The TJ Podcast

Co-host Jo Cook turns the tables on Jon to look at his tenure of TJ since becoming editor back in 2017. 

Here it is, friends. Have a listen as we very briefly wrap up four years of great audio content. (I'm hoping my replacement will carry it on)

He's back! Paul Matthews makes a return to the TJ podcast interview series to discuss his newest interest: learning workflows. For technical reasons too boring to explain there's no intro from Jon, but the conversation with Paul is as good as ever. 

Jon chats to the founder of the Extraordinary Training Company, Jane Rennie, about Scotland, resilience, hospitality, train the trainer and much much more.  Find out more about her here. 

Kate, Jo and Jon discuss innovation myths, acquisitions, languishing, the 2040 office and more. Andrew Jacobs joins to talk about his podcast, 'Women talking about learning'. It's the last regular podcast with these three presenters! Don't miss out. Links: Cornerstone OnDemand enters definitive agreement to be acquired by Clearlake Capital Languishing: The new idiom in wellbeing We need to change...

Jon talks to employment lawyer Hannah Ford about furlough, workplace tensions and the way to keep a disparate workforce together. Find out more about Hannah here.

Jon talks to CEO of Doodle Renato Profico about careers in tech, research into workplace meetings and more. Find out more about Renato here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/profico

Why has a man set up a podcast for women talking about learning? Andrew Jacobs is here to tell us.  It's a great chat so give it a listen, and subscribe to Andrew's excellent podcast here . 

The final part: Join TJ editor Jon Kennard as he concludes his conversation with Steve Finch, head of customer success at digital learning experts Thinqi, and Krystyna Gadd, founder of How to Accelerate Learning and author of 'How Not To Waste Your Money On Training'. In the final episode they talk vanity metrics, triangulation, analytics tips and much more.

Alison Jones from Practical Inspiration Publishing talks all things business book-related. Best practice, writer's block, self publishing, crazy book challenges and more.  Find out more about her work here: https://practicalinspiration.com/ and that great microphone she's using is here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00KQPGRRE

Jon, Jo and Kate chew the fat over some great content, a sprinkling of acquisitions news and a future personnel change at TJ. Vitality's Judy Parfitt discusses their recent report into hybrid working in partnership with the RSA. Links: Capita and Filtered EY and Lane4 Go1 goes Unicorn Let's talk about feedback Lessons from the pandemic: Never waste a good crisis! Introducing the changemaker: The n...

Part two of a three-part special: Join TJ editor Jon Kennard as he carries on his conversation with Steve Finch, head of customer success at digital learning experts Thinqi, and Krystyna Gadd, founder of How to Accelerate Learning and author of 'How Not To Waste Your Money On Training'. In episode two they talk death by Zoom, the false dichotomy of going back to face to face or not, positive learn...

Jon talks to Steve Knapp of Plan. Grow. Do about skills for modern selling. They talk trends, strategy, future-proofing ideas and more.  Get more info about Plan Grow Do here.

Vitality Chief People Officer Judy Parfitt joins Jon to look at the findings from the Healthy Hybrid Working report, an insight collaboration between her company and the RSA.  You can download the report here.

A three-part special: Join TJ editor Jon Kennard as he chats to Steve Finch, head of customer success at digital learning experts Thinqi, and Krystyna Gadd, founder of How to Accelerate Learning and author of 'How Not To Waste Your Money On Training'. In episode one they discuss social learning, collaborative learning, 70:20:10, the effects of the pandemic and much much more.

Jon talks to Amanda Simpson from SVC Solutions about mentoring, leadership, management and a whole lot more. Find out more about Amanda here .

Jon and Phil Friedman, CEO of CGS, look at the state of AR in 2021. What's new, what's better and how companies are using it. Find out a bit more about Phil here: https://www.cgsinc.com/en/people/phil-friedman 

Jon talks to Noorie Sazen from Saffron Interactive about their work on resilience and mental wellbeing with Transport for London. It's a project that started a few yearas back but is more important than ever. Tune in.  Read about some of Noorie's work and writing for Saffron here: https://saffroninteractive.com/author/noorie-sazen/ And you can find the TfL work here.

Jon talks to sleep and stress expert Dr. Nerina Ramlakhan, about, well, just that. If you're reading this late at night, go to bed would you? Find out more about Nerina's vital work here: http://www.drnerinamuses.com/

Jon talks to Joanne Lockwood, CEO of See Change Happen, a practice providing equality, diversity and inclusion services to businesses. Find out more about Jo and her work here: https://seechangehappen.co.uk/about-us/

Jon and Kate talk new jobs and M&As, and then Jo joins to discuss some of our content from the month: social anxiety, side hustles and bullying are all on the agenda.  Joanna Rawbone of Flourishing introverts is our guest. More about her here: https://www.flourishingintroverts.com/about-me Content: Bullies and bad behaviour: Three things I wish I’d known 10 years ago The last laugh: Are w...

Jon chats to Jo Rawbone, founder of Flourishing Introverts, about, well, being an introvert, and how talent management and teamwork can get the best out of different personality types. Find out more about Jo and her work here: https://www.flourishingintroverts.com/ 

Jon chats to Chris Hadfield about the idea of the film crew model; taking the principles of a film or TV set and applying them to team dynamics in business. Sound interesting? Have a listen. More about Chris and his business here: https://www.strevas.com/

Jon talks to Career Masterclass CEO Bukola Adisa about the need for more BAME women in the workplace, how you can take control of your career and why she's hopeful for the future.  Find out about Bukola's business here.

Jon talks to Joel DiGirolamo of the ICF about all things coaching: science, skills, communication, accreditation, you name it. Find out more about Joel and his work here.