Grant Aldrich, founder and CEO of OnlineDegree.com , is working to remove the major barriers adults are often faced with when deciding whether or not to go back to school. And as somebody who personally experienced the overwhelming impact of student debt, the company’s mission – to make higher education more accessible and affordable for everyone – is something he is genuinely passionate about. In this episode of the Leading Learning Podcast, Jeff talks with Grant about the business model behind...
Nov 05, 2019•39 min
For over 25 years Ed Morrison, founder and director of the Agile Strategy Lab at Purdue University , has been studying challenges related to how humans collaborate and engage in complex work. In that time, he pioneered the development of Strategic Doing, a new approach to strategy and complex collaboration in open, loosely connected networks. He is also a co-author of Strategic Doing: Ten Skills for Agile Leadership , which outlines this new discipline of leadership strategy with practical ways ...
Oct 29, 2019•44 min•Season 210Ep. 4
It’s not unusual to be asked for feedback by a colleague or friend. And, likewise, it’s not unusual to be offered unsolicited feedback, whether from a boss, colleague, or friend. But giving—and receiving—feedback is arguably harder than most people think. It’s an art and a science. And it’s exceedingly important that learning professionals take the time to learn that art and science because of the critical role that feedback plays in learning. In this episode of the Leading Learning Podcast, Cel...
Oct 22, 2019•25 min•Season 5Ep. 209
Behavioral scientist and operations expert, Dr. Bradley Staats is a professor at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina. With a focus on learning and analytics, he integrates work in operations management and human behavior to understand how to improve individual, team, and organizational performance. He’s also a speaker and author of the award-winning book, Never Stop Learning: Stay Relevant, Reinvent Yourself and Thrive , which is essentially an operating manual ...
Oct 15, 2019•37 min
For almost three decades, Adrian Segar has been designing and facilitating participant-driven and participation-rich meetings. His book, Conferences That Work: Creating Events That People Love , is the how-to manual for stepping outside the realm of the traditional conference model to create peer conferences, which are highly interactive, attendee-driven events that uniquely leverage attendees' expertise and experience. And his new book, Event Crowdsourcing: Creating Events People Actually W...
Oct 08, 2019•1 hr 1 min
Do you wonder - or worry - about LMS ROI? When it comes to determining whether to implement a new or replacement learning management system, it’s important to ask, “What will the return on investment be?” Oftentimes, organizations struggle to try and answer this question—or even worse, it isn’t ever asked at all. In this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, Celisa and Jeff help you answer this sometimes daunting question and provide 5 key aspects of getting a high return on your LMS investme...
Oct 01, 2019•21 min
Dr. Wanda Wallace, Managing Partner of Leadership Forum, LLC , is committed to changing the world by helping people improve the quality of their conversations. As a globally recognized leadership expert, the Out of the Comfort Zone radio show host coaches leaders, conducts seminars and works with teams to improve their leadership capability. In recent years, much of her work has focused on helping women “get to the top, stick, and thrive” and—as an extension of that work—the potential trap for b...
Sep 24, 2019•41 min
With a focus on helping humanity prepare for an increasingly data and tech-driven future, Kate O’Neill, AKA the “tech humanist”, helps guide and inspire businesses to create truly meaningful human experiences. As a leading innovator across technology, marketing, and operations, Kate is a global keynote speaker, strategic advisor, and author of the recent, Tech Humanist: How You Can Make Technology Better for Business and Better for Humans. She is also the founder of KO Insights , which helps cli...
Sep 17, 2019•42 min
As learning businesses, it’s critical that we know how to empower our learners in order to achieve long-term success. That’s because empowerment is at the core of a successful business model for all learning businesses. So how can we best empower learners? It starts by committing to understanding and applying what we know related to how people learn—essentially, metalearning. In this episode of the Leading Learning Podcast, Jeff and Celisa discuss 7 specific “metalearning moves” you can utilize ...
Sep 10, 2019•29 min
As a well-known writer, speaker, and practitioner in the world of learning and development, Jane Bozarth is passionate about sharing her experiences and helping others grow. She is the Director of Research for the eLearning Guild , and author of Show Your Work: The Payoffs . Jane also writes the popular monthly “Nuts & Bolts” column in Learning Solutions magazine . And she co-hosts #lrnchat , a weekly discussion on Twitter for people interested in how to help other people learn in formal, in...
