150 — Live from London: The past, present and future of learning

For three years, we've had the ridiculous privilege of producing The GoodPractice Podcast. It's given us the opportunity to speak to some of the biggest names in Learning & Development, it's challenged our thinking, and - we hope - contributed in some small way to the conversations that are shaping our industry.

In this, our 150th episode, we asked some of our favourite guests to join Ross G and Owen for our 3rd birthday party at The Hand & Flower pub in London.

We were joined by Michelle Parry-Slater, founder of Kairos Modern Learning; by Gemma Critchley, Head of Technology & Innovation for Learning at Aviva; and by Andy Lancaster, Head of Learning & Development Content at the CIPD, who is writing a book.

We discussed the past, present and future of learning, including:

• how traditional classroom education has shaped what we do today
• the tension between the need to learn from mistakes and organisations' tolerance for risk
• what the future of learning and development holds.

A special shout-out this week to those faces behind-the-scenes who make this podcast possible, but are never mentioned: Jade Stewart, Nicola Boyle, Sai Cook, Yaz Serrano and Al Roy.

Also to Ross Dickie, in absentia.

If you'd like to share your thoughts on the show, you can find us on Twitter @RossGarnerGP, @OwenFerguson, @MiPS1608, @GemStGem and @AndyLancasterUK.

To find out more about GoodPractice, visit goodpractice.com or tweet us @GoodPractice or @GoodPracticeAus.

To find out more about Kairos, see: kairosml.co.uk

Gemma's blog on learning innovation is a few years old but remains a must-read: linkedin.com/pulse/9-tips-help-learning-innovation-gemma-critchley

And the CIPD are online at: cipd.co.uk