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Learning Uncut

Michelle Ockersmichelleockers.com
Learning Uncut is about real conversations around real learning solutions and real experiences with real advice from real people. We're all about keeping it "real." Here's an overview of our approach: Strategy and tactics. We want to unpack the strategy and how-to's of creating great learning solutions, frameworks and teams. CONVERSATIONS, NOT SCRIPTED DISCUSSION Our podcasts are professional but not so edited and polished that they lose their authenticity. We want our audience to hear real people having real conversations and sharing real examples and advice. PROGRESSIVE We want to showcase the "unsung L&D heroes" out there doing great work, being brave and trying new things. PRACTICAL We invite our guests to share tips and strategies to help listeners take their solutions to the next level. We aim to provide actionable takeaways for our listeners through show notes, links and downloads wherever possible.
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79: Highly Engaging Blended Virtual Learning – Neil Von Heupt

Neil Von Heupt from the Social Media College encourages us to rethink participant engagement and support in virtual learning programs. He discusses how this has been achieved in the Social Media Marketing Intensive which was a highly commended Blended Learning solution in the Australian Institute of Training and Development's 2020 Excellence Awards. The result is a high stakes, high support learning experience. Host: Michelle Ockers Transcript and related resources: https://learninguncut.global/...

May 24, 202148 minSeason 1Ep. 79

Elevate 03: Performance Consulting - Renata Arreazea

How Learning and Development professionals can elevate their practice and impact with performance consulting. Renata Arreazea discusses how she got started with performance consulting and how she got better over the past 18 months. Host: Michelle Ockers Resources: Renata Arreazea LinkedIn profile GO TO RESOURCE 7-step Performance Consulting Model from Nigel Harrison GO TO RESOURCE Performance Consulting with Nigel Harrison, The Learning and Development Podcast GO TO RESOURCE Performance Design C...

May 17, 202127 min

78: Leadership Development in Antarctica – Nigel Paine

In 2016 Nigel Paine was invited to provide leadership development for a group of 40 people from around the world on an expedition to Antarctica. The environment provided dislocation, disconnection and discomfort – a context in which Nigel had to rethink his approach to leadership development. Host: Michelle Ockers Transcript and related resources: https://learninguncut.global/podcast/78/ Podcast information and more episodes: https://learninguncut.global/podcast/ Emergent: Podcast information an...

May 10, 202148 minSeason 1Ep. 78

Elevate 02: Storytelling - Mark Schenk

How Learning and Development professionals can elevate their practice and impact with Storytelling. Host: Michelle Ockers Guest: Mark Schenk Resources: Join the Learning Uncut Relaunch to find out about the 'My L&D Why' story campaign https://bit.ly/3gW4JBP Anecdote Story Framework https://bit.ly/336q8Ag Anecdotally Speaking, podcast https://bit.ly/3ecfrT1 Putting Stories to Work by Shawn Callahan https://bit.ly/2Rgoh9m More Episodes & Info: More episodes: https://learninguncut.libsyn.co...

May 03, 202127 min

Elevate 01: Introduction to Learning Uncut Elevate with Michelle Ockers

Michelle Ockers introduces the Learning Uncut Elevate series – elevating the practice and impact of learning professionals one topic at a time. Host: Michelle Ockers Resources: Join the Learning Uncut Relaunch to find out about the 'My L&D Why' story campaign https://bit.ly/3gW4JBP More Episodes & Info: More episodes: https://learninguncut.libsyn.com About the Learning Uncut podcast: https://michelleockers.com/learninguncut/...

May 03, 20214 min

77: Curiosity and Learning at Novartis – Simon Brown

Simon Brown, the Chief Learning Officer at Novartis, discusses how Novartis is creating a culture of curiosity, with a particular focus on the work of the learning and development team. While the L&D team at Novartis is very big - 1,000 people globally serving a workforce of 110,000 - there is much that you can take away and adapt to an organisation of any size. Host: Michelle Ockers Transcript and related resources: https://learninguncut.global/podcast/77/ Podcast information and more episo...

