Careers pursuits evolve over time. Take for example when you were entering college. There is a good chance that your aspirations as a young adult changed by the time you were a few years into a career. Probably, as we progress through mid to the end of our careers, interests and goals shift as well. Consultant and podcaster Andy Storch can vouch for this, both through his own career as well as the research he did in his new book Own Your Career, Own Your Life . On episode 17 of the Learning and ...
Nov 20, 2020•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast A brilliant report from McKinsey notes we need to foster intentional learning by feeding our curiosity. The report states that “inspiration is strongly correlated with an intrinsic desire to learn. Curiosity sparks inspiration. You learn more and more frequently because you are curious. Second, curiosity marks the beginning of a virtuous cycle that feeds your ability as a self-directed learner.” There are various ways to feed this curiosity. One such way is by connecting with individuals and int...
Nov 10, 2020•32 min•Ep 16•Transcript available on Metacast IBM executive Naguib Attia was facing a difficult task. It was January 2014 and in his role as Chief Technology Officer, Naguib was involved in a project in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). There was a lack of talent in the region to deliver on a particular project’s objectives. To address this challenge, he considered the following question: how can I take an individual and after just six months, prepare that person for an IBM career? Naguib convinced his senior level colleagues that he...
Oct 28, 2020•29 min•Ep 15•Transcript available on Metacast Instead of just encouraging employees to consume learning content, have you ever considered mobilizing them to actually create videos and share their knowledge with others in the organization? On episode 14 of the Learning and Development Stories podcast, Toby Newman made a compelling case on why you might want to consider doing this.
Feb 26, 2019•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast What is the return on investment for a company to invest significant amounts of money send their up and coming talents to different business schools to earn an MBA degree? Dan Pontefract, currently the founder and CEO of the Pontefract Group, was investigating this question back in 2011 in his role as Chief Learning Officer at TELUS, Canada's fastest-growing national telecommunications company. In summary, the ROI was not optimal and required a different solution. Dan detailed the journey on epi...
Jan 30, 2019•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast How do we get more colleagues to engage with L&D resources? This is a common concern facing L&D leaders. Swisscom, the major telecommunications provider in Switzerland, has been able to address such a question by encouraging employees to create training content. Patrick Veenhoff, Head of Learning & Development at Swisscom , shared his experiences with this innovative initiative on episode 12 of the Learning and Development Stories podcast. “We introduced a very disruptive approach to corporate l...
Dec 21, 2018•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast There's a massive change in the way people are developing skills. David Leaser, Senior Executive of Strategic Growth Initiatives for IBM’s Training and Skills program, shared the story of IBM’s response to these shifts on episode 11 of the Learning and Development Stories Podcast. Stories David highlighted the development process of IBM’s Digital Badge Program. He explained that over the last few years it was evident that with the dramatic changes in the tech industry there was a need to rethink...
Nov 27, 2018•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast “The recruitment of talent is more competitive than ever. Employer branding and being able to understand and connect with prospective employees requires a marketing and communications mindset as well as all of the knowledge and expertise that the talent and development side of the house brings.” This is among the perspectives shared by Melissa Taylor, Global Learning and Development Director for the public relations firm Porter Novelli, on episode 10 of the Learning and Development Stories Podca...
Oct 30, 2018•52 min•Transcript available on Metacast A brain-based approach in management training can lead to real behavioral change. Dr. Britt Andreatta, an internationally recognized thought leader in leadership and learning, has seen this happen first-hand and shared these experiences on episode 9 of the Learning and Development Stories Podcast. As CEO and President of 7th Mind Inc, Britt highlighted the story of an executive who went through one her management training programs four years ago. He has since become a VP of the company. He caugh...
Sep 30, 2018•29 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast How do you get employees excited about learning? This was a question that Abhijit Bhaduri was grappling with back in 2009 when he was the Chief Learning Officer at Wipro, the information technology services company headquartered in Bengaluru, India. This was quite a challenge, particularly given the size of Wipro (160,000 employees at the time across 54 countries). It was important for Abhijit to accomplish this goal by cutting across different geographies and levels. Abhijit had the idea to try...
Aug 23, 2018•44 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast “People loved it.” These were the words Dana Hariton McQuade used to summarize her organization’s reaction to launching a new global leadership development framework for different leader levels (new, emerging and accelerated). She delved into the details of launching this new initiative on episode seven of the Learning and Development Stories Podcast. It necessitated bringing together three teams – L&D, organizational development and HR analytics – to create experiential learning programs that u...
Jul 13, 2018•38 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast Are you leveraging the influencers in your organization to communicate the impact of your L&D activities? If you answered no and are intrigued about how to do this, then you will want to hear Dave Atack’s insights on episode 6 of the Learning and Development Stories podcast. Dave, formerly the Head of Learning at D.E. Shaw and the VP of Learning Strategy and Performance at Xerox, shared how he identified a working group of influencers in a previous role to hear their feedback about what onboardi...
Jun 15, 2018•28 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast What is the best way to launch a strategic centralized learning function within an organization? Malika Viltz-Emerson, an L&D leader who has worked for the likes of Xerox and Grubhub, answered this question on episode 5 of the Learning and Development Stories Podcast. Linking Learning to Business Strategy In a recent role, Malika needed to develop a learning function that aligned to the organization’s strategy and technology capabilities. “People were craving knowledge so we needed to develop le...
May 23, 2018•42 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast If you are looking for inspiration on how L&D activities can foster innovation in an organization, then you will thoroughly enjoy episode 4 of the Learning and Development Stories podcast. Jane Hoskisson, Director of Learning & Development at the International Air Transport Association (IATA), shares how her organization is driving innovation through a program that is being rolled out to some 1,500 employees in some degree. After programmatic activity that takes employees through the design thin...
Mar 27, 2018•28 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast Many organizations are grappling with how to keep employees up to speed with the digital transformation that is impacting society. Adilson Borges , Chief Learning Officer of the France-based retailer Carrefour , joined the Learning and Development Stories podcast and shared how his company is addressing this issue in its L&D activities. It is not through a one-off, expert-led learning event, but rather a peer-to-peer mentoring program. “Digital transformation is impacting business for all organi...
Dec 05, 2017•35 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast Think about this statistic: 80% of one-time learning events fail. Wes Parker , an L&D leader with the software company Omnitracs, is passionate about reversing this number. One of the key ways he has been able to succeed in this goal is by implementing the full learning transfer model, as he explained on episode two of the Learning & Development Stories podcast. Wes recounted how he and his colleagues used the full learning transfer model during a new leadership initiative at the Omnitracs. This...
Nov 01, 2017•42 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast Employee engagement is an issue facing most all organizations, according to a Gallup survey . What is learning and development’s role in addressing this issue? Brandon Carson, Director of Learning at Home Depot and author of Learning in the Age of Immediacy , shared his opinion about this on episode 1 of the Learning and Development Stories podcast. “We know that employees are more likely to be engaged when they understand their expectations and when they are aware of the opportunities available...
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