The Mindtools L&D Podcast

What is self-care, and why is it important? Can organisations play a role in self-care for their employees? And should they? On this week's show, Justin and Owen are joined by Sukh Pabial to discuss how we can all look after ourselves a bit better.  If you'd like to share your thoughts on the show, you’ll find us all on Twitter: @writerjustin @owenferguson and @sukhpabial. For more from GoodPractice, visit goodpractice.com or tweet @GoodPractice and @GoodpracticeAus. The articles Owen and Sukh refer to in What I Learned This Week are available here: Stop Asking Me ‘What About Men?’ The Dangers of Dark Nudging

Over the past year, we've had regular feedback on our feature 'What I Learned This Week'. For us, as learning professionals, it's a challenge to keep on learning; to practice what we preach. So for this special Christmas episode, we've expanded this feature to 'What I Learned This Year'. If you'd like to share your thoughts on the show, you can tweet @GoodPractice and @GoodpracticeAus.  We'd love to hear what you have learned this year, so get in touch! For more from GoodPractice, visit goodpractice.com. Until next year, Merry Christmas from the GoodPractice team!

As an industry, we like to think we're getting better and better at delivering effective learning solutions at the point of need. But how often do these interventions actually translate into behavioural change in the workplace? On this week's show, Ross D and Owen are joined by Lever Learning's Emma Weber to discuss the topic of learning transfer in L&D.  If you'd like to share your thoughts on the show, you can find us on Twitter @ross__dickie, @owenferguson and @emmaweber For more from GoodPractice, visit goodpractice.com or tweet @GoodPractice and @GoodpracticeAus. A full copy of the 2017 Learning Transfer Research: Insights For Impact can be downloaded here.

We often talk about workplace culture on the GoodPractice Podcast but, this week, that word is banned as author Jon Ingham joins us to discuss his new book: The Social Organization. Jon argues that 'culture' is too vague, and what we actually need to focus on is the cultivation of relationships. If you'd like to share your thoughts on the show, you can find Ross on Twitter @RossGarnerGP, Owen @OwenFerguson and Peter @PeterCasebow. Jon's book is available from Amazon, he tweets @JonIngham and his website is www.joningham.com. For more from GoodPractice, visit goodpractice.com or tweet @GoodPractice and @GoodpracticeAus. If you'd like to find out more about US driving deaths, see: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/19/opinion/america-is-now-an-outlier-on-driving-deaths.html The Gartner Hype Cycle for Education, 2017, is available behind at paywall at: https://www.gartner.com/doc/3769145/hype-cycle-education-  The OECD PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) is available at: http://www.oecd.org/pisa/pisa-2015-results-volume-v-9789264285521-en.htm Because Ross' description of 'single sign-on' was a little vague, see the Wikipedia page for details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_sign-on 

There’s little argument that collaboration at work improves results. But how do you create a collaborative atmosphere, what are the barriers, and what are the essential ingredients to make it work? This week, Adele Weaver joins Justin and Owen to discuss the secrets of great collaboration. If you want to share your thoughts on the show, collaborate with us on Twitter at @adeleweaver1, @owenferguson and @writerjustin. You can also tweet @GoodPractice or @GoodpracticeAus or visit our website at goodpractice.com, where you can download our latest research paper, ‘Learning Technologies: What Managers Really Think’. The article Adele refers to in the show is here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/nov/16/working-four-day-week-hours-labour

Everyone hates e-learning, mobile learning is the future, and no workplace learning technology can possibly compete with YouTube, right? In this special episode of the GoodPractice Podcast, recorded in front of a LIVE London audience, Owen Ferguson and Ross Garner reveal the results of our latest research: Learning Technology - What do managers really think? We debunk some common L&D narratives and take questions from our audience as they put our research under the microscope. Then, we open up to the room by inviting participants to share What They Learned This Week. To read the latest report, authored by Owen, Stef Scott and Gemma Towersey, visit: http://www.goodpractice.com/ld-resources/learning-technologies-what-managers-really-think/  For more coverage of our event in London, see: http://www.goodpractice.com/blog/items/new-research-report-now-live/  And of course you can get in touch on Twitter, @RossGarnerGP, @OwenFerguson, @GoodPractice and @GoodPracticeAUS. Ross' story about Scott Kelly was from Atlas Obscura, available at: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/scott-kelly-astronaut-exit-interview-space-station-nasa The book Owen recommended was The Butchering Art by Lindsey Fitzharris, available from Amazon. 