Apr 26, 202157 minSeason 1Ep. 77

76: NSW Health Workforce Planning Community – Kathryn Hume, Leigh Elligett

When the pandemic hit, NSW Health needed to prepare for workforce mobilisation of health workers at the frontline of the pandemic. The workforce planners were able to collaborate across the state to do this quickly and effectively – thanks in part to the community of practice that had been built in the preceding 18 months. This is the story of why and how that community was created. Host: Michelle Ockers Transcript and related resources: https://learninguncut.global/podcast/76/ Podcast informati...

Apr 12, 20211 hr 5 minSeason 1Ep. 76

75: L&D Cares: Restoring Humanity to Career Development– Brandon Carson, Jennifer Rogers and Elizabeth Lembke

L&D Cares is an all-volunteer support network for L&D professionals. Created in March 2021, L&D Cares offers a voice of support, unity and caring to those who have experienced job disruption or loss due to the pandemic – as well as those interested in reframing or remaking their careers. They also have a much bigger ambition to change the industry dynamic around career development and talent acquisition. Host: Michelle Ockers Guest: Brandon Carson, Jennifer Rogers and Elizabeth Lembk...

Mar 29, 20211 hr 4 minSeason 1Ep. 75

74: L&D Sentiment 2021: Stories worth a listen - Donald H Taylor

Since 2014 Donald H Taylor has run an annual one question survey to tap into the sentiment of L&D professionals around the globe. In late 2020 over 3,100 people from 95 countries answered Don's question "What will be hot in L&D in 2021." Don joins me to explore what the results might say about the demands of the pandemic on L&D, and where we are placing our attention. We weave in stories from previous Learning Uncut episodes for listeners to explore these 'hot' topics further. Host: ...

Mar 15, 202149 minSeason 1Ep. 74

73: Upskilling African engineers for Industry 4.0 – Roti Balogun

In our first story from Africa, Roti Balogun speaks about an initiative he kicked off in 2016 when he was the Chief Learning Officer for GE in Africa. Inspired by a conversation he had at a World Economic Forum conference about what a partnership between industry and academia could look like, he forged a partnership with African Leadership University to help both GE and Africa to build the digital skills of engineers to prepare for the fourth industrial revolution. Host: Michelle Ockers Transcri...

Mar 01, 20211 hr 9 minSeason 1Ep. 73

72: A Risk Management Solution that passes the Water Cooler Test – Rachel Gillott

Before creating a learning solution for risk management in a legal firm, Rachel Gillott formed a working group to conduct a holistic analysis to identify what would make it easier for people to adopt desired behaviours – looking beyond knowledge and skills. She also partnered effectively with their IP insurance provider to bring the outside in. Going beyond the 'one-shot' training approach too often used for risk management, this is a multi-faceted learning solution that caters to different leve...

Feb 15, 202154 minSeason 1Ep. 72

71: DIY A Smart Learning Technology Solution - Jess Griffin and Jody Dollisson

Don't let limited resources and budget stop you from using technology smartly. The small James Hardie APAC L&D team built their own mobile-enabled, automated solution to support skill assessment on the shop-floor. They created a better user experience and business results while getting control of their data and records. The way they experimented, worked with their LMS provider (Go1) and engaged stakeholders provide lessons and inspirations for all L&D professionals. Host: Michelle Ockers...

Feb 01, 202146 minSeason 1Ep. 71

70: Mike Taylor, Arun Pradhan, Shai Desai – Modern Professional Development Approaches

This is the second of a two-part Learning Uncut special on Professional Development to kick off 2021. Michelle speaks with series of guests about approaches that have been very powerful for her own development and career direction in recent years. Today we explore Mike Taylor's Personal Knowledge Mastery practice and look at mental models with Arun Pradhan and Shai Desai. See the resources section below for a listener discount code for the ModelThinkers app. Host: Michelle Ockers Transcript and ...

Jan 18, 202150 minSeason 1Ep. 70

69: Jane Hart, Nicole Lam and Harold Jarche – Modern Professional Development Approaches

In this first episode of Learning Uncut for 2021 Michelle speaks a series of guests about approaches that have been very powerful for her own development and career direction in recent years. Listen to learn about modern workplace learning, Working Out Loud and Personal Knowledge Mastery. Host: Michelle Ockers Transcript and related resources: https://learninguncut.global/podcast/69/ Podcast information and more episodes: https://learninguncut.global/podcast/ Emergent: Podcast information and mo...

