Category: Learning and Development Stories Podcast
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Episode #17: Andy Storch on Being Intentional about Career Development
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Careers pursuits evolve over time. Take for example when you were entering college. There is a good chance that your aspirations as a young adult changed by the time you were a few years into a career. Probably, as we progress through mid to the end of our careers, interests and goals shift as well. …
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Episode #16 – Learning through Content Creation: An Interview with Mitch Joel
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A brilliant report from McKinsey notes we need to foster intentional learning by feeding our curiosity. The report states that “inspiration is strongly correlated with an intrinsic desire to learn. Curiosity sparks inspiration. You learn more and more frequently because you are curious. Second, curiosity marks the beginning of a virtuous cycle that feeds your…
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Episode #15: An Interview with Naguib Attia on How IBM Helps Universities Prepare Students for the Workforce
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It was January 2014 and Naguib Attia, Chief Technology Officer at IBM, was facing a difficult task related to a project in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). There was a lack of talent in the region to deliver on a particular project’s objectives. To address this challenge, he considered the following question: how can…
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White Paper – Facilitate Knowledge Sharing with Smart Communications
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Digital disruption is placing a premium on learning like never before. Organizational learning can no longer be viewed solely as one-off, ad hoc trainings. Technological advances and disruptions in the marketplace call for a culture in which employees organically share their knowledge and take part in their own daily self-learning. Several learning leaders I interviewed…
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Celebrating Mistakes as Learning Opportunities
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Over the course of the past two years, I asked 14 learning leaders the following question on my Learning and Development Stories podcast: TELL US THE STORY OF A MISTAKE YOU MADE. HOW DID YOU LEARN FROM THIS? After interviewing 14 learning leaders on the podcast, I went through their responses to this question. In…
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Episode #14: Toby Newman on Mobilizing Subject Matter Experts to Share Their Knowledge
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Instead of just encouraging employees to consume learning content, have you ever considered mobilizing them to actually create videos and share their knowledge with others in the organization? On episode 14 of the Learning and Development Stories podcast, Toby Newman made a compelling case on why you might want to consider doing this. Stories Toby is a Leadership and Development Lead at…