me as I give examples of how companies like ServiceNow, Abnormal AI, and NetBrain Technologies could prep for this next generation of AI by providing AI Assistant training content with their customer content.
Note: I'm no longer affiliated with any of these companies, but have worked at all three.Show More
In an age where the Internet is diverging: Human internet and now AI Agent/Assistant internet, your company needs to evolve with it. Follow me as I give examples of how companies like ServiceNow, Abnormal AI, and NetBrain Technologies could prep for this next generation of AI by providing AI Assistant training content with their customer content.
Note: I'm no longer affiliated with any of these companies, but have worked at all three.Show More

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L&D and AI Assistant Training
Learning and Development is poised to be the best team to enable your ...
Learning and Development is poised to be the best team to enable your company with AI Assistants. Not AI chatbots, not AI Agents, but fully proactive AI Assistants for ...your employees, 10x'ing their performance and, as a consequence, your company. But those employees need to know how to use their AI Assistants in their roles, what to delegate to AI, what to own. Likewise, your AI Assistants need to know what's expected of them when working with their humans.
It's time we look at how this works, and how Learning and Development is the team that can make this happen.Show More
It's time we look at how this works, and how Learning and Development is the team that can make this happen.Show More

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Future of AI in Learning and Development
AI is changing things fast. Last year, when attending DevLearn, I saw ...
AI is changing things fast. Last year, when attending DevLearn, I saw some basic tasks or avatars. This year? Full course creation from a prompt. What's ...missing? Learning Paths, though AI Agents are able to manage that with some set up. What of the future? Openclaw gives us a glimpse of what that would be. Let's discuss!Show More

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Social Learning: An essential part of your learning journey
As L&D Professionals we focus a lot on delivering courses, content, ...
As L&D Professionals we focus a lot on delivering courses, content, and classes. We set up learning paths for students, and expect them to magically pick up what they ...learn from that. Or, if you are a manager, you probably think folks should just read the manual and learn on their own.
The reality is, we learn in a 70/20/10 rule: 70% self-guided learning, 10% formal course learning, and 20% is learning socially. This is often forgotten or misunderstood. So, let's talk about it!Show More
The reality is, we learn in a 70/20/10 rule: 70% self-guided learning, 10% formal course learning, and 20% is learning socially. This is often forgotten or misunderstood. So, let's talk about it!Show More

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Operationalizing AI
So, you've decided to use AI, and you even have someone in charge to ...
So, you've decided to use AI, and you even have someone in charge to take ownership of your AI platform. Now what? Why does it still feel like ...AI isn't working, or that it's not being utilized fully? Perhaps you are asking the wrong questions.
In this edition of Leadership in Learning, we dive into operationalizing your AI strategy, how it works, and what you can do to make that happen. This context will be centered on Learning and Development, but the principles are the same.Show More
In this edition of Leadership in Learning, we dive into operationalizing your AI strategy, how it works, and what you can do to make that happen. This context will be centered on Learning and Development, but the principles are the same.Show More

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Scaling with a Strong Enablement Program
There's a common myth that enablement programs are not important. ...
There's a common myth that enablement programs are not important. After all, that's why we have Customer Success, right? Or perhaps, the Deployment or Implementation team should have trained ...the customer correctly. This is snapshot customer training, not true enablement.Show More

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Becoming Neurodivergent-Inclusive
Continuing with the theme from my LinkedIn posts, let's discuss some ...
Continuing with the theme from my LinkedIn posts, let's discuss some practical steps you can take to make your content, team, organization, or company more neurodivergent-inclusive.

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Motivation and Resilience
Resilience for your employees means moving them through their 5 levels ...
Resilience for your employees means moving them through their 5 levels of need. Let's discuss what they are, how to help employees move along, and building resilience along the ...way.Show More