There's a lot of buzz surrounding the use of virtual reality in learning and development. But how effectively is it being deployed, and how will this change in the years ahead?  On this week's episode, Ross D is joined by Rachel Burnham and Mark Baxter to discuss all things VR.  If you'd like to share your thoughts on the show, you can find us on Twitter @ross__dickie, @BurnhamLandD, and @digitalnauts.  You can also tweet @GoodPractice or @GoodpracticeAus. For more from GoodPractice, visit goodpractice.com.  

In this episode, Ross D is joined by Wes Atkinson of Appitierre, Tom Hickmore of Nice Media, and GoodPractice's very own James McLuckie to discuss the use of video in learning and development.   If you'd like to share your thoughts on the show, you can find us on Twitter @ross__dickie, @wesatkinsonuk, @TomHickmore, and @JamesMcLuckie You can also tweet @GoodPractice or @GoodpracticeAus. For more from GoodPractice, visit goodpractice.com. This was the result of Watson's 'Speech to Text' function transcribing our intro:  'Speaker 0: Hello and welcome to the good practice podcast a weekly show her work performance and learning I'm rustic in this is absurd seventy video production for Alan D. I guess this week are was that concern from aft here Tom take more from nice media and good prices very own James McCarthy.   Speaker 0: Hello guys area.   Speaker 2: Like goats hello hello.   Speaker 0: I'm so what if I could just start with you.   Speaker 0: I think it's kind of generally held our industry at the time serve as the demand for user lads just in time learning.   Speaker 0: Continues to grow at this our video is one way of delivering that experience to users.   Speaker 0: And.   Speaker 0: Would you say that's actually reflected and.   Speaker 0: On the ground I guess is how widespread is video.   Speaker 2: Oh yes will flip flip through his listeners that don't know who I am and I I run and a new offering tool I'm that that's them getting normal popular I'm thankfully that's how the industry and it's on the same topics I'm I'm gonna avoid name dropping.'

John Stepper's Working Out Loud is a collaborative approach to building new skills and relationships through a series of weekly meetings and activities. Over the summer, the GoodPractice Podcast's Ross Garner took part in a Working Out Loud circle with Mike Collins, Ady Howes, Chris Coladonato, Hannah Wysome and Sam Burrough. In this episode, most of that Working Out Loud circle have come together to reflect on the experience and share their thoughts on what makes a successful WOL circle.  If you'd like to share your thoughts on the show, you can find Ross on Twitter @RossGarnerGP, Mike is @Community_Mike, Chris is @ChrisCola, Ady is @AdyHowes and Sam is @Burrough. You can also tweet @GoodPractice or @GoodpracticeAus. For more from GoodPractice, visit goodpractice.com.   To find out more about Working Out Loud, visit http://workingoutloud.com/.

As learning and development professionals, should we focus on learning outcomes or business outcomes? In this week's podcast, GoodPractice Business Development Director Chris Keenan argues that some parts of L&D lack basic business skills. He joins Ross G and Owen to share his experiences and chat about what we could do differently. If you'd like to share your thoughts on the show, you can find Chris on Twitter @Chris_R_Keenan, Owen @OwenFerguson and Ross @RossGarnerGP. You can also tweet @GoodPractice or @GoodpracticeAus. For more from GoodPractice, visit goodpractice.com. The graphic Owen referred to, comparing American Airlines and Southwest, can be seen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mitsmr/status/917527621411500032 The audio books he is looking forward to are Niall Ferguson's The Square and the Tower: Networks, Hierarchies and the Struggle for Global Power and Bill Bryson's Appliance of Science. The piece Chris recommended on football academics is available from The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/oct/06/football-biggest-issue-boys-rejected-academies  And, for more on ambiguity in Blade Runner, see Mark Kermode's documentary On the Edge of Blade Runner, available online at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyWHJ5o60L0