Lauren Weinstein, co-author of The Empowered Job Search and the Career Discovery & Enablement Lead at Microsoft, is on the podcast this week to discuss the complexities of job changes and career development. Sharing her personal story of being laid off, Lauren offers advice for those transitioning between roles, companies, and industry fields.  A job change, whether intentional or unplanned, can be an emotional experience. In the conversation, Lauren covers separating work from identity, reflecting on both the positives and negatives of career shifts, and empowering others as they go through a transitionary time.  Lauren also breaks down how L&D professionals can balance leading others through career development while going through it themselves. Listen for more on her ongoing research on the topic, career coaching tips, and job search coping recommendations.    Resources:  Lauren Weinstein on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenbweinstein   The Empowered Job Search: https://www.laurenbweinstein.com/theempoweredjobsearch 

Evidence-informed learning designer and educational technology specialist, Nidhi Sachdeva, breaks down the dangers of conflating neurodivergence and learning styles. Discussing Dual Coding Theory, Cognitive Theory, and Information Processing Theory, Nidhi explains the science behind how people learn and what trainers often get wrong.   While discussing the myth of learning styles, Nidhi shares her advice for using kindness to correct misinformation, the importance of nuance to understand learning abilities, and the origin of common learning misconceptions. She also offers tips for creating a multi-tiered system of support for diverse learners.  The conversation touches on Nidhi’s accidental path to learning sciences, her current research projects, and what the future holds for the field. Listen to our episode for more on how trainers can accommodate diverse learners by applying the science of learning.    Resources:  Nidhi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nidhi-sachdeva-toronto/   Nidhi's Science of Learning Substack: https://scienceoflearning.substack.com/   Conference: researchED Canada - The Science of Learning - Toronto May 3-4, 2024 https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/researched-canada-the-science-of-learning-toronto-may-3-4-2024-tickets-765640259627  

Julie Dirksen is a learning strategist and author of the recently released book, Talk to the Elephant. She joins the podcast to chat about designing learning for behavior change. We discuss several topics from her book, including the COM-B behavior model, and how to map it to your behavior change interventions. Julie reveals the biggest barriers to behavior change– like motivation, competing priorities, and feedback– and what you can do about them. The examples Julie shares from different organizations’ behavior change initiatives demonstrate how these strategies can be applied across various domains and industries.   Resources: Julie Dirksen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliedirksen Talk to the Elephant: https://usablelearning.com/elephant/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/designforhowpeoplelearn

Danielle Wallace, Chief Learning Strategist of Beyond the Sky, joins the podcast to share her passion for learner personas in L&D. Listen to her explanation of what learner personas are, the “do’s and dont's” of building learner personas, and the ways you can use personas in training.  Meet some of Danielle’s favorite learner personas as she discusses how you can build personas through holistic data collection, and what to do if data is not made available. She also goes into the common mistakes of building learner personas that trainers will want to avoid.   Our episode with Danielle will touch on accessibility, what goes into a good learner persona, and the best use cases. Danielle’s expertise will leave you eager and prepared to include learner personas in your next training course.    Resources:   Danielle on LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/daniellewallace  Beyond the Sky website: https://www.beyondthesky.ca/  You in 2042 Podcast: https://www.beyondthesky.ca/podcast/ 

Belo Miguel Cipriani, digital inclusion strategist and founder of Oleb Media, joins the podcast to help us rethink accessibility. Learn how to overcome the intimidation factor of accessibility and engage in active digital inclusivity with Belo’s empowering recommendations.     Belo shares his personal experience living with a disability and addresses the overwhelming learning curve of accessibility standards and guidelines. He offers actionable strategies and powerful questions to integrate into the procurement of new tools, content creation, and the evaluation of your content’s accessibility.   The conversation also considers how organizations can maintain an inclusive workplace while respecting employees’ privacy. Belo’s insight for teams working in virtual environments gives confidence that anyone can get started with digital inclusion today.       Belo on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/belo-miguel-cipriani/   Oleb Media: https://www.olebmedia.com/oleb-media-services/ Oleb Media on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/oleb-media/  Oleb Books: https://olebbooks.com/   Belo at ATD Intensive: https://atdintensive.td.org/agenda

David Dylan Thomas, Founder and CEO of David Dylan Thomas LLC and author of Design for Cognitive Bias, joins the podcast to share how L&D professionals can harness cognitive bias in their work. David reveals common cognitive biases, such as confirmation bias, illusion of control, loss aversion bias, and consistency bias, and provides strategies to influence your stakeholders with these in mind. We also discuss the challenges of workplace change and why differentiating between behavior change and belief change matters.   Resources: ·       David Dylan Thomas on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daviddylanthomas1 ·       David Dylan Thomas’s Website: https://daviddylanthomas.com/ ·       Design for Cognitive Bias: https://www.amazon.com/DESIGN-COGNITIVE-David-Dylan-Thomas/dp/1937557979 ·       Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman: https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0374533555

Mallory Flynn, Content Manager of Organizational and Career Development at ATD, joins the podcast to discuss the latest projects she’s been working on. Mallory shares what it was like to work behind the scenes on the newly released, ATD’s Organization Development Handbook, and how the book was specifically created to support L&D professionals navigate OD from an L&D lens. She also shares how the OrgDev conference has grown and evolved over the past year, including a brand new advisory board, RFP process, new tracks, new preconference workshops, and what to expect at this year’s upcoming event. We also discuss the unique qualities ATD’s Job Bank offers for L&D professionals. Resources: Mallory on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/flynnmallory ATD's Organization Development Handbook: https://www.td.org/book/atds-organization-development-handbook OrgDev: https://orgdev.td.org/ ATD Job Bank: Jobs.td.org

Louise Hendey, CEO of Erickson Coaching International, joins the podcast to discuss how a coaching mindset can build critical skills and resiliency in the workplace. She shares common ways organizations leverage coaching, including leadership development, team collaboration, and innovation.  Louise also describes the interconnected role that social connections and psychological safety play in building resilience, and provides examples of powerful coaching questions anyone can use for transformative change.   Resources: ·       Louise on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/louise-hendey-globalblueocean/ ·       Courageous Conversations podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3nglsJdiECgHB7wXT5PtfV ·       Erickson+ Coaching Network: https://www.erickson.edu/en/erickson_plus

Kris Newbauer, Chief People Officer and Head of People and Talent at Rotary International and author of Aligning Instructional Design with Business Goals, breaks down his eight-step framework that TD professionals can apply to strategically identify business needs, define success, and design curriculum with evaluation in mind.    Resources: ·       Kris’ new book: Aligning Instructional Design with Business Goals ·       Kris on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristophernewbauer ·       Kris’ recent blog: https://www.td.org/atd-blog/dollars-make-sense-money-doesnt-have-to-be-a-dirty-word-in-td

Markus Bernhardt, Chief Consultant for Endeavor Intelligence Insights, is an AI and digital transformation strategist. He joins the podcast to help us set realistic expectations about AI. He breaks down how large language models are built and explains why hallucinations in AI tools like Chat GPT will continue to occur. He also reveals how L&D professionals can leverage a deeper understanding of generative AI’s limitations to drive more meaningful conversations with AI suppliers and vendors that go beyond the hype.  Resources: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markus-bernhardt https://www.learningguild.com/publications/183/ais-increasingly-important-role-in-ld/