The Strategic L&D Podcast

In this episode we welcome Julie Fitzgerald, Organisational Learning Manager at Z Energy New Zealand. Blake talks with Julie about how to work with business units to ensure their requests are aligned with business strategy, the best way to do bottom-up and top-down capability assessments, and why more data isn’t always better for your L&D strategy. You can learn more about Z Energy here: https://www.z.co.nz/ Or connect directly with Julie via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julie-fit... -- The Strategic L&D Podcast ventures through what L&D key opinion leaders are doing today to ensure they are delivering a strategically impactful L&D function. It covers everything from aligning learning strategy to business strategy, what learning strategies best remedy identified organisation under-performance, how to execute on leading practices in L&D strategy and how to ensure L&D is seen as a strategic partner to the business. Want more strategic L&D content? Check out Acorn Labs: https://acornlms.com/enterprise-learning-management

Today we're joined by Matt Gjertsen, former instructor pilot for the US Air Force, former Head of Learning and Development at SpaceX and current Chief Learning Officer at Better Every Day Studios. Blake and Matt talk about flipping your learning management cycle to start with strategic impact, why your learning budget doesn’t dictate results (sometimes lean budgets drive the best innovation) and when self-directed learning is actually impeding strategic impact.     Learn more about Better Every Day Studios via their website: https://www.bettereverydaystudios.com/ -- The Strategic L&D Podcast ventures through what L&D key opinion leaders are doing today to ensure they are delivering a strategically impactful L&D function.   It covers everything from aligning learning strategy to business strategy, what learning strategies best remedy identified organisation under-performance, how to execute on leading practices in L&D strategy and how to ensure L&D is seen as a strategic partner to the business. Want more strategic L&D content? Check out Acorn Labs: https://acornlms.com/enterprise-learning-management

Joining us in this episode is Kelly Hopkins, People Manager of Capability and Development at Kathmandu. Blake and Kelly talk about utilising consultation to align business objectives with learning objectives, why you need to go out and listen to people leaders to build trust, and what to do when you have high turnover of early tenure employees. Hint: Address your onboarding training experience. Want to learn more about Kathmandu? Check out their website: https://www.kathmandu.com.au/ -- The Strategic L&D Podcast ventures through what L&D key opinion leaders are doing today to ensure they are delivering a strategically impactful L&D function. It covers everything from aligning learning strategy to business strategy, what learning strategies best remedy identified organisation under-performance, how to execute on leading practices in L&D strategy and how to ensure L&D is seen as a strategic partner to the business. Want more strategic L&D content? Check out Acorn Labs: https://acornlms.com/enterprise-learning-management

Melinda Varley, the Learning and Development Manager for JAS-ANZ, joins Blake Proberts to talk through the importance of team in delivering strategic L&D, linking L&D strategy to your company strategy, and the key stages of building a LMS business case (and why data matters).    Learn more about Melinda's organisation JAS-ANZ (Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand) via their website: https://www.jas-anz.org/ -- The Strategic L&D Podcast ventures through what L&D key opinion leaders are doing today to ensure they are delivering a strategically impactful L&D function. It covers everything from aligning learning strategy to business strategy, what learning strategies best remedy identified organisation under-performance, how to execute on leading practices in L&D strategy and how to ensure L&D is seen as a strategic partner to the business. Want more strategic L&D content? Check out Acorn Labs: https://acornlms.com/enterprise-learning-management

Ant Pugh, an industry leading Performance Consultant, joins Blake Proberts to talk about the importance of having the strategic impact conversation upfront, value debt in L&D (and how to avoid it), prioritising solutions, and thinking about the best way to solve the business problem rather than just taking a large training deck and repurposing it. Learn more about Ant Pugh and his daily newsletter by visiting his site: https://www.antpugh.com/ -- The Strategic L&D Podcast ventures through what L&D key opinion leaders are doing today to ensure they are delivering a strategically impactful L&D function. It covers everything from aligning learning strategy to business strategy, what learning strategies best remedy identified organisation under-performance, how to execute on leading practices in L&D strategy and how to ensure L&D is seen as a strategic partner to the business. Want more strategic L&D content? Check out Acorn Labs: https://acornlms.com/enterprise-learning-management