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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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507 — Do learning games still have a place?
Online learning keeps sliding back to text and images. Authoring tools and AI course generators make content cheap, but it often looks like learning w...
506 — Is your AI companion a colleague or rival?
If you're rolling out AI licenses, how do you get people to use them? For AI learning designer Emily Valencia, there are two key requirements: that pe...
505 — Are your managers killing your AI strategy?
There are at least four factors that influence the success of AI adoption in your organization: training your people, clarity of compliance guidance,...
504 — Becoming a skills-based organization
In this week's episode, Cammy and Gemma are joined by skills expert Koreen Pagano to unpack the rise of skills-based organizations.
We discusse...
503 — The Eras Tour: Part 4 (AI takes over)
In the final part of our 500th anniversary 'Eras Tour' retrospective, we conclude by saying farewell to our human co-workers and embracing the technol...
502 — The Eras Tour: Part 3 (The hybrid period)
If the pandemic years saw the office become a 'blank space', the hybrid era gradually witnessed that space fill up again through return-to-office mand...
501 — The Eras Tour: Part 2 (The pandemic years)
Ross G stays out too late. Got nothing in his brain. At least, that's what people say.
In this week's episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast, we'r...
500 — The Eras Tour: Part 1 (Starting with evidence)
Ten years, 500 shows, countless guests. To celebrate our anniversary, we're releasing a special four-part series looking back at the evolution of L&D....
499 — Why workplace learning has never been more important
According to Dr Tessa Forshaw, Faculty Director of the Harvard Graduate School of Education's Workforce Learning and Innovation Initiative, workplace...
498 — Know yourself to know others
Our Building Better Managers research identified that employees care about having an empathetic manager, but only half reported having a manager who w...
497 — The business impact of play at work (Rebroadcast)
This week, we're revisting one of our favorite episodes from last year, focusing on the role of play at work.
All children play but, over time,...
496 — How to project presence
You know those people who seem to command a room with a certain gravitas? How are they doing it? In this week's episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast,...
495 — Driving performance with AI
If AI is so transformative, how come it's so hard to adopt? In this week's episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast, Ross G is joined by Mindtools Kineo A...
494 — What we learned at Learning Tech 2026
Last week, the Mindtools Kineo gang attended the Learning Technologies exhibition and conference, Europe's largest L&D event.
And so, this week...
493 — Developing the timeless skill of communication
Throughout human history, technology has disrupted the way we communicate with one another. But according to Andrea Pacini, the fundamental principles...
492 — Enabling frontline workers to succeed
80% of the world's workforce are deskless, but L&D teams spend most of their time worrying about the 20%. Speaker, advisor and author JD Dillon is on...
491 — Better meetings, more psychological safety, and cognitive offloading
It's once again 'Bring Your Paper to Work' day here at Mindtools Kineo, as Ross G, Dr Anna and Ross D each take turns to share an academic study that...
490 — Creating the environment for self-directed learning
Last year, we recorded an episode on whether "self-directed learning" is a myth. In this week's episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast, we ask how we ca...
489 — Are you levelling up your managers?
Managers are inundated with potential development areas, from technical skills to complex behaviors. But are you focusing on the right ones?
I...
488 — L&D is a bit more complicated than that
Completion stats are a vanity metric. Happy sheets are pointless. Revenue impact will get you a seat at the table.
We've all heard these stateme...
487 — The future of e-learning interfaces (Rebroadcast)
Hello listeners! No new episode this week, but we wanted to take the opportunity to dig into the vault and revisit an old favorite from 2024 with Ben...
486 — How to escape the 'hero trap'
Often, leaders are promoted into their roles because of their ability to solve problems. But that strength can become a weakness when it leads to depe...
485 — What will be hot in workplace L&D in 2026?
In the introduction to the latest Global Sentiment Survey report, Donald Taylor describes this year's results as 'the most significant' in the survey'...
484 — Level-up your LMS: How points and rewards drive behavior
Cafes, restaurants and car washes all use points and rewards to drive behaviors. Can we do the same with our Learning Management Systems?
In thi...
483 — The insider secrets L&D pros want you to know
If you're going in for surgery, make sure to get scheduled first thing. When you buy new clothes, wash them before you wear them. Never use a ceramic...
482 — Are organizations getting AI upskilling wrong?
To help organizations reap the benefits of AI while meeting regulatory requirements, many L&D teams are rolling out AI skills programs. But how do we...
481 — Managers: The "squeezed" middle
Pressure from above, pressure from below; little appreciation from either. That's the experience of work for many middle managers!
This week on...
480 — Click 'Next' to acknowledge
For most of us, compliance training is a regular feature of our working lives. Instead of inducing a mexican wave of eye-rolls, what can we do to desi...
479 — So, you're new here?
Induction programmes play a crucial role in shaping the way a new starter thinks and feels about an organization.
In this week's episode of The...
478 — Navigating the fog of learning design
Learning design work is often accompanied by various forms of uncertainty — ambiguous performance needs, vaguely defined scope, shifting stakeholder e...
477 — A Manager's Guide to Self-Development
Since its first release in 1978, A Manager's Guide to Self-Development has been one of the go-to texts for new and aspiring managers. Now in its seven...
476 — Christmas Special: Die Hard on an LMS
Yippee-ki-yay, Christmas Turkeys! In our final episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast for 2025, the gang are climbing to the top of Nakatomi Plaza: foil...
475 — Is self-directed learning a myth?
The promise of self-directed learning is that employees will take charge of their own development, if we only create the environment for them to do so...
474 — So long 2025, what's hot for 2026?
What a year it was! In this week's episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast, HowNow's Nelson Sivalingam joins Ross G and Ross D to reflect on 2025 and loo...
473 — Learning at LV=
How do you run an organization-wide learning function with just two people? At LV=, that's the main focus for Talent, Learning and Development Partner...
472 — Delivering business value
The L&D industry has always talked about 'business value' as an elusive concept. Now, a new book from Laura Overton and Michelle Ockers, The L&D Leade...
471 — A long-term view on learning
In many organizations, not least within L&D, urgent and important short-term challenges often crowd out the bigger picture. So, how do we step back an...
470 — AI in L&D: The Race for Impact
Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, Donald Taylor and Eglė Vinauskaitė have released four reports exploring L&D's use of AI.
In this w...
469 — How businesses can hold on to their best people
In his book Targeting Turnover, Dick Finnegan argues that, as the global population ages and more people enter retirement, it is imperative for organi...
468 — What can L&D learn from product management? (Rebroadcast)
Hello listeners! No new episode this week, but we wanted to take the opportunity to revisit our 2021 'documentary special' on product management.