Offbeat On Air

What is innovation exactly? Does it have anything to do with L&D? What's the difference between improvement and innovation? You might be wondering as well. If so, enjoy our latest episode, where, together with our guest, Cori Moore, we peeled innovation in an effort to better understand what it is, how it happens, and how it's connected to L&D. We explored: － The common ground between L&a...

We've heard it quite often lately: there's a lot L&D can learn from product management. But what is that exactly? Thanks to Lucia Collarà who brought years of experience to the table, we got to explore: A framework for building products looking at viability, feasibility, and desirability; The difference between product management and product ownership; How just like L&Ds, PMs are informal...

Join us in exploring the world of a Chief People & Culture Officer together with  ⁠Anna Gullstrand⁠  from Mentimeter. In this episode, we learn about: Anna's career path, and the importance of being intentional in choosing your journey Anna's vision for the Chief People Officer role, with its responsibilities, and skills Mentimeter's unique ways of looking at learning as a day-to-d...

Join us in learning the ins and outs of foresight together with our awesome guest, Steph Clarke , Futurist, Facilitator, and Speaker at 28 Thursdays. In this episode, Steph tells us all about: What foresight is, why it's an important, yet not easy discipline; Where & when foresight experts are brought on board to help; The 6-step process she follows when going through a project and a detai...

Join us for an insightful discussion on experience design with Tim Logan , facilitator at Kaospilot. In this episode we: We break down the essentials of experience design; Discuss the differences between learning experience design and broader experience design; Explore practical applications and frameworks like the 5E Model; Tim shares valuable insights on designing for emotion, prototyping effect...

Season 4 of Offbeat On Air is out! 💃 🪄 Join us as we chat with change management expert Paula Anastasiade . In this episode: We break down the nuts and bolts of change management; Talk about the essential role of sponsors in driving change; Discuss how to effectively handle transformations in an organization. Paula shares her personal journey, and key strategies, and offers valuable tips for L&a...

It feels like AI is everywhere and nowhere. It's everywhere because everybody is talking about it. For many of us, it's nowhere because we're not yet using it at full capacity. Ross, Aki, and Rita bring us three different perspectives in this episode: external L&D consultant, internal L&D, and product. Together with them, we explore: Is the hype real, or is AI just another bubb...

Join us as we explore how integrating Service Design principles into our L&D work can improve the way we cater to our internal customers. Together with Simone Anne Slaviero we discussed: The definition of Service Design as a way to view the entire customer journey and evaluate all backstage processes, systems, and teams that make a service successful. The role and importance of a Service Desig...

We're seeing a wave of L&D Professionals thinking about freelancing or just starting their freelance journeys. So we decided to speak to those who've done it and see what wisdom they have to share. We were joined by: Sarah Cannistra , L&D Career, Executive & Business Coach and Fractional Chief Learning Officer & Head of Learning Luke O'Mahoney , Founder @ Sapienˣ Liam M...

We have all encountered journalism in one way or another. It might have been print, it might have been digital, it might have been for the good, or with the purpose of persuasion. But oftentimes we don't hear the stories behind the written piece. Cristian Lupșa took us on a ride of a lifetime and opened up about his early beginnings with journalism, how his craft was polished in time, and the...

Facilitation is probably one of the most popular skills in L&D right now. We had the amazing opportunity to discuss with Syrus Lowe, CEO of The Communication Practice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Trainer, and Corporate Role Play Actor about his acting studies, his acting career, and all the things he's learned that feed his facilitation practice. We explored: What it takes to become...

From chefs and neuroscientists, to community builders and art directors, season 2 was a rollercoaster. Before jumping straight into season 3, we wanted to take a couple of minutes to reflect on the lessons learned provided by our wonderful guests. If you're also curious about what's coming next in season 3, tune in, we promise to give some juicy spoilers! Our sponsor This new season of Off...

