L&D Disrupt

In this episode, Nelson is joined by Gemma Atkinson, Global Chief People Officer at Active International. They discuss how Gemma’s values shaped her decision to step into a CPO role, her sales background, the best ways to give and receive feedback, and much more. Book a demo of HowNow: https://hubs.la/Q01RWy9P0 Download your FREE Death of the LMS guide: https://hubs.la/Q01RWyMr0 Running order 0:00...

Download your FREE Death of the LMS guide: https://hubs.la/Q01RWyMr0 See HowNow in action! Sign up for a live walkthrough: https://hubs.la/Q01RWzht0 In this short-form conversation, Gary speaks with Hannah Waddams, Marketing Director at MAAS Marketing, about marketing principles L&D teams can leverage. From communicating value to putting the audience first, this is packed with great advice you...

In this episode, Nelson is joined by Ash Rama, VP People at Mention Me, to discuss his background in psychology, how he entered the people space, whether his view of L&D has changed since, how he deals with impostor syndrome, and so much more.  Book a demo of HowNow: https://hubs.la/Q01RWy9P0 Download your FREE Death of the LMS guide: https://hubs.la/Q01RWyMr0 Running order: 0:00 Intro to Ash...

A message to all L&D teams: People are learning with or without us… but that doesn’t mean we’re out of a job. In fact, we’ve got a more important role than ever: 🔥 The builder of the learning ecosystem 🔥   Bringing all the ways and places people already learn together, from podcasts to TikTok videos, webinars to articles, and much more.  Katja Schipperheijn, author of Learning Ecosystems and...

Welcome to Path To CPO, the new podcast series powered by HowNow. Where we peel back the layers of success and delve into the journeys of the most dynamic chief people officers. Join us every Monday as we explore the trials, triumphs and insights of these people, culture and HR trailblazers at some of the fastest growing companies in the world. Launching on Monday, 5 June, you can find the first (...

​Great Place To Work-Certified companies are up to four times more successful at attracting, retaining, and engaging talent…  ​But, you have to be a fantastic place to work in the first place!  ​👉 So, how can you figure out if you’re ready to apply? 👉 How do you approach the entry to stack the odds in your favour?  ​👉 And can you use the insights from the survey to keep building that great envi...

Download your FREE Death of the LMS guide: https://try.gethownow.com/death-of-lms-guide See HowNow in action! Sign up for a live walkthrough: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__J-hCcCsRiaXc2LuLp5nQA#/registration Work has changed, the LMS hasn't. In this live workshop, we get to the bottom of what's driving disengagement with L&D and share a tested blueprint to "win back...

Give us one hour, and we’ll give you lessons from more than 40 years in L&D!That’s the collective experience of the consultants joining us on this episode of L&D Disrupt Live. And all three are brought their three best hacks, tips, and lessons to the table! ​Meet our experts ​👋 Tim Lambert , Kay-Lambert Associates Limited ​👋 Georgina Cooke , Lima Delta 👋 Viv Cole , Viv Cole Associates L...

More people Googled AI content in February than any month EVER! And it’s starting to knock on L&D’s door… ​✍️ Can it be used to create learning experiences? ​✍️ Would it remove the human feeling from content? ​✍️ Does it offer a good way to test ideas at speed and scale? ​These are all valid questions! And Filip Lam helped us answer them in this episode of L&D Disrupt Live. With a backgrou...

​There's a lot that L&D pros can learn and borrow from marketing! ​Like building a LinkedIn strategy that gets you sharing valuable content. ​This is where learners spend lots of their time, so you'll get more people learning through posting! ​And what about your personal brand in the L&D community? ​It's not going to build itself! Only 1% of LinkedIn users are posting, so beco...

56% of employees struggle to find resources and documents while working remotely. And when they’re scattered in multiple places, knowledge isn’t being captured and the norm is to shoulder tap or Slack, it’s no wonder. But by building a central brain and search-first culture, we can connect people to knowledge that makes them better at their job WHEN it can make them better at their job. ​Scribe CE...

Whether it’s measuring outcomes without understanding how we got there or shoehorning people into old-school performance models, there are plenty of pitfalls. In this episode, Ron Stock helped us unpick the old ways and build something for the modern world. Expect to learn how to measure skills effectively, the fundamentals of modern performance management, why it’s crucial to understand how we ar...

