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Improving quality, motivation and innovation with attention to detail
In this episode John Tomlinson chats to Chris Denny about his approach to teaching attention to detail. This isn't what you might expect, it's not about to become more pedantic, or being a completer-finisher, it's about an approach to quality and thoroug.
Five ways to engage reluctant learners with e-learning
This isn't just about how to do e-learning better, it's about how to use e-learning well to complement face-to-face learning and get more engaged learners, leave fewer people behind, improve learning retention, and make the job of the trainer more intere.
The 4Ts Model of Online Training: How to Avoid Disaster
Under pressure of lockdowns and limited travel, many of us are rushing to create a decent virtual L&D offer to fill the gap. A lot of the time this is a lecture + PowerPoint slides delivered via Zoom rather than in a classroom, and that's really not good.
How to create a truly inclusive culture that changes people’s biases
Three white middle-aged men chat about the importance of diversity and inclusion and how Learning and Development can help create more inclusive connected workplaces. With Rich and Ralph Brandt of RDR Group When it comes to diversity trainers, Ralph and .
Workplace Survival Guide - Episode 1: Dealing with meetings: tough crowds and how to speak up (and when to shut up)
Introducing a new podcast about making work work: the Workplace Survival Guide, recorded pre-Covid times when the world felt a little different. My colleagues Sarah and Marietta and I are very happy to have you on board as we try and answer work related .
The future of work and what it means for L&D
In this episode John Tomlinson talks to Spencer Ayres about the future of work and what it means for L&D Spencer Ayres is an entrepreneur, product designer and educator focused on enabling people to become the best they can be through human and digital e.
The art of elegant measures that improve learning retention
How we measure learning makes a big difference. The right measure can be motivational and harnessing gamification to get a virtuous circle going that reinforces learning, the wrong measures can do the opposite. They can be a costly overhead that reward t.
The future of Learning and Development at the heart of the organisation
In February 2020, Ulead Media invited me to speak at the L&D Summit event in Madrid. My session was about the future of L&D, and what we needed to do to stay relevant and get right into the heart of the organisation. In this talk I share six things I thi.
What do Marketing need from Learning and Development?
In this podcast Krystyna Gadd talks to Harriet Bell, Marketing Director from Emerald Publishing, about what their marketing department needs from Learning and Development. What's great about this interview (in my opinion) is that in the last section, Har.
What learning and development can learn from stand-up comedy
Stand-up comedians have to be confident storytellers who keep the attention of their audience for long periods of time, they also work hard on "finding their voice" so they know who they are when they dare to stand on stage under the lights and demand th.