Learning Uncut

We catch up with Beth Hall from Cotton On two years after hearing about their deliberately different approach to L&D in Episode 33.  While the philosophy hasn't changed, the approach to continue building and sustaining a strong learning culture across a global team has evolved.  In our wide-ranging conversation, Beth talks about some of the key shifts and initiatives they've undertaken in the past...

An example of an organisational learning strategy from the Australian Public Service which illustrates how Learning and Development professionals can elevate their practice and impact by creating a learning strategy.  This is a companion episode to Elevate 08: Introduction to Organisational Learning Strategy Host:   Michelle Ockers Resources: Australian Public Service Learning and Development Stra...

Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) are not a fad.  They are in use right now in organisations around the world and have a long-term future in enterprise.  L&D is one of the most significant domains for application of VR and AR.  Jeremy Dalton, PwC Head of XR and author of Reality Check , discusses a wide range of case studies that illustrate the strengths and potential of VR and AR, a...

Insights on how how Learning and Development professionals can elevate their practice and impact from the 2021 Annual L&D Benchmark Report.  With guest Gent Ahmetaj from Mind Toolsl for Business. Host:   Michelle Ockers Resources:  Gent Ahmetaj LinkedIn profile GO TO RESOURCE 2021 Annual L&D Performance Benchmark Report GO TO RESOURCE Learning Performance Benchmark by Mind Tools for Business GO TO...

Network Rail operate the British rail network infrastructure.  Over the past two years they've radically shifted how they identify training needs for their maintenance and engineering teams.  They have figured out how to use data on the operational performance of the network to identify skill requirements.  Guy Wilmshurst-Smith discusses how they got started and have continued to evolve and scale...

How Learning and Development professionals can elevate their practice and impact by updating or refreshing their organisational learning strategy.  Michelle Ockers provides an introduction to learning strategy. Host:   Michelle Ockers Resources: Michelle Ockers LinkedIn profile GO TO RESOURCE Introduction to Organisational Learning Strategy, article by Michelle Ockers and Ravina Bhatia GO TO RESOU...

Kristina Tsiriotakis updates us on Deciem's learning strategy, a balanced approach that is both aligned with organizational performance and embraces the human.  This is a wide-ranging, fascinating conversation that demonstrates how L&D can be the glue in an organization by enabling and supporting learning rather than controlling it. Host: Michelle Ockers Transcript and related resources: https://l...

How Learning and Development professionals can elevate their practice and impact by scaffolding self-directed learning. Host:   Michelle Ockers Resources: Catherine Lombardozzi LinkedIn profile GO TO RESOURCE Learning 4 Learning Professionals (Catherine's business) website GO TO RESOURCE Self-Directed Learning: Essential Strategy for a Rapidly Changing World by Catherine Lombardozzi, Learning Guil...

Humm Group used a series of nudges in advance of a virtual workshop to improve the collaboration of their Finance team.  Graham Blaxell, the Humm L&D Leader is joined by Michael Tan form Elenta who partnered with them to create this program.  We explore how behavioural science has informed this nudge-led learning program. Host: Michelle Ockers Transcript and related resources: https://learninguncu...

How Learning and Development professionals can elevate their practice and impact and practice by gathering structured stories – with guest Cheryl Clemons, CEO of StoryTagger. Host:   Michelle Ockers Resources: Cheryl Clemons LinkedIn profile GO TO RESOURCE Five Future Skills to Develop Today with Employee Storytelling GO TO RESOURCE StoryTagger – Guided video storytelling platform GO TO RESOURCE M...

An inspiring conversation with returning guest, Gail Bray, which goes well beyond following up on what happened next with Project 100 which she spoke about in Episode 8 almost three years ago.  Gail continued to innovate on this project, exploring technologies such as robotics and Virtual Reality.  She now works squarely in innovation and technology as the Director of a secondary technical school...

How Learning and Development professionals can elevate their practice and impact by building learning culture in their organisation. Host:   Michelle Ockers Resources: Nigel Paine LinkedIn profile  GO TO RESOURCE Building Learning Culture Program by Michelle Ockers and Nigel Paine  GO TO RESOURCE Building Learning Culture. A Primer for Learning Professionals (eBook) by Michelle Ockers and Nigel Pa...

Learning Designer Erin Mariano discusses a learning journey she developed for a South African logistics company, Unitrans.  In a move that she describes as a 'game changer' Erin donned her safety boots and fluro vest and hit the road with some drivers.  Her exposure to their work context and role, and empathy for them allowed her to design a powerful learning solution that uses simple methodologie...

How Learning and Development professionals can elevate their practice and impact by putting business value first using the L&D Value Spectrum. Host:   Michelle Ockers Resources:  Laura Overton LinkedIn profile GO TO RESOURCE Business Value: L&D's bedrock of digital success GO TO RESOURCE Introducing Learning Changemakers from Laura Overton GO TO RESOURCE Emerging Stronger Masterclass GO TO RESOURC...

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 lear...

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 C...

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...

How Learning and Development professionals can elevate their practice and impact with Storytelling. Host:   Michelle Ockers Guest:  Mark Schenk R esources: 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 Call...

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://m...

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 a...

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: Michel...

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 acq...

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 p...

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 digita...

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 o...