Sep 03, 2019•57 min
Award-winning learning technologist, Dr. Ellen Wagner has extensive leadership experience in the fields learning and learning technology. She’s a self-described learning activist who co-founded the Predictive Analytics Reporting (PAR) Framework, a predictive analytics research effort. And she’s the founder and managing partner of North Coast EduVisory Services, which helps higher-ed and commercial organizations make better use of data analytics resources, talent, and technology platforms. In thi...
Aug 27, 2019•40 min
It’s hard to believe but this officially marks the 200th episode of the Leading Learning podcast! What originally started as the lead-up to one of our Leading Learning events four years ago, the Podcast has continued to grow and evolve while providing us the tremendous opportunity to connect with learning business professionals from all over the world. In this milestone episode of Leading Learning (which also happened to be recorded live at Podcast Movement 2019 !), Celisa and Jeff reflect on wh...
Aug 20, 2019•28 min•Season 4Ep. 200
Understanding the science behind topics related to human behavior can be extremely powerful for learning businesses. And Daniel H. Pink is the author of six provocative bestselling books that uncover the truth about these complex behaviors including, Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us , To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others , and most recently, When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing . Pink is also the creator of the Pinkcast , a series of short video...
Aug 13, 2019•44 min
Understanding how to learn and master new and difficult skills is essential in today’s rapidly changing world. And Scott H. Young, a committed lifelong learning, blogger , and author of the newly released book, Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career , has spent the past decade becoming an expert on how to successfully do this. Through completing a wide range of self-education projects—things like completing MIT’s four-year computer science curricu...
Aug 06, 2019•41 min
Leverage is essential to the success of a learning business. It’s about helping learners get the maximum value out of their learning experiences and it’s basically the key to maximizing reach, revenue, and impact . So creating leverage for ourselves – and much more importantly, our learners – is arguably one of the most powerful things a learning business can do now, or in the future. In this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, Celisa and Jeff discuss this valuable concept of leverage as it...
Jul 30, 2019•24 min
With almost four decades of combined experience in the association sector, Adrienne and Keith Segundo are the passionate co-founders of Limitless Association Solution Resource , a strategic association management company that specializes in credentialing. Adrienne focuses on exam development, accreditation, advance credentialing, and the marketing of credentials, while Keith is committed to helping Limitless clients grow in the areas of membership, non-dues revenue, marketing, accreditation coun...
Jul 23, 2019•45 min
With a mission of improving quality of life and engaging minds, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes (OLLI) provide a distinctive array of lifelong learning opportunities and activities specifically developed for seasoned adults who are interested in learning simply for the joy of learning. And as the director of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Duke University , Chris McLeod leads one the top ten largest Institutes in the country (there are over 120 nationally), which are all associat...
Jul 16, 2019•38 min
If we had to pick just one thing as the crux of the success of a learning business we’d definitely argue it would have to be the learning experiences—the products and services that are actually offered. That’s because the learning experiences that learning businesses provide are at the essence of what they do. But in order to effectively do this, we need to have a solid understanding of adult learning theory. And although many of us are already familiar with concepts related to this, there can b...
Jul 09, 2019•25 min
As a leading expert in online education, Ray Schroeder brings an unmatched depth of knowledge and passion for advancing the field. He’s the current associate vice chancellor for online learning and founding director of the Center for Online Learning, Research, and Service at the University of Illinois Springfield. He’s also the founding director of the National Council for Online Education at the University Professional and Continuing Education Association. With decades’ worth of related observa...
Jul 02, 2019•43 min
It’s been a few years since we last spoke with Scott Wiley , president and CEO of the Ohio Society of CPAs (OSCPA) . And in that time, OSCPA has made significant progress in many of the areas we previously touched on, particularly around workforce development. This week on Leading Learning, Jeff reconnects with Scott to discuss how OSCPA is working to solidify their role as a trusted partner in the success of the future of the profession. They talk about OSCPA's workforce development initiat...
