The Mindtools L&D Podcast

On this week's episode of the podcast, Ross Dickie is joined by Peter Casebow and Owen Ferguson for a prospective look at 2017. What will be this year's big trends, and what will be happening at GoodPractice in the next twelve months? If you'd like to share your thoughts on the show, you can find us on Twitter @petercasebow, @owenferguson or @ross__dickie. You can also get in touch by tweeting @GoodPractice or by visiting our website, goodpractice.com. The CIPD report on performance management can be found here. You can also find Owen's roast potato recipe on the Serious Eats website. 

In this GoodPractice Holiday Special, team members Justin, Peter, Owen, Stef and Ross (G) share their L&D Christmas wishes. We have plenty to say about curiosity, generosity, humour and relationships, but what would you wish for in your role this Christmas? If you'd like to share your thoughts on the show, you can find us on Twitter @RossGarnerGP, @owenferguson, @petercasebow, @Stefania_Scott and @WriterJustin. You can also tweet @GoodPractice or @GoodpracticeAus, and can find out more at goodpractice.com. Music this week from http://www.freesfx.co.uk.  

This week: GoodPractice team members Ross, Owen and James play a round of 'Room 101'. What aspects of the L&D industry do they want to see consigned to the Room's darkest depths?  Professional actors, sporting analogies and visionary thought leaders should all run for cover. If you'd like to share your thoughts on the show, you can find us on Twitter @RossGarnerGP, @owenferguson and @jamesmcluckie. You can also tweet @GoodPractice or get in touch through goodpractice.com. Music this week was produced by bilwiss and used under Creative Commons.

This week: Ross, Owen and Peter from the GoodPractice team discuss our latest research into the online habits of UK managers. We look at how managers respond to workplace management challenges, how online solutions compare to offline help, and why social networks really haven't caught on as a tool for solving problems. You can download the report from our website: http://www.goodpractice.com/ld-resources/google-it-the-secret-online-lives-of-uk-managers/ If you'd like to share your thoughts on the show, you can find us on Twitter @RossGarnerGP, @owenferguson and @petercasebow.   You can also tweet @GoodPractice or get in touch through goodpractice.com.  If you'd like to find out more about Owen's Amazon AI reference, you can visit this link: https://aws.amazon.com/amazon-ai/ The Broadband Commission for Digital Development's 2015 report on worldwide internet access is here: http://www.broadbandcommission.org/Documents/reports/bb-annualreport2015.pdf  

In this week's podcast, Ross Dickie is joined by Peter Casebow and Justin Anderson to discuss steps organisations can take to get the most out of internships and work experience. If you'd like to share your thoughts on the show, you can find us on Twitter @petercasebow, @WriterJustin and @ross__dickie.   You can also tweet @GoodPractice or get in touch through goodpractice.com. 

As teams become more dispersed, and communication technology gets better, the need to work in the same physical space as colleagues has decreased. This week: Ross, Owen and Jonny from the GoodPractice team are joined by L&D consultant Niall Gavin to share their experiences of working from home, and to discuss the steps that organisations can take to support remote workers. If you want to share your thoughts on L&D mistakes or anything else discussed on the show, you can tweet @owenferguson, @biofractal or @rossgarnergp. You can get in touch with Niall at @niallgavinuk. You can also tweet @GoodPractice or visit goodpractice.com. If you want to be at our research launch in London on November 24th, to hear Owen introduce our latest paper on the online learning behaviour of managers, you can read more and sign up here.

In this week's podcast, Owen Ferguson, Peter Casebow and Justin Anderson discuss classic L&D mistakes. L&D is a challenging profession, but are there persistent errors the industry needs to address, and if so, why do they persist? Are there any mistakes specific to L&D, or are they just normal, human errors manifested in an L&D environment? If you want to share your thoughts on L&D mistakes or anything else discussed on the show, you can tweet @owenferguson, @petercasebow or @writerjustin. You can also tweet @GoodPractice or visit goodpractice.com. If you want to be at our research launch in London on November 24th, to hear Owen introduce our latest paper on the online learning behaviour of managers, you can read more and sign up here.

In this week's episode, Ross Dickie is joined by Cat MacLeod and Justin Anderson to discuss the challenges they've faced in creating animated videos for the GoodPractice toolkit. If you'd like to share your thoughts on the show, you can find us on Twitter @CatGoodPractice, @WriterJustin or @ross__dickie. You can also tweet @GoodPractice or get in touch at goodpractice.com. You can view Justin's video, 'Virtually Perfect Meetings' by clicking here.    

In this week's podcast, Justin Anderson is joined by Owen Ferguson and James McLuckie to discuss face-to-face training, and whether it is still relevant in modern L&D. Will it survive? Should it survive; and if so, in what format? Owen and James also discuss their thoughts on what the future might hold for L&D, with suggestions for what L&D professionals should be doing to evolve with technology. If you want to share your thoughts on the future of L&D or anything else discussed on the show, you can tweet @owenferguson, @jamesmcluckie or @writerjustin. You can also tweet @GoodPractice or visit goodpractice.com.

In this week's episode of the podcast, Ross Dickie is joined by COO Owen Ferguson and Content Marketing Manager Stef Scott to discuss the second edition of our research paper, New Perspectives on 70:20:10.  As well as providing an overview of the research, Owen and Stef offer some practical tips for applying 70:20:10 to organisational learning.  If you'd like to download a copy of the report, you can do so by visiting the GoodPractice website.  You can also share your thoughts with us by tweeting @owenferguson, @Stefania_Scott or @ross__dickie.  The study Owen referred to in his contribution to 'What I Learned This Week' can be found here.