The Learning Culture Podcast

Joining me this week is Anthony Altieri.Anthony is a self-professed IDIoT. He is the Instructional Developer of Internet of Things for his own business, Omnes Solutions. And he's a bit of an expert on LMS Operations and all the technology that underpins how we learn in organizations.I wanted to get Anthony on the show to talk about the potential for the Internet of Things.I think you'll find this episode very useful from a possibilities perspective, helping you think about how we can really tailor the learning experience, how we can deeply understand what people are doing, and personalize the experience for them. Anthony has been in the e-learning industry since 2004, so he brings a lot of experience to this discussion.I'm sure you're going to enjoy this nugget of useful information from my guest, Anthony Altieri.

My guest today is Steffaney Zohrabyan.Steffaney is the Sales Enablement, Innovation, and Insights Leader for Cisco. She specializes in microlearning in the flow of work. This was an education for me around the role technology can play to nudge, prompt and enable people to make the right decisions in specific moments.In this "Rapid Fire 5" segment, I gather her first thoughts on five key questions related to learning and enablement. 

My guest today is Steffaney Zohrabyan.Steffaney is the Sales Enablement, Innovation, and Insights Leader for Cisco where she specializes in microlearning in the flow of work. This was an education for me around the role technology can play to nudge, prompt and enable people to make the right decisions in specific moments. I think the impact of this work when combined with the power of cohort-based learning, which is obviously near and dear to our hearts at Curious Lion, is a potent combination.If you are in Sales Enablement or you're looking to break into the field, you'll find something for you in this episode. Steffaney is also a ton of fun to talk with, so this was a really enjoyable episode, and I have no doubt you'll find deep value peppered throughout.So please sit back and enjoy my episode with Steffaney Zohrabyan.

 Brett is the Director of Revenue Enablement at Instructure. He got into enablement on the back of a successful career in sales. Before that, he spent time as a missionary in Japan - so he is really able to blend that passion for teaching and coaching in this role, making an impact with the people on his team.  In this "Rapid Fire 5" segment, I gather his first thoughts on five key questions related to learning and enablement. 

Brett is the Director of Revenue Enablement at Instructure. He got into enablement on the back of a successful career in sales. Before that, he spent time as a missionary in Japan - gifting him a unique ability to blend that passion for teaching and coaching to make an impact with the people on his team.Brett is the first guest I've had on the show where it felt like at times that I was talking to myself.  It was almost uncanny how similar we think about enabling people and developing potential. So if you've been a fan of the show, I know you're going to enjoy this conversation with a kindred spirit.So please sit back and enjoy this discussion with Brett Childs.

Joining me this week is Will Mannon.Will is the Chief Product Officer for Write of Passage, an online cohort-based course to teach people how to become digital writers. They've taught over 1,000 people how to do this through eight cohorts, and I took this course in cohort two. I've been following their journey ever since, and I even became involved as a mentor in cohort five. It's been incredible to watch them push the boundaries of online education, cohort-based education, and how people really learn.I'm excited to share this conversation with Will, someone I consider a good friend. Will and I have regular catch-ups on all things online education. As you'll find in this episode, it always ends up being an in-depth, far-ranging, and very enjoyable conversation.We finish our conversation with a discussion about differences between 1990 and 2020 mindsets. I know you're going to love this one.Please sit back and enjoy my conversation with Will Mannon.

Joining me this week is Al Dea.Al is the founder of Betterwork Labs, a research, advisory, and training organization that helps other companies create better workplace cultures. I met Al after finding his research on LinkedIn, which really caught my eye. He identified six trends in how people develop themselves and their careers at work. He made an incredible graphic to go along and wrote up a post on the research. I knew as soon as I saw it that I had to get Al on the show to talk through these six trends. All of them push the boundaries of the future of Learning and Talent Development companies — and your people can leverage them. As someone responsible for developing or enabling people, learning to spot and act upon these trends is crucial.In our conversation, we unpack each of these and talk through examples of companies he's seen in the space that are offering solutions. We also discuss how to approach and navigate the landscape of these companies. There is a ton of deep insight within Al's research, and it was a pleasure to unpack it with him on the show.Please sit back and enjoy my episode with Al Dea.

Joining me this week is Kristen Hartley.Kristen is the Head of Learning and Development for Pinterest. She's a former Deloitte Consultant with a background in Change Management, who has been doing Learning and Development as a function for only two and a half years - but she's been able to bring all that prior experience today in moving into this Head of L&D role at Pinterest. She also does some coaching as a side hustle and brings a lot of those skills to the function that she's responsible for at Pinterest.I know you're going to pull a lot of great ideas from this conversation with someone out there practicing at an organization with such scale.So please sit back and enjoy my conversation with Kristen Hartley.

Joining me this week is Jo Wright.Jo is the firecracker CEO of Coaching Culture. It's a UK-based firm that specializes in the content and platforms to enable cultures of coaching, or as Jo puts it - to scale up coaching conversations.I initially approached Jo on LinkedIn because I saw something on her website that I thought I disagreed with. And I thought it'd be fun to get into a conversation about the sort of battle between our two viewpoints. But the more I read what she was posting, and the more I dug into the website, the more I realized that we're actually on exactly the same page - that of learning culture and coaching culture. These are all just different names for the same thing, and I think that's the most exciting part of this for me. It's about enabling authentic leaders to have effective conversations by giving each other honest feedback, and building cultures of trust.I took so many notes from this conversation. I'm sure you will, too.So please sit back and enjoy my conversation with Jo Wright.

Joining me this week is Paul Millerd.Paul is the author of a new book called the Pathless Path, as well as a freelance consultant and a Content Advisor to Curious Lion. He has been an indispensable help on a few client projects, assisting in assessing client’s existing Learning Cultures. This is the topic of today’s episode.Paul spent more than a decade at companies like GE, McKinsey, and BCG as an organizational consultant, assessing, shaping, and cultivating strong organizational cultures.Much of our conversation in this episode draws upon the work of Edgar Schein, one of the most impressive thinkers on organizational culture from the late 80s and early 90s.You'll leave this episode knowing what role you can play in establishing and cultivating the culture you want to see at your company.So please sit back and enjoy my episode with Paul Millerd.