Jun 25, 2019•41 min
Here’s a question: how would you say most people define marketing ? Our suspicion - based on a lot of experience - is that when most people think of marketing, they think of advertising, or other forms of promotion. But there's much more to marketing than promotion - and even promotion has more to it than many appreciate. In this episode, we cover the 4 Ps of marketing - product, pricing, place, and - yes - promotion. We consider each P in detail and, of course, each one applies in the conte...
Jun 18, 2019•21 min
Connie Malamed – a learning experience design consultant and author of Visual Design Solutions: Principles and Creative Inspiration for Learning Professionals – has been helping organizations create meaningful learning experiences for more than two decades. She’s also the publisher of The eLearning Coach Web site and podcast , where she shares actionable strategies, practical content, product reviews, and resources. She is truly passionate about helping others design, develop, and understand lea...
Jun 11, 2019•34 min
"In just twenty years, some 75% of our lives will change dramatically. We know this because it happened once before. Between 1900 and 1920 life changed." This is the premise behind, Nine Shift: Work, life, and education in the 21st century , a book that asserts 2020 is a pivotal year where we can officially recognize the transformational change that has occurred where nine hours in your day will be spent entirely differently than they were in 2000. As co-author of the book, William Grave...
Jun 04, 2019•40 min
Here’s a statement to consider: “You can learn new things, but you can’t really change how intelligent you are.” Would you say you mostly agree or disagree? And how about this statement: “No matter what kind of person you are, you can always change substantially.” Do you mostly agree or mostly disagree? According to Dr. Carol Dweck, author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success , your answers to questions like these can reveal a lot about you when it comes to learning—specifically, whether yo...
May 28, 2019•25 min
Michelle Ockers is a learning and development strategist who firmly believes that everyone deserves the opportunity to learn and to unlock their full potential to perform at their best. While she’s based in Australia, the Learning Uncut podcast co-host helps leaders all over the world to build a high-impact L&D function through serving as a trusted mentor, facilitator, trainer, and speaker. In this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, Celisa talks with Michelle about personal knowledge m...
May 21, 2019•55 min
In recent years, there’s been a significant surge in the level of investment flowing into educational technology companies. And with no signs of this letting up in the near future, it’s an investment niche that’s critical to the market for lifelong learning. In this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, Jeff talks with Ian Chiu, managing director at Owl Ventures , one of the firms leading a wave of investment in educational technology companies. They talk about everything from the basics of v...
May 14, 2019•46 min
It’s been a while since Jeff’s book, Leading the Learning Revolution : The Expert's Guide to Capitalizing on the Exploding Lifelong Education Market was published but the key concepts behind it remain highly relevant and are fundamental to running a successful learning business. That’s because the learning revolution is far from over, and in fact, it’s still unfolding. In this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, Celisa and Jeff revisit the core concepts behind the book by exploring the ...
May 07, 2019•26 min
As a long trusted source of education for legal professionals, the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) is committed to providing high-quality continuing education opportunities to a diverse group of learners. And one of the leaders working to ensure this happens is LSO’s director of continuing professional development, Michelle Ryan. In this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, Celisa talks with Michelle about LSO’s learning portfolio and how the generational make-up of the learners they serve – an...
Apr 30, 2019•50 min
What do you get when you provide a learning experience that’s truly meaningful? According to this week’s guests on the podcast, Nancy Bacon and Mark Nilles, you create something “learningful”. And when it comes to creating impactful, “learningful” conferences, these two have teamed up to share what it takes in their recent e-book, Conferences That Make a Difference . Nancy is a teacher and instructional designer who has worked for over 20 years in the nonprofit sector. For the past five years, s...
Apr 23, 2019•45 min
There are three goals at the heart of almost all learning businesses: reach, revenue, and impact. Reaching the right audience, generating revenue, and of course, making an impact. And getting each of these areas to work together is key to delivering value and achieving success. In this episode of the Leading Learning podcast, Celisa and Jeff examine the flexible framework of reach, revenue, and impact. They discuss each area individually as well as the importance of achieving balance between the...
Apr 21, 2019•24 min