In a fast-changing world, we need to break work down into smaller chunks and respond with the right learning just as quickly. ​Our goal has to be maximising L&D impact while minimising wasted time and resources. ​ A Lean Learning Sprint helps you do this! Bringing the right people together over two to four weeks to define problems and test solutions at speed! ​Borrowed from the agile startup w...

​Learning science: great in theory, often difficult for us to apply to daily L&D activities… ​UNTIL NOW! Carl Crisostomo (AKA Carl Learns) joined us live to explain ways we can put research into action. ​From neuroscience’s role in learning design to how we prepare our brains for effective application of information. ​Plus, Carl gave us the tools to independently translate future research into...

🤝 Thinking about transitioning into your first L&D role? ​😀 Maybe you’re new to a role and need that early stage advice? 🤔 You might be an old-head who’d benefit from hearing non-traditional L&D perspectives? Wherever you sit, you’ll learn something from Lauren Scholtz (L&D Manager at intelliHR) and Sarah Cannistra (The Overnight Trainer) Lauren transitioned from customer success an...

Only 8% of L&D teams assess their impact on the wider organisation! And it's normally because they're measuring the wrong things...   In this 30-minute workshop, HowNow CEO Nelson Sivalingam explains how to easily gather and use data to build a narrative that shows the impact you’re having on the business.   Expect to learn...   👉 The difference between data that indicates indi...

​A third of staff are willing to quit over weak climate action! And yet sustainability rarely makes it into L&D’s key focus areas… But when you consider that L&D is in the business of behaviour change, and most of us are looking for day-to-day ways to be more sustainable, it feels like a place where we can have impact. ​Ajay Jacob (L&D Manager, TomTom) and Fiona Morgan (Director of Pur...

Global hiring doesn’t mean rolling out one job advert to every single country! It means building a strategic approach: 🌎 Which markets offer the skills we need? 🤝 How does the hiring process look there? ❤️ What’s important to talent in that location? And with 85 million open roles expected by 2030, it’s time to get ahead in the global battle for talent. Bastian Eichler (VP of Product, WorkMotion...

Does it matter if L&D teams learn less than others? Just how much is legacy tech holding us back? Have we seen the end of compliance culture? These are just some of the trends and challenges Nelson and Gary tackled in this episode of L&D Disrupt. Based on relevant research published in 2022, these are real challenges that L&D can expect in 2023, rather than pie in the sky, exotic trend...

AND Digital won Onboarding Programme of the Year at the 2022 Learning Awards. After this episode, we're pretty sure you'll understand why! ​Daragh Gillen (Europe Academy and Onboarding Lead) and Harriet Perks (London Academy and Onboarding Lead) joined us live to explain how they built an authentic, effective and innovative onboarding approach that took home gold. ​Expect to learn... ​Why you shou...

​Flat hierarchies, often celebrated because they’re great for employees. But what do they mean for leaders and L&D teams? ​Ally Jones (Leadership Coach) and Chichi Eruchalu (Head of Leadership Development, Multiverse) are joined us live to answer that very question. ​From why leaders are people we want to follow and leadership is a behaviour, not a title, to how we build high-trust cultures an...

​People don’t value friendships at work anymore! Did you know that? We didn't until we read the latest research, but that certainly changes the game for HR and people teams in 2023 and beyond. ​So does the fact that 59% are stressed by their monetary situation, just 14% think their feedback drives change and hiring freezes or redundancies are meaning HR teams need to do more with less. Emma Leonis...

Audio content is underserved in L&D, but it doesn't have to be! Assemble You's Richard Ward joined us this week to discuss how you can capture what people love about podcasting in your audio content without breaking the bank. From internal podcasts to creating your own fireside-chat style listens, we spoke about how, why, and when to use audio effectively. Running order 0:00 Introduction to th...

Why is every performance conversation a chance to spot learning opportunities? Do we need to scrutinise our existing tech with current challenges in mind? Does competence breed confidence? And what’s L&D’s role? These are just some of the questions we put to Nelson in our first Q&A episode! And helpfully, the full list of questions make up the running order for the show - so you can either...

If there's one takeaway from this conversation, it's that learning cultures are about a lot more than just learning... They're about how we manage change, the environment we build and foster, if we can tap into current behaviours, how well we communicate our L&D strategy to others and so much more. We covered all of this in a very flowing episode with Sara Stevick, so use the episode timestamp...