Jan 04, 20211 hr 12 minSeason 1Ep. 69

68: 2020 Year in Review – Amanda Ashby

In the final episode for 2020 long-time friend of Learning Uncut, Amanda Ashby, is back. It's been a big year with podcast downloads increasing from 20,000 to over 50,000. This included the two special series, Disruption and Emergent. In this episode we look at the heartbeat of Learning Uncut – the regular fortnightly episodes featuring real stories from real learning professionals (and the occasional business leader). We reflect on themes, insights, and favourite episodes. Host: Michelle Ockers...

Dec 14, 202052 minSeason 1Ep. 68

67: Work, Connect and Learn: A Collaborative Approach – Helen Blunden

Work, Connect and Learn is a collaborative work and learning initiative that was created and delivered at Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) over five years ago and was very progressive at the time. It is an approach that is still highly relevant in 2020 as learning professionals seek to support people to connect, work and learn in a digital environment. It serves as an example of how knowledge sharing can be used to reduce the risk of dependency on a small number of experts or 'go to' people in an organisa...

Nov 30, 20201 hr 4 minSeason 1Ep. 67

66: Resource-led Learning Strategy – Sebastian Tindall

If you are interested in performance support and learning in the flow of work this is a must-listen conversation with Sebastian Tindall, the Head of Learning and Development at UK-based health insurance provider Vitality. Faced with significant levels of product change they've created a custom framework for workflow learning called the 4Ps - Prepare, Practice, Perform and Perfect. While you are here check out the Emerging Stronger Summit. Informed by the Learning Uncut Emergent series, the summi...

Nov 16, 20201 hr 4 minEp. 66

Emergent Series: Insights and Wrap-Up – Michelle Ockers, Shannon Tipton & Laura Overton

This episode is part of the Learning Uncut Emergent series where we talk about rapidly changing business models, and how Learning and Development can support organisations to adapt. Exploring how learning professionals can emerge from disruption as relevant and effective. Join the Emergent hosts as they discuss their insights from the series and how the podcast discussions inform actions that L&D can take to be effective now and prepare for the future. They also discuss the Emerging Stronger...

Nov 09, 20201 hr 9 min

65: Meshing Design Thinking with Experiential Learning – Dr Kuva Jacobs and Jason Davey

Jason Davey from the Design Farm Collective and Dr Kuva Jacobs, a Learning Design Strategist and freelance learning designer, discuss the meshing of design thinking and experiential learning on a project to design a contact strategy for a bank in the Philippines. Host: Michelle Ockers Transcript and related resources: https://learninguncut.global/podcast/65/ Podcast information and more episodes: https://learninguncut.global/podcast/ Emergent: Podcast information and more episodes: https://learn...

Nov 01, 20201 hr 7 minSeason 1Ep. 65

64: Adopting Growth Mindset in an Organisation – Katrina Moss

Katrina Moss, the Learning Acceleration Lead at Shopify, discusses her work to embed growth mindset across the organisation. Host: Michelle Ockers Transcript and related resources: https://learninguncut.global/podcast/64/ Podcast information and more episodes: https://learninguncut.global/podcast/ Emergent: Podcast information and more episodes: https://learninguncut.global/podcast/?podcast_series=emergent-series...

Oct 19, 202058 minSeason 1Ep. 64

63: Game Mechanics for Learning in Lockdown – Sunder Ramachandran

Sunder Ramachandran is the Head of Selling Excellence for India at GSK, a global healthcare company. His team supports the development of sales and marketing capability in India. We discuss how his team sustained employee engagement during lockdown, in parallel with building sales capability and enabling leaders to adapt to the online environment. Host: Michelle Ockers Transcript and related resources: https://learninguncut.global/podcast/63/ Podcast information and more episodes: https://learni...

Oct 05, 202059 minSeason 1Ep. 63

Emergent Series: New Structures for L&D Teams– Krystal Irving and Harold Jarche

This episode is part of the Learning Uncut Emergent series where we talk about rapidly changing business models, and how Learning and Development can support organisations to adapt. Exploring how learning professionals can emerge from disruption as relevant and effective. Krystal Irving is the Always Learning Experience Squad Manager at ANZ Bank in Australia. Sounds different? It is different. ANZ has reorganised their L&D function to an Agile function and ways of working. Harold Jarche, a f...

