Personalized AI Learning: How AI Digital Clones Make Training More Relevant | Mike Lyons & Greg Pfister

What if corporate training could move beyond generic videos, static quizzes, and one-size-fits-all content to deliver personalized coaching whenever a learner needs it?

In this episode of the AI Accelerator Podcast, Matt Zembruski welcomes Mike Lyons, Founder and CPO, and Greg Pfister, Co-Founder of KaiRise, to explore how AI is changing learning and development.

Mike and Greg share how they moved KaiRise from a self-paced agile training company into an AI-powered learning and development platform. They explain how they developed Ask Mike, Mike’s AI digital clone, and expanded the concept into Ask Me, a platform that allows trainers, consultants, instructors, and subject matter experts to create personalized AI experiences using their own knowledge and content.

The conversation explores why the future of enterprise AI is not simply about adding chatbots. It is about delivering the right knowledge, feedback, and coaching in the context of each person's role, experience, and learning goals.

• How AI is transforming corporate training and learning and development.
• Why traditional online training often fails to keep learners engaged or help knowledge stick.
• The importance of connecting agile practices and professional roles to measurable business outcomes.
• How the pace and cost of change are accelerating with AI.
• Why organizations will increasingly need to manage teams that combine people and AI agents.
• The difference between using AI as a general search engine and applying it to specific business and learning contexts.
• How KaiRise developed Ask Mike to provide immediate, personalized feedback to learners.
• How Ask Me enables experts to create AI-powered digital clones using their own knowledge, content, and teaching style.
• How learner profiles and individual goals make AI coaching more relevant to real-world responsibilities.
• How personalized AI learning can support corporate L&D teams, independent instructors, consultants, and higher education.
• Why creating more training content is not enough if learners cannot retain or apply what they learn.

00:00 – The Problem with Traditional Corporate Training
01:02 – Introducing Mike Lyons, Greg Pfister, and KaiRise
02:01 – KaiRise’s Evolution into AI-Powered Learning and Development
04:20 – How Agile and Online Training Have Changed
05:03 – Measuring Value Through Business Outcomes
06:43 – AI, the Changing Pace of Work, and Managing Agents
08:36 – How KaiRise Supports AI-Powered Learning
10:08 – The Growing Gap in AI Adoption
11:26 – Moving Beyond Prompts to AI Embedded in Everyday Work
12:18 – Why People Want to Use AI Agents, Not Necessarily Build Them
13:47 – The Future of an Agent Marketplace
14:17 – Natural Language as the New Way to Work with Technology
15:44 – Why AI Must Understand What People Actually Need
16:14 – The Origin Story Behind Ask Mike and Ask Me
16:41 – Building Ask Mike: Personalized Feedback for Learners
18:01 – Using RAG to Ground AI in Specific Knowledge
19:00 – Bringing Contextual AI Interactions into the Learning Experience
20:01 – Expanding Ask Mike into the Ask Me Platform
21:49 – Why Better Learning Matters More Than More Content
22:19 – Personalized Learning Based on Individual Roles and Goals
24:38 – Creating Digital Coaches with Distinct Personalities
25:17 – Turning Learning Feedback into Practical Next Steps
26:02 – Who Benefits Most from Ask Me?
27:36 – Supporting Trainers, Consultants, and Higher Education
28:36 – Extending Expertise Beyond the Classroom
29:43 – How to Explore KaiRise and Its AI Tools
30:41 – Special Offer for AI Accelerator Podcast Listeners

• Personalization makes learning more useful. Training becomes more relevant when AI can connect course material to a learner’s role, experience, responsibilities, and goals.
• Feedback is essential to learning. Static quizzes and generic responses cannot provide the same level of coaching as context-aware interactions that explain what a learner did and how to improve.
• More content does not automatically mean more learning. Organizations need to focus on retention, understanding, and practical application rather than simply producing more videos and courses.
• AI needs the right knowledge base. Grounding responses in an organization's own content helps make feedback more specific and aligned with its learning objectives.
• AI can extend human expertise. Digital clones allow instructors, consultants, and subject matter experts to make their knowledge accessible beyond scheduled sessions.
• The cost of change is falling. As AI tools become more accessible, professionals and organizations need to adapt how they manage products, projects, teams, and workflows.
• Business value remains the priority. Agile practices and AI initiatives should ultimately contribute to outcomes such as revenue growth, cost reduction, and better performance.

Mike Lyons, Founder and Chief Product Officer, and Greg Pfister, Co-Founder of KaiRise, bring decades of experience in product development, software engineering, agile delivery, and technology leadership. Together, they are transforming learning and development through AI-powered experiences. Their Ask Mike and Ask Me platforms allow trainers, consultants, and subject matter experts to turn their knowledge into personalized AI digital clones that provide tailored learning, coaching, and feedback.

Learn more at www.kairise.com.

KaiRise Website: https://www.kairise.com

Greg Pfister on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pfisterville/

Mike Lyons on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cyberlyons/

Visit KaiRise to try the Ask Mike digital clone and explore the Ask Me personalized AI experience.

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