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The Mindtools L&D Podcast
The Mindtools L&D Podcast is a must-listen for anyone involved in Learning and Development or Human Resources. The weekly show features regular appearances from the Mind Tools team plus special guests to get right to the heart of issues affecting the L&D and HR communities. From learning needs analy...
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466 — What L&D should (and shouldn't) be doing with AI
According to Donald Taylor and Egle Vinauskaitė's recent AI in L&D: The Race for Impact report, 'creating learning content' and 'learning design tasks...
465 — The business impact of play at work
All children play but, over time, that instinct goes away. We don't lose it, we don't forget. Instead, we get taught to stop.
For author and toy...
447 — Order taker to strategic business partner
Why does L&D so often feel like the drive-thru window of requests—'one leadership program, hold the ROI please'? As L&D professionals, it's not who we...
463 — The empathy problem: Balancing emotion in decision-making
Decision-making is a key aspect of being a manager, and a complex mix of skills, experiences, judgments and instincts. So how do you help your manager...
462 — Umbrage over troubled water: Disputing last week's episode
Last week on The Mindtools L&D Podcast, L&D Detective Kevin M Yates joined Ross D and Dr Anna to talk about isolating the impact of training at work....
461 — It takes a village: Isolating training's impact
Is it up to the humble L&D pro to change people's behavior at work? Or is it up to everyone?
In this week's episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast...
460 — The irony of L&D: When do we develop ourselves?
As learning and development professionals, we spend most of our days thinking about how we help others build their skills. But how many of us neglect...
459 — OHLs over OKRs: A new approach to goal-setting
Objectives and Key Results have long been a staple of the working world. You set a stretch objective, define the results that will tell you if the obj...
458 — What do you bench(mark)?
Here at Mindtools Towers, we're no strangers to benchmarking in L&D. We've regularly mentioned our Learning Performance Benchmark over the years, and...
457 — Evaluation or justification?
Now for something completely different!
A couple of weeks ago, Carl Akintola wrote a provocative guest post for The L&D Dispatch, challenging L&...
456 — Building tolerance in the workplace
We know that surrounding ourselves with diverse people at work brings variety in expertise, opinions and ways of working, which can boost creativity a...
455 — The case (for some people) to go back to the office
In their new book, In Praise of the Office, Wharton professor Peter Cappelli and workplace strategist Ranya Nehmeh argue that 'the case for in-office...
454 — Designing learning experiences that feel authentic
If we want to motivate learners to engage with an experience, it stands to reason that we need to present that experience in a way feels authentic and...
453 — What's your e-learning P(doom)?
If you spend any time scrolling LinkedIn, attending L&D conferences, or listening to industry podcasts, it might seem like AI is about to usher in the...
452 — Pity the frontline manager
Frontline managers have to support decisions they didn’t make, translate organizational goals into actions, identify meaningful opportunities for peop...
451 — Upskilling your managers on AI tools
Exciting news at Mindtools Towers this week, as we launch our first 'Expert Skill Bite' course with Dr Markus Bernhardt, available now to all Mindtool...
450 — AI and the Future of Content (Assemble You crossover episode)
This week, we're handing the reigns of The Mindtools L&D Podcast over to our friends at Assemble You. Including the show notes!
In this excellen...
449 — Performance support is back, baby! (Assemble You crossover episode)
Remember 'performance support'? Amid all the talk of AI, adaptive learning, and skills, it's kind of been forgotten.
But not by us! Or by respon...
448 — Encouraging teams to adopt AI
Should we be adopting AI more into our day to day lives? How can L&D professionals move beyond reactive training on specific tools to cultivate a cont...
447 — Hard science, soft skills: L&D in the space sector
Armed with a STEM qualification or two, you might think technical brilliance is all one needs to succeed in the space sector. Is this the case though?...
446 — Think Like a Marketer, Train Like an L&D Pro
Effective marketers have an uncanny way of knowing what we want and convincing us to click ‘Like’, add to Checkout and in under 20 seconds, buy their...
445 — Setting up a L&D team
Having the opportunity to set up a new team can be both exciting and daunting. Where would you start when it’s an L&D team?
In this week...
444 — This game will make you a better collaborator
Collaboration is a vital skill across many fields and disciplines. But effective collaboration is about much more than just working together.
In...
443 — So, you've decided to be creative...
Whether it comes to facilitating workshops, designing learning experiences, or developing campaign assets, L&D practitioners are increasingly expected...
442 — Is AI making us dumber?
Often on this podcast we've spoken about how AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are enhancing our capabilities. But do they also come at a cost?...
441 — Podcasts for learning and the end of email
What are the benefits of podcasts for learning? How does L&D respond to people leaving the profession? Should we get rid of email?
In this week'...
440 — Terrible task? Just delegate it!
What drives your delegation decisions? Is it what's best for the business? Is it what's best for your team member? Is it what's best for you?
In...
439 — Leveraging data for inclusion and wellbeing
Many organizations treat 'inclusion' and 'wellbeing' as separate issues, but Dr Serena Huang - author of The Inclusion Equation - argues that the two...
438 — Where culture and learning collide
We might think that what makes our team culture great (or awful) is different from what supports our learning and development. Are they so different,...
437 — How to build engagement with your content libraries (Rebroadcast)
Digital learning content offers a scalable, always-on option to help your people build their skills and overcome workplace challenges. But often these...
436 — Content libraries: Less is more
Most organizations offer some kind of content library to help their people develop. But how much content is too much? How do you give your people choi...
435 — What will be hot in workplace L&D in 2025?
Unsurprisingly, artificial intelligence once again topped the results of Donald Taylor’s Global Sentiment Survey. Almost every other option on the sur...
434 — Cyborgs, centaurs and the role of choice infrastructure
It’s ‘Bring Your Paper to Work’ day at Mindtools Towers, as Ross G, Ross D and Dr Anna each take turns to share an academic study that they think has...
433 — What does ‘AI literacy’ look like in organizations?
The World Economic Forum’s recent ‘Future of Jobs’ report positioned ‘AI and big data’ and ‘technological literacy’ as skills that will become increas...
432 — Sales enablement for product teams
In last week’s episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast, we explored sales enablement from the perspective of sales and marketing teams. But where do prod...
431 — Sales enablement for sales and marketing teams
All sales training is sales enablement, but not all sales enablement is sales training.
In this week’s episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast, Ro...
430 — Digital learning for behavior change
Those of who work in learning and development like to think we're in the business of behavior change. But we often don't have an in-depth understandin...
429 — Developing leaders at the National Trust
The National Trust is Europe’s largest conservation charity, established 130 years ago to look after the UK’s nature, beauty and history. Its leaders...
428 — The art and science of better questions
Author, podcaster and award-winning filmmaker Topaz Adizes specializes in creating deeper human connections. So, in this week’s episode of The Mindtoo...
427 — Designing an award-winning blended learning programme
At last year’s Learning Technologies Awards, Mindtools and South Western Railway won Gold in the ‘Best use of blended learning – commercial sector’ c...