Taylor Blake

Degreed

Helping lead an initiative called Degreed Experiments where we evaluate emerging technologies through prototyping and research.

SVP New Initiatives

Degreed acquired Learn In and I became SVP of Product for Degreed Academies and Content Marketplace.

SVP Product

Learn In

Attract, develop, and retain your talent with a Talent Academy that: 
1) gives employees access to best external skill-building courses and programs through stipends, education benefits, or scholarships 
2) allows you to build your own programs that are cohort-based, hands-on, and collaborative

Easily meet every key learning moment and drive business performance.

Co-founder and Chief Product Officer

University Impact

University Impact sprung out of a desire to embrace a more sustainable way of creating large-scale, positive, social impact (while generating a financial return at the same time). Our mission is to find and fund ventures and businesses that are solving complex, vexing social problems with strong management teams, passion for change, and innovative business models.

Product Advisor

•  Researched, validated, and launched a suite of skill measurement products (Skill Rating, Skill Review, and Skill Certification) to measure any skill at any level. Skill measurement allows individuals and companies to identify gaps, measure progress, and get matched to career opportunities.

Product, Skills

•  Started when team was < 5 people chasing a crazy dream
•  Researched, prototyped, and built product offerings for consumers and enterprise clients
•  Oversaw client success, email marketing, content marketing, user acquisition, customer support

Founding Team / Product Manager

Kaplan EdTech Accelerator powered by TechStars

The Kaplan/TechStars Accelerator is a three month intensive, mentor-driven, deep immersion program for startups.  TechStars was ranked by Forbes as the #2 tech incubator in the world.

TechStars

The RBL Group

The RBL Group is a leadership and strategic HR consulting firm co-founded by Dave Ulrich.

Product Manager

Various

Microsoft - User experience design and research
LinkedIn - Product management for learning products
Innosight - Innovation and strategy consulting
Bloomreach - Market research

Student Intern

I help lead Degreed Experiments to explore how emerging technology (AI) can be leveraged in workplace learning. Feel free to connect or message me.

We’re here to make sure education and skills stay the key to economic opportunity in an AI-driven world—because the future shouldn’t just work for those who own all the capital or compute.

We aim to do this by:
- Helping people handle the changes AI brings to work and life.
- Teaching people how to use and get the most out of AI tools.
- Finding ways to use AI for more than just cutting costs—so we can invest back into people.

Our AI-related experiments help position L&D be at the forefront of navigating this change. Follow along, and let’s ensure human expertise continues to drive progress and opportunity.

Why Degreed? We started Degreed with a passion for lifelong learning and have since seen what works (and what doesn’t) across hundreds of the most innovative learning organizations. After we established the category of Learning Experience Platforms (LXP) at Degreed, I left to tackle a new set of ambitious challenges and cofounded Learn In.  In 2022, through acquisition, we combined the latest innovations from Learn In with Degreed’s market-leading platform to build the next chapter of products to support lifelong learning.

Elev-8 Performance

As a Consulting Director at Elev-8, I deliver consultancy and behavioural change programmes for our clients (Customer Experience, Sales, Leadership, D&I and more) and work on our consulting methodology and client experience.

I've worked with many FTSE250 organisations to transform their performance, including Anglian Water, BT, RAC, Vodafone, Openreach, Thames Water, Legal and General, and The Hyde Group.

Consulting Director

Head of Learning Experience Development 

Capita Learning

Learning Partner

Blue Sky - Experts In People Change

Director of Client Experience 

Principal Consultant

Virgin Media

Training Delivery Manager

Training & Development Resourcing Manager

Talent & Development Business Partner

Virgin Mobile

Retail Store Manager

Retail Sales Executive

Customer Service Advisor

A & A Marketing

Direct Sales

Curry's Superstore

Sales Assistant

At Elev-8, we improve organisations’ performance by changing people’s behaviour. We are training and behavioural change experts who bring a refreshing, innovative, pragmatic and performance-led approach to developing people in businesses worldwide. 

We’re big believers in the need to make learning stick and deliver business results that matter to our clients. 

We all love to help people (and their businesses) reach their full potential.

We focus on the following:

• Working with leaders to help them create a team climate where people do their best work
• Changing mindsets to maximise performance 
• Developing skills so your people are equipped to serve your customers
• Delivering business results and an ROI

...In areas including Customer Experience, Sales, Leadership and Management Development, D&I, Change and more...

If you’d like to find out more, let’s chat. Drop me a DM or check out our webpage at www.elev-8.co.uk

Alternatively, take our free Performance Indicator assessment to determine how your business stacks up against the things we know drive high performance 

https://bit.ly/3yNBdqh

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