Sep 30, 202057 min

Emergent Series: The Skills Economy - Simon Tindall and Simon Gibson

This episode is part of the Learning Uncut Emergent series where we talk about rapidly changing business models, and how Learning and Development can support organizations to adapt. Exploring how learning professionals can emerge from disruption as relevant and effective. The World Economic Forum states that by 2022 no less than 54% of all employees will require significant reskilling and upskilling. Will the workplace be prepared? Simon Tindall and Simon Gibson discuss the importance of adaptin...

Sep 28, 20201 hr 19 min

62: Digital Skills Uplift at PwC - Luke Warwick

PwC has taken a global approach to digital skills uplift in a well-designed change initiative. Luke Warwick, a digital change consultant leading the implementation of PwC's Australian digital transformation, discusses the imperative to lift digital skills and describes how this is being done. This is also a great example of building a learning culture through an organisational-wide change initiative. Host: Michelle Ockers Transcript and related resources: https://learninguncut.global/podcast/62/...

Sep 21, 202058 minSeason 1Ep. 62

Emergent Series: Smarter working partnerships for L&D– Barbara Thompson and Shai Desai

This episode is part of the Learning Uncut Emergent series where we talk about rapidly changing business models, and how Learning and Development can support organisations to adapt. Exploring how learning professionals can emerge from disruption as relevant and effective. During disruption, L&D teams have been stretched: time has been tighter, resources leaner and demands more extreme. Barbara Thompson and Shai Desai join Laura Overton to explore how we can work smarter and more transparentl...

Sep 16, 202052 min

Emergent Series: The Rise of Technology and L&D - Stella Collins and Dani Johnson

This episode is part of the Learning Uncut Emergent series where we talk about rapidly changing business models, and how Learning and Development can support organizations to adapt. Exploring how learning professionals can emerge from disruption as relevant and effective. Stella Collins and Dani Johnson discuss the important effects technology has within the L&D industry, understanding that technology has both tangible and intangible benefits that can help the L&D industry move forward d...

Sep 14, 202059 min

61: Leading Learning Transformation – Damien Woods

Damien Woods discusses the transformation of learning underway at National Australia Bank (NAB) over the past two and a half years. We discuss the key pillars of the NAB learning strategy, the importance of having a vision for learning, gaining buy-in and building the capability of the Learning and Development team. Damien describes how the shifts that had been made since 2018 equipped the team to help the organisation quickly pivot and upskill people to move into areas of high demand at the sta...

Sep 07, 202058 minSeason 1Ep. 61

Emergent Series: New priorities for L&D Capability– Michelle Ockers and Sebastian Tindall

This episode is part of the Learning Uncut Emergent series where we talk about rapidly changing business models, and how Learning and Development can support organisations to adapt. Exploring how learning professionals can emerge from disruption as relevant and effective. One definition of capability is 'the power to generate an outcome with the capacity/ ability available'. In this episode, Michelle Ockers and Sebastian Tindall engage in a far-reaching discussion on the skills, capacity, and ye...

Sep 02, 202050 min

Emergent Series: Connecting the dots on data for L&D – Trish Uhl and Kevin M. Yates

This episode is part of the Learning Uncut Emergent series where we talk about rapidly changing business models, and how Learning and Development can support organisations to adapt. Exploring how learning professionals can emerge from disruption as relevant and effective. Digital transformation has been underway for quite some time. Data is part of the business ecosystem in which L&D operates. Where do the opportunities lie for L&D to use the stream of data to improve decisions and incre...

Aug 31, 20201 hr 1 min

60: Lessons from converting and facilitating courses online – Jennifer Waltmon, Dr Cathryn Lloyd and Chemene Sinson

In the five and a half months since COVID-19 hit learning teams around the world have grappled with converting courses designed for classroom facilitation to live online facilitation. Early in the pandemic the Australian Institute of Training Development (AITD) decided to six courses. Jennifer Waltmon, the AITD's Programs and Content Manager, joins this episode alongside two of the conversion team members, Dr Cathryn Lloyd and Chemene Sinson. They reflect on the experience of converting so many ...

Aug 24, 20201 hr 7 minSeason 1Ep. 60
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