​A third of staff are willing to quit over weak climate action! And yet sustainability rarely makes it into L&D’s key focus areas… But when you consider that L&D is in the business of behaviour change, and most of us are looking for day-to-day ways to be more sustainable, it feels like a place where we can have impact. ​Ajay Jacob (L&D Manager, TomTom) and Fiona Morgan (Director of Purpose at SailGP) joined us to discuss L&D’s role in tackling climate change and tactics we can use. Running order 0:00 Introduction to Fiona, Ajay and this episode. 5:18 L&D’s role in the climate conversation. 10:48 Can L&D drive behaviour change? 15:56 Connect people to purpose. 23:59 Examples from SailGP and Sky. 27:47 How to use the right language internally. 36:12 How can it help hiring and retention? 44:32 Using existing data to build narrative. 50:33 Should we incentivise sustainability? How To Connect Find Ajay on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ajaytj/ Find Fiona on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fiona-morgan-5a512634/ Learn more about SailGP: https://sailgp.com/ Find Gary on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-stringer-copywriter/ Find HowNow on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hownowhq/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hownowteam Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hownowhq/ Our Website: https://gethownow.com/ Other resources that might be useful The Carbon Almanac SailGP’s first Annual Purpose & Impact Report

Global hiring doesn’t mean rolling out one job advert to every single country! It means building a strategic approach: 🌎 Which markets offer the skills we need? 🤝 How does the hiring process look there? ❤️ What’s important to talent in that location? And with 85 million open roles expected by 2030, it’s time to get ahead in the global battle for talent. Bastian Eichler (VP of Product, WorkMotion) joined us to build a strategic approach for finding, attracting and developing talent in this episode of L&D Disrupt Live. Running order 0:00 Introduction to Bastian and today’s episode 4:39 How to identify which markets have the skills you need 11:19 Being more data-led in the battle for global talent 20:16 Budget, benefit and salary considerations. 25:56 What’s important to global talent? 32:25 How Bastian’s team combine flexibility and cultural differences 36:12 Collaborating as a global team. 41:31 Tactics for L&D in dispersed teams. How To Connect Find Bastian on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bastian-eichler/ Learn more about WorkMotion: https://workmotion.com/ Find Gary on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-stringer-copywriter/ Find HowNow on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hownowhq/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hownowteam Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hownowhq/ Our Website: https://gethownow.com/

Does it matter if L&D teams learn less than others? Just how much is legacy tech holding us back? Have we seen the end of compliance culture? These are just some of the trends and challenges Nelson and Gary tackled in this episode of L&D Disrupt. Based on relevant research published in 2022, these are real challenges that L&D can expect in 2023, rather than pie in the sky, exotic trends that won’t apply to your daily life and challenges. Running order 0:00 Introduction to the episode 2:43 L&D spends less time learning on average 12:17 The problem with legacy tech 16:37 People can’t find resources they need 25:15 Why people don’t embrace new tech 36:12 L&D can build your employer brand and better culture 46:25 Being more data informed in 2023. 52:58 More cost effective content creation. How To Connect Read the full analysis and find links to every report: https://gethownow.com/blog/2023-learning-and-development-trends-you-have-to-hear/ Find Nelson on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nelsonsivalingam/ Find Gary on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-stringer-copywriter/ Find HowNow on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hownowhq/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hownowteam Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hownowhq/ Our Website: https://gethownow.com/

AND Digital won Onboarding Programme of the Year at the 2022 Learning Awards. After this episode, we're pretty sure you'll understand why! ​Daragh Gillen (Europe Academy and Onboarding Lead) and Harriet Perks (London Academy and Onboarding Lead) joined us live to explain how they built an authentic, effective and innovative onboarding approach that took home gold. ​Expect to learn... ​Why you should be encouraging people to make mistakes in onboarding. How to create off-the-shelf onboarding that can be personalised. The ways you can keep enjoying the onboarding process, not matter how often it happens, and much more. Running order 0:00 How AND Digital won Onboarding Programme of the Year. 3:57 How to leverage your brand in onboarding. 13:16 Keep enjoying the onboarding process. 18:44 The 6 C’s of onboarding. 20:26 How AND structure their onboarding process. 28:00 Pushing people to fail and feel okay doing it. 34:53 Audience question: Who owns the process. 36:50 Audience question: Getting people up to speed with tech. 46:13 When you should collect onboarding feedback. How To Connect Find Daragh on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daragh-gillen-077887183/ Find Harriet on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harrietperks/ Learn more about AND Digital: https://www.and.digital/ Find Gary on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-stringer-copywriter/ Find HowNow on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hownowhq/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hownowteam Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hownowhq/ Our Website: https://gethownow.com/ Find The Culture Map by Erin Meyer (recommended by Harriet): https://erinmeyer.com/books/the-culture-map/ Learn more about The 6 C’s Of Onboarding: https://www.appical.net/en/resources/blog/how-to-incorporate-the-6cs-in-your-hybrid-onboarding-program