We're closing Season 2 in style. Or better said － in laughter. We had the awesome opportunity of talking to Tom Kozacinski , whose passion for comedy turned into an exciting career. But you might think, what the heck does stand-up have to do with Learning & Development? We thought the same at first, and then it all made sense. Tom explored with us: Behind the scenes of writing a comedy ac...

Our work has SO MUCH to do with our beautiful, yet intricate brains. So it was such a pleasure to discuss with Elliott Jardin , Assistant Professor at Miami University - Brain Health/Cognitive Neuroscience of Aging about his journey and some of the lessons he learned about learning by studying and teaching cognitive neuroscience. We explored: The role of memory & attention in learning; How tec...

Ever since we founded Offbeat, we were on the lookout for new, exciting technology that could add value to our work & organizations. That's how we discovered Sana, a close friend and sponsor of ours. But it's in our nature to dig deeper. We were curious and wanted to learn more about who's beyond the product － that's how we met Jon, President of Sana. We spent some time gettin...

No matter how far away we go from L&D, we still find things to inspire us. In this episode, we talked to Ed Leach, Well-Being Specialist and Head Chef at La Cantina @Blinkist, someone whose career journey could be an inspiration to anyone. We explored: Ed's squiggly career journey: from engineering to designing, plumbing, and finally cooking; The way he has an impact on people's lives,...

How much can we talk about community building? All day long! Well, this episode took a lot less to record, but we could have gone for hours on end exploring our guests' journey. We were joined by Alex Hilleary, Community Lead at ChartHop, and Former Co-Founder at Gather, to explore all things community building. And so we did! We've talked about: the emergence of community-based marketing...

We're on air again, for the second season of our podcast! For our first episode of this new era, we're diving right into the creative space, together with Miia Goodwin, a multi-discipline hands-on designer and design lead. Together we explore: the parallels between being an art director and an L&D professional; how to add constraints to the brainstorming process to nudge even more crea...

Reflection is part of everything we do at Offbeat! So naturally, we took some time to what we've learned from Season 1 of Offbeat On Air before jumping into Season 2. Lavinia and Milica discuss where the idea of the podcast came from and some of the lessons they took from meeting Erica, Jamie, Nurit, Miruna, Anne, and Moein. After years of building her L&D network, Milica felt that's all she w...

For this episode, we decided to venture way outside our comfort zone, into the world of architecture and construction. Little did we know how much we had in common and how many things we'd learned, all courtesy of our guest, Moein Nodehi. Moein is the Founder & CEO of Biotonomy, a holistic & nature-based approach for buildings & cities to address the climate and biodiversity emergency....

The world of sports is often referenced in organizations. So it seemed natural to have as a guest someone who’s been fully immersed in it and can tell us the story of how coaches nurture player development, but also how they receive support in growing themselves. In this episode, we’re talking to Anne Pedersen, Coaching Coordinator for the European Lacrosse Federation, among others, about the athl...

We've been curious about marketing in L&D for so long! Exploring personas, and learning as much as we can about our audience, among others. But there's more that we can borrow from marketing! In this episode, our guest, Miruna Dragomir, CMO at Planable, walks us through the AARRR growth funnel, how we should go about creating campaigns, and also works with us for a particular use case, sharing...

In this new episode, we go back to exploring behavior change, from another angle. Our guest? Nurit Noble! We first learned about Nurit’s work when we stumbled upon her course: Designing Nudges. Together with her colleague, Christina Gravert, they walked us through what nudges are and the BOOST framework, a process they use in designing nudges to support behavior change in different setups. We expl...

Episode 2: Leadership Development in the Australian Army How do other organizations prepare for the future of work? How do they look at leadership development? Why is this episode special you wonder? Because we are going to dive into a totally new space - the army. Joining us on this exploration is Jamie Martin, Director of the Centre for Australian Army Leadership. Jamie has an incredible story!...

What is addiction? How do you get to recover from addictive behaviors? These are both very important, yet challenging questions. What do they have in common with our work as L&Ds? The process of getting from one behavior you have today to another one that serves you in a more positive way. Or even more important, the process of supporting that transition. In this episode, we spoke to best-sell...