This week on The GoodPractice Podcast, it's the return of our L&D book bag. Nicola Boyle and Ross G are joined by Owen and James to share insights from the books that we think are a must-read for L&D professionals.

We discuss:

• Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure by Tim Harford
• An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield
• The Accidental Instructional Designer by Cammy Bean
• How to Have a Good Day: Harness the Power of Behavioral Science to Transform Your Working Life by Caroline Webb

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In What I Learned This Week, Owen shared the article 'Why it's time to stop worrying about the decline of the English language', available online at: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/aug/15/why-its-time-to-stop-worrying-about-the-decline-of-the-english-language 

This made him revisit his views on Lynn Truss' book Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation.

James shared his reflections on a show by @GreekComedian.

Nicola has been learning about different road crossings for her driving test: https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-news/105231/uk-pedestrian-crossings-explained-zebra-puffin-pelican-toucan-and-how-to-use-them

And Ross shared the designs for the new Virgin Galactic space port: https://www.virgingalactic.com/articles/virgin-galactic-opens-the-doors-to-the-gateway-to-space/