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The Mindtools L&D Podcast

410 — Agile L&D puts the ‘human’ into ‘Human Resources’

Sep 3, 2024
49:32

This week on The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, we're putting the ‘people’ back into People Development and the ‘human’ back into ‘Human Resources, as we explore Natal Dank's book Agile L&D.  

Natal is the co-owner and director of PXO Culture, a consultancy firm on a mission to make HR, culture and change about humans. 

And her book, Agile L&D, is a follow-up to Agile HR.  

We discuss: 

  • Problems with a ‘traditional’ approach to L&D 

  • Tools and methods for prioritizing and organizing workloads 

  • Whether ‘agile’ has just become another corporate buzzword 

To find out more about Natal, and the book, visit pxoculture.com 

During the discussion, Natal referenced the books The Build Trap by Melissa Perri and Embracing Uncertainty by Margaret Heffernan. 

For more on Taylorism, see ‘scientific management’. 

In ‘What I Learned This Week’, Ross Garner discussed Yuval Noah Harari’s bleak take on the future of AI and government

Nahdia discussed digital twins

Natal discussed Meditations for Mortals

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