Learning While Working Podcast

Owen Ferguson from GoodPractice talks about some of their findings from their research into how managers learn.

Terrena Hooper talks about her journey at Sodexo where L&D has gone from being compliance focused to being a value creator for the organisation.

Squiz and Robin talk about how Virtual Reality can be used to simulate experiences in the classroom that accelerate employees’ learning and create more business impact.

Robin and Brenden Carter talk about trends in digital learning, including microlearning, virtual reality, learning campaigns and xAPI.

Michelle Gibbings and Robin talk about the future of work and the importance of decision making.

Robin and Robert talk about how Austin Health is using xAPI to share learning data between hospitals. This means that healthcare professionals who work at multiple hospitals don’t need to complete mandatory training multiple times.

Justin Sterns from Allens and Robin talk about using using human-centred design to rethink learning to meet the needs of employees. Part of what they talk about is the difference between human-centred design and design thinking.

In this podcast we dive deep into the mindsets that are needed for design thinking with Kylie Savage and Caitlyn Cook from Huddle. Like Portable, Huddle is a service design firm. About half of Huddle’s work is capability development of organisations and individuals. In the other podcasts in this series, we have talked a lot about the design thinking process and the understanding phase in particular. Designing is not just proces, it’s also a mindset. Huddle has a great way of talking about and thinking about what these mindsets are. To go along with series podcast series we have released an eBook with transcripts of the interviews. The introduction to the eBook gives an overview of design thinking. Download the eBook Useful links To find out more about Huddle, visit their website. Listen to The Huddle Show podcast. Read This Human, the design thinking book authored by Huddle founder Melis Senova.

In this third podcast in the design thinking and learning series, we explore the relationship between the processes of design thinking and instructional design. Traditional instructional design is a form of designing thinking, but often it lacks the creative elements. Also, the ADDIE process does not have the prototyping phase that is so important for finding out if a solution is going to work. This podcast is a great exploration of design thinking in action within learning design. Download the eBook Useful links Find out more about Connie Malamed by visiting The eLearning Coach website. Listen to The eLearning Coach podcast. Read Connie’s blog post on How To Use Design Thinking In Learning Experience Design. Gain some more valuable tips from Connie’s blog post 10 Things You Should Know About Design and Design Thinking. Listen to another interview with Connie on Design thinking for L&D on the Good Practice podcast.

With this series we didn’t just want to talk with L&D people about design thinking. Half of the interviews are with design thinking leaders outside of L&D. In this episode, we’re talking with Simon Goodrich from Portable Studios. It’s interesting to hear an outsider's viewpoint on learning systems such as learning management systems and his thoughts on more lightweight approaches to learning systems. One of Simon’s most powerful insights is that design thinking can be used to harness energy for change, and that it’s important to act when the health of a project is strong. To go along with the podcast we have released an eBook with all transcripts of the interviews. The introduction to the eBook gives an overview of design thinking and demystifies some of the terms used in the podcast, like ‘ideation’. Download the eBook Useful links To find more about Portable Studios visit their website. Portable Studios report on Redesigning Work. Design kit from IDEO

The first interview in the design thinking and learning podcast series is with Arun Pradhan, on why design thinking is important to L&D at the moment. Arun is leading a new way of working in L&D. A key topic we discuss is that understanding the context of work through design thinking can lead you to design learning within the flow of work. In later parts of the interview we talk about L&D people becoming performance detectives, and how design thinking gives us some of the tools to do this. We also touch on core tools and approaches in design thinking, such as journey mapping and co-design with end users. To go along with the podcast we have released an eBook with all transcripts of the interviews. The introduction to the eBook gives an overview of design thinking and demystifies some of the terms used in the podcast, like ‘ideation’. Download the eBook Useful links Discover the mobile app Learn2Learn designed by Arun. Read Arun’s blog Design 4 Performance. Learn more about Arun. Watch a video o

In this episode you will learn from Paul Kearney about the importance of employability skills and how to develop them in your people. Paul has a deep, rich understanding of how people learn, and has been exploring how to develop these types of skills for close to 30 years. The term 'employability skills' is often seen as a bit of jargon. Paul has a great description: higher order skills. The skills he refers to are problem solving, taking initiative, planning and organising work and cooperating. Paul's background is in education and pre-employment training, but what he is talking about can be applied to help your people become self directed, continuous learners who are prepared for the future of work. During the podcast Paul talks about his framework for developing these higher order skills. Broadly, the framework is about: Increasing learner responsibility Increasing experience and practice for learners increasing reflective thinking in learners Increasing collaboration between learners This can be applied t

In the podcast you will hear about how GamEffective has linked workplace performance with learning, using microlearning and gamification. Roni Floman talks about how GamEffective started as a gamification of performance platform, then developed ways to help people improve performance with segments of microlearning. Gamification is typically about scores, levels and leaderboards. Roni talks about employees being able to ‘bet on themselves’ to set personal goals around metrics. Adaptive and personalised learning is often only based on employee performance in a learning scenario. The approach Roni discusses is centred on on-the-job performance first. One of the highlights of this interview is where Roni refers to ‘engagement automation’. Marketing automation is fed by triggers. For example, visiting a certain page on a website triggers a series of follow-up messages. When applied to learning, the messages will be tailored and triggered by performance. If an employee’s performance drops in an area, they will be s

In this interview Robin talks with JD Dillon about continuous learning and how it links with personalised learning.

Patti Shank is a leader in evidence-based learning. We're excited about the release of her book Practice and feedback for deeper learning, and Patti is our guest on this episode of the Learning While Working podcast where she and Robin discuss the need for more research in L&D.

Learning transfer professional Emma Weber is our guest on this episode of the Learning While Working podcast. Emma talks about the need to focus on the whole of the 70:20:10 model, and why the '10' is too often overlooked.

This episode is for learning professionals who are ready to dive deeper into their learning data. Robin speaks with Stewart Rogers from Lambda Solutions about framing your learning analytics with visual dashboards.

As learners, do we have our own digital body language, and can this be tracked and measured? Learning strategist Lori Niles-Hofmann talks on the podcast in a discussion about her approach to data driven learning design, which begins with some very simple steps.

In this episode, Sprout Labs digital producer and former journalist Tracey Grady grabs the mic and joins Robin in a discussion about audiences, journalism in the digital age, and content that is 'learner-worthy'—did Robin just coin a new phrase?

We continue our focus on content curation, this time with Jeevan Joshi from LearnD. An avid curator of podcast content, Jeevan takes us through his pro tips for content curation and explains how well-curated content can help with retention of learning.