The Current State of Podcasts With Shannon Martin

Since Shannon first appeared on the podcast in 2021, podcasting has grown exponentially into a mainstream channel for organisations and individuals. However, despite this growth, it is still a marginal tool in corporate learning and not fully embraced for its potential to make culture accessible an…

Aviva’s Response to Developing Digital Skills with Sarah Allen & Molly Howes

As organisations face disruption from digital advancements, a parallel skills shortage is being experienced in the labour market. In the face of these two challenges, Learning & Development teams are seeking ways to make a predictable and reliable impact on developing their people. In this episode,…

Measuring Business Impact Of Learning With Bonnie Beresford

Business impact is an elusive goal for Learning & Development, but it needn’t be. In this episode, as part of a series on achieving measurable impact, Bonnie Beresford unpacks what we should mean by business impact and how we make it attainable as well as planned and measurable. KEY TAKEAWAYS Lear…

Measuring Behaviour Change with Laura Paramoure

If L&D can’t influence or change behaviour, then we need to ask ourselves “What are we for?” Similarly, if we can’t measure whether behaviour change has occurred then our position should be precarious. In this episode, Laura Paramoure tackles this topic head-on to make it measuring behaviour change…

How To Plan For Impact In The Beginning So It's Easier To Measure In The End With Kevin M Yates

We kick off our mini-series on Measuring Impact with Kevin answering questions about how we plan to make a measurable difference rather than leaving it to chance or trying to retrospectively seek value once we’ve delivered an agreed - if not largely hopeful - solution. KEY TAKEAWAYS  Start with t…

How Has L&D Leadership Changed? With John Tomlinson

We’ve both been in Learning & Development (or Training, as it was known) since the 1990s. It seems that so much has changed and yet so much remains the same. I.e., Classroom training was the primary means of development, tech was emerging but seen as supplementary (and perhaps inferior), and we str…

Lively & Disagreeable

Have you ever wanted to hear learning experts with different views explore ways in which they disagree? Respectfully, of course. Well, this is our opportunity to listen in on a couple of L&D titans as they debate. Enjoy Guy Wallace and Nick Shackleton-Jones as they discuss and debate the difference…

Performance-Oriented L&D at Pret a Manger With Lila Warren

What does a pivot to performance-oriented L&D look like in a fast-paced high street environment? In this episode, Lila Warren, Global Head of Retail Academy at Pret a Manger, shares her motivations and approaches to affecting performance with learning solutions designed to make a meaningful impact.…

Measuring Impact With Bonnie Beresford, Laura Paramoure, and Kevin M. Yates

Measuring impact is notoriously difficult but without it, our profession cannot progress, and we won’t fulfil our potential. There is a huge role for Learning & Development in the upskilling and reskilling efforts required to plug the skills gap, but we won’t do that without holding ourselves accou…

After The L&D Handbook With Michelle Parry-Slater

In 2021, Michelle published her book, The L&D Handbook, aimed at providing practical steps and tools for L&D professionals wanting to move away from traditional classroom teaching but not sure where to start. Since then, the need for this pivot has only increased. In this episode, we explore what L…