​Flat hierarchies, often celebrated because they’re great for employees. But what do they mean for leaders and L&D teams? ​Ally Jones (Leadership Coach) and Chichi Eruchalu (Head of Leadership Development, Multiverse) are joined us live to answer that very question. ​From why leaders are people we want to follow and leadership is a behaviour, not a title, to how we build high-trust cultures and self-management - we tackled a rarely-covered part of the flat hierarchy conversation. Running order 0:00 Intro to Ally, Chichi and this conversation. 1:19 Leadership is a behaviour, not a title. 5:07 What flat hierarchies mean for L&D. 7:28 Build a culture of self-management and self-ownership. 12:30 The role of leaders in helping others self-manage. 23:28 Creating high-trust cultures. 28:50 How can we challenge each other constructively? 34:56 Test flatter hierarchies on a smaller scale. 38:14 Does challenging each other create more or less trust? 42:30 Work out how leadership is currently perceived. 45:35 Pay bands and progression. How To Connect Find Ally on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisonjonescoach/ Find Chichi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chichieruchalu/ Find Gary on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-stringer-copywriter/ Find HowNow on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hownowhq/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hownowteam Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hownowhq/ Our Website: https://gethownow.com/ Check out The Fresh Eyes Journey Chichi Mentioned: https://hatrabbits.com/en/fresh-eyes-journal/ Learn about the Trust Framework here: https://trustedadvisor.com/why-trust-matters/understanding-trust/understanding-the-trust-equation

​People don’t value friendships at work anymore! Did you know that? We didn't until we read the latest research, but that certainly changes the game for HR and people teams in 2023 and beyond. ​So does the fact that 59% are stressed by their monetary situation, just 14% think their feedback drives change and hiring freezes or redundancies are meaning HR teams need to do more with less. Emma Leonis-Hughes (Client Executive Director - HR Transformation, LACE Partners) and Carly Poulson (People + Culture Partner, Unleashed) joined us to discuss all of this, their recent HR research and more. Running order 0:00 Intro to the episode, Emma and Carly 1:50 Supporting employes under financial pressure 8:19 Approaching that difficult conversation with employees 12:29 Company culture’s role has massively changed. 19:04 What the reports tell us about the culture issue. 24:49 Does HR have an issue with feedback? 37:10 LACE Partners’ HR’s One Big Thing Report 43:43 Unleashed’s latest research from people leaders. 51:01 Building skills when we can’t buy or borrow. How To Connect Find Emma Leonis-Hughes on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-leonis-hughes-104b0b7/ Learn more about LACE Partners: https://lacepartners.co.uk/ Download their HR’s One Big Thing Report: https://lacepartners.co.uk/hrs-one-big-thing/ Find Carly Poulson on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carly-poulson-17208b23/ Learn more about Unleashed: https://www.unleashed.company/ Find Gary on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-stringer-a78b2186/ Find HowNow on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hownowhq/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hownowteam Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hownowhq/ Our Website: https://gethownow.com/ A great resource on loneliness at work, shared by Clare in the chat: https://hbr.org/2022/10/the-power-of-work-friends

Audio content is underserved in L&D, but it doesn't have to be! Assemble You's Richard Ward joined us this week to discuss how you can capture what people love about podcasting in your audio content without breaking the bank. From internal podcasts to creating your own fireside-chat style listens, we spoke about how, why, and when to use audio effectively. Running order 0:00 Introduction to the show 1:31 Is audio content underserved in corporate learning? 7:42 What makes podcasts such a useful learning tool? 11:54 Does podcasting better connect us to our audience? 17:31 Internal podcasts. 25:05 Mini pods, storytelling and using existing podcasts better. 33:45 The challenges and future of audio content 40:59 Audience question: Mindset and audio-first content. 44:35 Can AI help create new audio content? 46:27 Audience experiences with audio content. 51:27 Audience question: How to structure audio content? How To Connect Find Richard and Assemble You on: Richard’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardpward/ Assemble You’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/assemble-you/ Their website: https://www.assembleyou.com/ Find Nelson on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nelsonsivalingam/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThatNelsonDude Find Gary on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-stringer-a78b2186/ Find HowNow on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hownowhq/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hownowteam Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hownowhq/ Our Website: https://gethownow.com/ Recommended resource as mentioned by Carl: http://donaldclarkplanb.blogspot.com/2019/06/podcasts-20-reasons-why-we-should-be.html

