The Mindtools L&D Podcast

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.

Artificial Intelligence is already creeping into our workplace and homes through Google search, smartphones and the new Amazon Echo. But what happens to us when it starts to perform our jobs? This week on the GoodPractice podcast, the CIPD's David D'Souza joins Owen Ferguson, Jonny Anderson and Ross Garner from GoodPractice to discuss the future of work. Should we embrace AI or fight against it? Will we even need to work in the future? If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, you can get in touch with us on Twitter at @dds180, @owenferguson, @biofractal and @RossGarnerGP. You can also tweet at @GoodPractice or visit www.goodpractice.com.

The e-learning industry often suffers from a negative reputation, but why is that and what can we do to change it? On this week's episode of the GoodPractice Podcast, James and Ross are joined by Fiona Quigley from Logicearth to discuss the current state of e-elearning - as well as the tools and techniques we are looking forward to using in the coming months. If you'd like to get in touch with us about this episode, you can tweet @RossGarnerGP, @JamesMcLuckie or @FionaQuigs. You can also find us @GoodPractice or visit www.goodpractice.com. Logicearth can be found at www.logicearth.com. The game Ross recommend, Reigns, is available via the App Store.

What are the benefits of belonging to a 'community of practice', and what can you learn by sharing your work with colleagues? This week on the podcast, Ross Garner is joined by James McLuckie and Ross Dickie to discuss these questions in light of the recent eLearning Network event in Glasgow. If you'd like to get in touch with us about this episode, you can tweet @RossGarnerGP, @JamesMcLuckie or @ross__dickie You can also find us @GoodPractice or visit www.goodpractice.com.

This week on the show we're evaluating the performance of our learning interventions. How do we know we've been successful? What do we do if we've failed? How do we overcome our fear of finding out which is the case? If you'd like to speak to any of us about the things we've discussed on this episode, you can tweet @RossGarnerGP, @OwenFerguson or @AndrewMcGlyn You can also find us @GoodPractice or visit www.goodpractice.com.

The word 'agile' is tagged on to just about everything these days, but what does it actually mean? This week, Ross Dickie is joined by Owen Ferguson and Jonny Anderson to discuss the principles of agile project management and how it can be applied in organisations. Want to ask us a question about agile? Then feel free to tweet us @owenferguson, @biofractal or @ross__dickie . You can also find us @GoodPractice or visit www.goodpractice.com.

This week the GoodPractice team break open the dark art of Learning Needs Analysis. What is it? How do you do it? And where do you need to just get out of the way? Then: spell-checking goofs, the political impact of broadband, and Ross' irrational hatred of Jeremy Corbyn. And finally, what do we do for our own CPD? Want to share your thoughts on the show? Then feel free to tweet us @owenferguson, @AMcGlynGP or@RossGarnerGP. You can also find us @GoodPractice or visit www.goodpractice.com. To read Owen's blog on Learning Needs Analysis, visit: http://www.goodpractice.com/blog/items/learning-needs-analysis-some-useful-techniques For Fiona McBride's blog on her PLN, see: https://fionamcbride.com/fiona-mcbrides-pln/