Culture Is What Happens When Nobody's Watching with Kira Squire at LastPass
Most L&D teams know the frustration: you run the workshop, people enjoy it, the feedback is positive… and then everyone goes back to work and nothing really changes.
Kira Squire is taking a different approach. When LastPass identified continuous feedback as a significant organisational challenge...
The Training Worked. The Workplace Didn't with Amy Brann
Your programme ran well. People learnt something new. Then they went back to their desks, and six months later nothing has changed. Usually L&D gets the blame.
Amy Brann thinks the blame lands in the wrong place. Her argument is about the way a company is set up: decision rights, meeting load an...
Be Inclusive When Nobody's Looking with Esi Hardy
You have a disability inclusion policy. The hard part is making a disabled colleague actually feel the difference. That part costs nothing, and most of it sits with your line managers.
Esi Hardy has spent almost ten years turning disability inclusion policies into practice. Her company, Celebrat...
What Skills Are Hiding in Plain Sight with David Hayden
Most organisations know what their employees have done at work. They know far less about what those same people learn through hobbies, volunteering and life outside the job. Useful skills can stay hidden until someone thinks to ask.
That gap is the subject of Adjacent Learning, a book about reco...
Building Great Managers at Flat Iron with Gina Knight
When Gina joined Flat Iron three years ago, it had nine restaurants and around 540 employees. It now has 23 locations and more than 1,300 people. The informal ways of working that worked for a small company no longer fit. Managers needed clearer processes, more support and the confidence to handl...
How Merlin Entertainments Scales Learning with Rob Peacock
At Merlin Entertainments, local L&D teams handled everything from seasonal onboarding and safety training to leadership development. Urgent work came first, so longer-term priorities were often pushed aside. Merlin responded by creating global specialist teams to give those priorities more focus....
How to Lead L&D Through Acquisition and Uncertainty with Gemma Glover (Cezanne HR & LearnAmp)
When Gemma Glover joined LearnAmp, it was a 37-person employee experience platform. Following its acquisition by Cezanne HR, she transitioned into Head of L&D within a combined business of over 215 people across multiple global offices. Almost overnight, the tight-knit atmosphere of a small start...
This is the One Thing AI Can Never Teach | Adam Lacey, Assemble You
If AI can give us almost any piece of knowledge instantly, what is actually left to teach?In Episode 17 of the Future of EdTech Podcast, Emil Reisser-Weston speaks with Adam Lacy, co-founder of Assemble You, about the dramatic skills shift taking place as AI changes how we work and learn.Adam arg...
Hiring for Values without AI: How Barnardo's Recruited its L&D Team from 500+ Applicants with Jodie Pritchard
When Jodie Pritchard joined Barnardo's, she took on the challenge of leading learning for a massive workforce of over 25,000 colleagues and volunteers across the UK. Moving from hospitality management into the third sector, she brought a deep focus on human-centred training, responsible resource ...
How to Create Measurable L&D Impact at Scale with Gavin McQuillan
How to Create Measurable L&D Impact at Scale with Gavin McQuillan
When Gavin McQuillan took charge of Learning & Development across a major British banking group, he faced the massive challenge of supporting over 60,000 colleagues in a highly complex financial environment. Moving away from a fra...
