The Learning Culture Podcast

Joining me this week is Chad Trabucco.Chad is the Director of Revenue Enablement at Guru, a knowledge management software. I thought that was so fascinating considering the question that I ask at the end of every Rapid Fire Five, that is: how do you capture and distill ideas in people's heads for future use? That's exactly what Guru does, and what Chad is so passionate about.At the risk of this becoming an episode entirely about Guru, we really dug deep into knowledge management - I think it's such an important issue for anybody developing people and enabling people.You can get the tacit knowledge out of your sales team's heads and be explicit in your ways of helping others benefit from it. As I said, this is a topic that has been on the minds of every single enablement person I've spoken to. So, I know you will enjoy what Chad has to share.Please, sit back and enjoy this episode with Chad Trabucco.

Joining me this week is Chad Trabucco.Chad is the Director of Revenue Enablement at Guru. Guru is a knowledge management software, which I thought was so fascinating because of the question that I asked at the end of every Rapid Fire Five. And that is - how do you capture and distill ideas in people's heads for future use? And that's exactly what Guru does, and what Chad is so passionate about.In this "Rapid Fire 5" segment, I gather his first thoughts on five key questions related to learning and enablement. 

Joining me this week is Steph White.Steph is the Director of Revenue Enablement at Loopio. She started her career in Account Management and has translated that experience into a role enabling others. She's uniquely equipped to do so because of her focus on people.What I found in this episode, talking to Steph and getting to know her in this conversation, is that we think very similarly about how people are your greatest asset. We also agree about the importance of developing the skills of empathy, the ability to meet people where they are, finding what makes them tick, and enabling their potential. These are the keys to unlocking business growth.This was a fascinating conversation on the people side of people enablement. And I think you will learn a lot from Steph just as I did.So, please sit back, relax, and enjoy this episode.

Joining me this week is  Steph White. Steph is the Director of Revenue Enablement at Loopio. She started her career in Account Management and has translated that experience into a role enabling others and is especially equipped to do that because of her focus on people. In this "Rapid Fire 5" segment, I gather her first thoughts on five key questions related to learning and enablement. 

Joining me this week for today's special learning nuggets episode is super-facilitator Gwyn Wansbrough.Gwyn is an independent Facilitator, Learning Experience Designer, and Course Creator. She focuses on empowering educators and team leaders with the skills to make learning and facilitating meetings more creative. Her focus is on human-centered learning, with an emphasis on group learning. She specializes in crafting group experiences that lead to deep, significant breakthroughs.I can't emphasize enough how important it is to have expert facilitation of the live experiences. These are the make-or-break components of any cohort learning experience. And we have learned so much from working with Gwyn in making these high-impact, highly engaging, and highly transformational experiences.In this learning nugget episode, Gwyn is going to lead us through how to craft these truly transformational facilitated experiences. She offers deep insight gleaned from her years of field experience, and directly answers the burning questions that I know many of you have.So, without further ado, please sit back and enjoy my conversation with Gwyn Wansbrough.

This week, we have a special one-on-one episode with yours truly. I hope you enjoy the sound of my voice because together we'll be exploring some of the lessons that I've learned from a book called The Living Company by Arie de Geus.Arie de Geus was a Dutch business executive who did an incredible amount of research with his team on companies that have been around for longer than his (he worked at Shell), particularly ones 100 years old and older. These are companies that have displayed incredible longevity and sustainability. de Geus wanted to know why, and that's what we'll be exploring in this episode.We'll also discuss the concept of stewardship and how that was one of the findings from their research. It also ties into our work on shared Vision, shared Assumptions, shared Stories, and shared Experiences, all captured within this idea of shared values, and how important those are in creating a sense of belonging.And finally, we'll touch on a topic that is very much top-of-mind for me these days: tacit knowledge and converting that into explicit knowledge, which is something that I think a lot of companies currently struggle with. I'll start to touch on that topic, and I'll probably do another whole episode on that one as well because it's definitely deserving of it.With that said, let us dive into the research, the lessons, and the stories behind The Living Company.

This week will feature 13 different guests of ours, all speaking and sharing their wisdom on the topic of mentorship.I'm thrilled to present this mashup episode as a way to give thanks to our growing community. My incredible team has pulled together clips and categorized them in a way that allows me to go in and start looking for patterns and commonalities between the different guest conversations. And today, I want to present to you the very first of those on mentorship. I'm super excited to dive in here.So, without further ado, let's learn about the incredibly important topic of mentors.

Joining me this week is Sheevaun Thatcher.Sheevaun is somewhat of a legend in the sales enablement space. She created the role before it was actually even a role. About 15 years ago, she started performing the role of “Player Coach," as she mentions in the episode, for a company she worked for. She's been there from the beginning and has seen the sales enablement profession develop into what it is now.In this episode, we dive into her wisdom accumulated over those years, especially from her time at RingCentral, where she grew an incredible team and the company from a $20 stock to an almost $500 stock in five years.I loved recording this episode with Sheevaun and I'm convinced you'll enjoy listening to it. Please sit back and enjoy my episode with Sheevaun Thatcher.

Joining me this week is  Sheevaun Thatcher. Sheevaun is somewhat of a legend in the sales enablement space. She created the role before it was actually even a role. About 15 years ago, she started performing the role of “Player Coach", for a company that she was at. So she's been there from the beginning and has seen the sales enablement profession develop into what it is right now. In this "Rapid Fire 5" segment, I gather her first thoughts on five key questions related to learning and enablement. 

Joining me this week is Petek Hawkins.This is a special episode because Petek and I are using it to make a very exciting announcement about Curious Lion. I'll cut this intro very short and let you dive right into the conversation.Our conversation starts by looking at Petek’s journey and the lessons she's learned. And then we get right into our exciting announcement, what it means for us, and what it could mean for you.So please sit back, relax, and enjoy this episode with Petek Hawkins.