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A series of overlong discussions between Learning & Development professionals about L&D stuff - contact via @JohnRTomlinson on Twitter or LinkedIn

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A series of overlong discussions between Learning & Development professionals about L&D stuff - contact via @JohnRTomlinson on Twitter or LinkedIn

    Finding Your Voice: tips to improve the impact of your voice

    Finding Your Voice: tips to improve the impact of your voice

    In this episode John Tomlinson speaks to Robert Kirby of People People about the role of the voice in our personal impact, not just in the training room, but more generally how we can train ourselves to improve how we come across with authority and influence.
    Rob is Director of People, People, which provides workshops, courses and coaching using the ‘People, People Way’. It combines psychology, acting tools and coaching principles to improve productivity, performance, and employee engagement for businesses. With a focus on interpersonal communication, People People have supported a range of public and private sector clients including the NHS, MoneySupermarket Group, and the Crown Prosecution Service.
     
     

    • 53 min
    Stop focussing on content, focus on problems!

    Stop focussing on content, focus on problems!

    In this podcast John Tomlinson talks to David James of 360Learning about how we need to align out digital learning strategies to fixing real problems quickly, rather than building up cumbersome libraries of generic content. It's more fun that I just made it sound, I promise.
     

    David James is Chief Learning Officer at 360Learning (formerly at Looop) and has been a People Development professional for more than 20 years, most notably as Director of Talent, Learning & OD for The Walt Disney Company across Europe, the Middle East & Africa.
     
    David is host of The Learning & Development Podcast, a prominent writer and a conference speaker on topics around modern and digital L&D.
     
    Twitter: @DavidInLearning
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidjameslinkedin/
    Website: https://www.davidinlearning.com
     

    • 40 min
    Transforming Communication in Organisations

    Transforming Communication in Organisations

    Heather Hansen focuses on helping organisations communicate better, and helping individuals at work get their voices heard. Her book Unmuted talks through her holistic process of building confidence, capability and connection - not just ticking some training boxes. In this episode John Tomlinson talks to her about how she makes this work.
    Heather Hansen helps multinational companies enhance collaboration, innovation and inclusion across their global teams through greater understanding and stronger, more efficient communication policies. She focuses on fostering unmuted communication cultures where every voice is heard, resulting in greater inclusion, innovation and efficiency across remoteand global teams.
    Along with private leadership communication coaching, Heather facilitates group training courses and consults on a number of topics related to global communication. Heather is also an External Industry Expert for NUS Business School’s Executive Education programs where she runs modules on communication, presentation, and storytelling skills.
    Social media links for Heather:
    Linkedin YoutubeTwitter
     

    • 58 min
    The medical profession: the best example of a learning culture and continuous development?

    The medical profession: the best example of a learning culture and continuous development?

    I've always though that hospitals are the best example we have of a good learning organisation, and the medical profession the best example of continuous professional development, so I was keen to chat to someone who understood this field better than I did (my medical training is entirely made up of watching Grey's Anatomy) - and so I was grateful to have the opportunity to have a conversation with Dr Alex Young, a qualified surgeon and L&D entrepreneur (and marathon runner etc.).
    Dr Alex Young is an NHS trauma and orthopaedic surgeon, and founder of Virti. Passionate about improving human performance, he built and sold his first company whilst at university, before boot-strapping and scaling another while still training in the NHS. Virti develops immersive training tools to improve human performance in organisations around the globe. They have won a wealth of awards including being named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2021.

    Check out Alex's website here (with links to his social media presence and YouTube channel) and here on LinkedIn.
     

    • 46 min
    What can we learn from the movies about deep learning experiences

    What can we learn from the movies about deep learning experiences

    In this episode John Tomlinson talks with Kushal Bose about his remarkable career and how he's used his engineering and film making background to create deep learning experiences in organisations.
    Kushal Bose is the CEO of teledec.com and learning & development facilitator for corporate clients. He helps companies reduce costs and improve bottom line through the art of storytelling. With advanced degrees in engineering and film production, he founded Teledec International in 1987 to create engaging training tools that combine the different techniques of cinema, explaining complex technical concepts.
    For 35 years Teledec has been at the leading edge of innovative training development with an impressive client list of Fortune 500 companies including: Abbot, BP, McDonald’s, Philips, Northrup, Ameritech, Kraft, Cisco, Discover and many more.
    Their speciality is taking existing training material (PDF, Excel, AutoCad, Visio, MSWord engineering specs, job aids, etc) and publishing a seamless engaging presentation for an online audience. These presentations can be instructor led, self-paced, or blended.
    They excel in developing:
    Learning Solutions
    Compliance Training
    Technology Training
    Organization Development Training
    Sales Training
    Customized Training Solutions
    Teledec has an impressive in-house capability including subject matter expertise, video production, graphics and animation, programming, authoring, instructional design, technical writing and LMS administration.

    • 43 min
    Top Five Mistakes by a Learning and Development Professional

    Top Five Mistakes by a Learning and Development Professional

    We all make mistakes, and when we're forced to suddenly start working entirely online after a lifetime of facilitating training in training rooms, we might make a lot more of them! No problem, mistakes are learning opportunities, and so in this podcast John Tomlinson talks to Caroline Black about five mistakes she's made since the Covid pandemic and moving her learning and development sessions into the virtual world.
    Caroline Black is a specialist in leadership development and communication skills. She is a Fellow and Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations. Caroline designs and delivers bespoke online and face to face training courses, workshops and webinars. She is also a corporate event facilitator (online and face to face) and conference chair.
    Her clients in the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors include the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Cabinet Office, The Royal Navy, ACCA and Lloyds Banking Group.
    Caroline is a published author of The PR Professionals handbook (Kogan Page 2014) and The PR Practitioner’s Desk Top Guide (Thorogood second edition 2009). In her spare time, she runs baby namings, weddings and funerals on behalf of Humanists UK.
    Visit her website here or follow her on Twitter (@caroblack) or visit her profile on LinkedIn.
     
     

    • 28 min

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