L&D Global Sentiment Survey 2026: From Trends and Challenges to Business Impact

Duration: 60 minutes

L&D Global Sentiment Survey 2026: From trends and challenges to business impact

About

For the 13th year running, the L&D Global Sentiment Survey, created and led by Donald Taylor, captures how learning professionals feel about workplace learning today. The latest findings point in one direction: it’s time for L&D to draw its own map toward performance and business goals.

In this session, we dig into the data and look at why the pressure on L&D keeps building. We focus on what’s driving that pressure and where learning teams still have room to make an impact.

  • What 3,700+ professionals say will be “hot” in 2026

  • How AI is reshaping expectations of learning impact

  • Why proving value remains a top challenge

  • How the role of L&D is changing in practice

Hosted by

Nick Gonios VP Learning Transformation & Company Ambassador, TalentLMS
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Donald H. Taylor Founder & lead researcher of the L&D Survey Series