Learning IS Strategy but Some Learning Teams Stay Stuck in Reactive Mode. Here's Why.

Learning IS Strategy but Some Learning Teams Stay Stuck in Reactive Mode. Here's Why.

July 20, 2026 · 33 min · Episode 195

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This episode discusses how nonprofit L&D teams can transition from reactive training to strategic partners.

Does your L&D team spend most of its time responding to urgent training requests instead of shaping strategy? In this episode of Learning for Good, I sit down with Mark Nilles and Scot Vessell, two experienced learning and development leaders, to discuss what it actually takes for nonprofit L&D to operate as a strategic lever. We argue that becoming a strategic partner starts with an internal shift, from seeing yourself as a learning designer who produces training to seeing yourself a...

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Host: Heather Burright

Guests: Mark Nilles, Scot Vessell

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