Why is every performance conversation a chance to spot learning opportunities? Do we need to scrutinise our existing tech with current challenges in mind? Does competence breed confidence? And what’s L&D’s role? These are just some of the questions we put to Nelson in our first Q&A episode! And helpfully, the full list of questions make up the running order for the show - so you can either hit play for the whole conversation or jump ahead to anything that caught your eye! Running order 0:00 Intro to the show 1:53 Why is augmented reality so useful for learning transfer and performance support? 9:25 The problem with performance reviews and driving learning. 12:08 Every performance conversation is a learning conversation. 14:11 Which mindsets are L&D folks missing to take advantage of emerging tech? 19:20 Maximising the trial period of any product or tool. 24:05 Does Your Old Tech Solve The Current Challenges? 25:15 The importance of flexible working and learning. 32:20 Is an excessive meeting culture the enemy of learning? 36:50 Are employees causing the end of compliance culture? 39:44 The competence-confidence loop. How To Connect Find Nelson on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nelsonsivalingam/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThatNelsonDude Find Gary on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-stringer-a78b2186/ Find HowNow on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hownowhq/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hownowteam Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hownowhq/ Our Website: https://gethownow.com/

If there's one takeaway from this conversation, it's that learning cultures are about a lot more than just learning... They're about how we manage change, the environment we build and foster, if we can tap into current behaviours, how well we communicate our L&D strategy to others and so much more. We covered all of this in a very flowing episode with Sara Stevick, so use the episode timestamps if any particular aspects caught your eye. Running Order 0:00 Intro to Sara and the show 3:02 Discovery mode: Where to start analysing your learning strategy and culture 11:40 Creating a detailed strategy and boiling it down for different audiences 21:29 The Learning Canvas: Capturing your strategy on 1 page. 29:10 Building an environment that empowers learning. 41:40 Change management’s role in learning culture. 47:37 Building better feedback loops with The Learning Flywheel. Submit your questions for our Ask Nelson Anything episode! Use this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe-Hb4H2Nd1HWYQZwsWHGp36JScAwQj6Av_z6DC1WlO8lXxAQ/viewform?usp=sf_link Email: gary@gethownow.com with the subject line 'Ask Nelson Anything'. And save your spot: https://lu.ma/ask-nelson-anything How To Connect Find Sara on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarastevick/ Find Nelson on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nelsonsivalingam/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThatNelsonDude Find HowNow on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hownowhq/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hownowteam Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hownowhq/ Our Website: https://gethownow.com/ Sara recommend several documents and articles throughout the episode and kindly sent the links our way:   https://www.cipd.co.uk/Images/creating-learning-cultures-1_tcm18-75606.pdf https://www.panopto.com/blog/the-evolution-of-the-high-impact-learning-organization/ https://www.richardswanson.com/textbookresources/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/TBAD-r9b-Watkins.-DLOQ-Demonstrating-Value.pdf https://joshbersin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/2010_LEARNING_CULTURE.pdf https://joshbersin.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/EX-21_07-DefGuide-1.pdf

​No tricks, no clickbait - this episode really gives you 5 rules to take away and apply to your learning content today! Why? ​Because creating great learning content trips up businesses time and time again! And if we understand why, nail the context and follow some simple steps with consistency, L&D can deliver resources that drive performance. Easygenerator Co-Founder Kasper Spiro joined us live and you can expect to learn why context is just as important as content, how to optimise content for discovery using marketing techniques, why best-fit content beats the best-produced content, and so much more. Running Order 0:00 Why creating great content often plagues L&D. 4:17 How to use internal experts for content creation. 16:02 Think context, context, context. 26:05 How to make content discoverable. 33:20 Curate where you can, create where you need to. 40:03 Timing and relevance beat content perfection. 46:28 Audience questions. How To Connect Find Kasper on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kasperspiro/ Learn more about Easygenerator: https://www.easygenerator.com/en/ Find Nelson on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nelsonsivalingam/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThatNelsonDude Find HowNow on: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hownowhq/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/hownowteam Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hownowhq/ Our Website: https://gethownow.com/