The Learning Culture Podcast

Mark is the founder of Tech Learning Network, one of the leading video-based educational platforms around web development, mobile applications, programming, digital design, and a lot of skills that companies are going through digital transformations need more and more of.Mark's background in the space goes back to the OG level era.  This was a fun, interesting, engaging conversation where we pushed some spiky points of view. So if you're looking for ideas and inspiration on how to make your learning more engaging, more effective, if you're looking for inspiration on what skills you should be thinking about as you start to build the skills architecture within your company, this conversation will give you a lot of great ideas.So please sit back and enjoy my conversation with Mark Lassoff.

Joining me this week is Angus Fletcher.Angus is a Professor of Story Science at Ohio State's Project Narrative. Project Narrative is the world's leading think tank for studying the nature of stories and how they work. He's also the author of Wonderworks, a book that explores the rich generational history of authors who laid out narrative and plot techniques that can help us understand how to overcome grief, stimulate joy or increase creativity. Ultimately, creativity is about tapping into the potential within. Unleashing hidden creativity is how we transform great companies into unbeatable learning machines. The work that Angus and his team does really pushes the envelope, and hones in on one of the cornerstone skills that we need to make a culture of learning a reality. Teaching creativity.So if you're ready to join me on this journey, please sit back and enjoy this great conversation with Angus Fletcher.

Joining me this week is Anna Petosa.Anna is the VP of People Operations at Pelmorex, a Canadian media company. She is responsible for the entire people function at a company of around 500 people. I met Anna through the work that we’re doing around Learning Culture. Anna thinks holistically about people within organizations, from the Operations, to the People Development, to Performance Management, and really everything in between. Please sit back, relax and enjoy my episode with Anna Petosa.👉 Continue the conversation with me on Twitter and LinkedIn.~ This episode is brought to you by The Learning Culture Experience~

Joining me this week is Andy Storch.Andy is an author, consultant, coach, speaker, and facilitator - best known for helping clients turn strategy into action and getting people to do the best work of their lives. Andy and I explore careers. Our conversation focusses on what you can do to get the most fulfillment and enjoyment out of your career.Andy shared some incredibly valuable tips to build a network and cement a personal brand. So if you're looking to get ownership of your career, definitely give this a listen and see what you can apply right away.Please sit back and enjoy my conversation with Andy Storch.👉 Continue the conversation with me on Twitter and LinkedIn.~ This episode is brought to you by The Learning Culture Experience~

Joining me this week is the Senior Director of People Development at PagerDuty, Phylicia Jones.What PJ brings to the table as a learning professional is a deep understanding of the potential of others, and an incredible passion for the development of that potential. She has incredibly insightful and interesting ideas around releasing that potential. The way she's applied her unique skills at PagerDuty has been visibly effective.In this conversation, we break down and give some really practical examples of how a lot of these ideas have taken shape among many others. So please sit back and enjoy my episode with Phylicia Jones.👉Continue the conversation with me: https://twitter.com/Bazzaruto~ This episode is brought to you by The Learning Culture Experience. Learn more at https://curiouslion.cloud/experience ~

Joining me this week is Maya Huber, the CEO of Skillset.Skillset is a job simulation and AI analysis platform that is seeking to solve the problem of skills-based hiring. In this episode, we unpack the problem of applicant tracking systems that have degree-based filters that have the unintended consequence of rolling out potentially strong candidates from the recruiting pool.No matter what part of the talent process you focus on, the ideas and principles that Maya brings out in this conversation are applicable to the entire employee life cycle. So there is definitely something in here for everybody.So please sit back and enjoy my episode with Maya Huber.👉 Continue the conversation with me on Twitter and LinkedIn.~ This episode is brought to you by The Learning Culture Experience~

Welcome back to another special bonus episode - It's part two of the Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge summary which we started last week!In the previous episode, we looked at what is crumbling and decaying in our education and management systems. We explored what the future might look like in the form of five learning disciplines, and we ended off part one by discussing the first - Personal Mastery.In today's episode, we're going to break down the final four pieces of the puzzle, in our pursuit of truly transformational learning organizations.Please sit back and enjoy my Part 2 summary of The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge.Continue the conversation with me on Twitter and LinkedIn.~ This episode is brought to you by The Learning Culture Experience ~

Today's episode is a special one - I'm going to share with you a review of a book that I've spent the better part of the last two years with, The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge. This process, of applying The Fifth Discipline, rocked my world and turned my whole perspective on learning and work upside down. It reveals the path for us to navigate from a mindset of “crumbling and decaying” to truly seeing the “power that derives from the people.” I’ve prepared a deep summary of its chapters and ideas, as a concise entry point to the rich wisdom it shares so that you can begin your own journey of applying these insights and experiencing their rewards.Please sit back and enjoy my summary of The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge.Continue the conversation with me on Twitter and LinkedIn.~ This episode is brought to you by The Learning Culture Experience ~

In this episode, Robbie Crabtree will teach us how to be a fantastic facilitator and deliver memorable live sessions. The success of rolling out a Transformational Learning Experience greatly relies on you being a confident and inspiring facilitator for the people that come through the program. Main topics covered: Starting strong. Do I need to memorize lines?Simplifying and making things memorable. Don’t overdo it - less is more.Embrace mistakes. Encouraging all questions. Eye contact.Finish big.Continue the conversation with me on Twitter and LinkedIn.~ This episode is brought to you by The Learning Culture Experience ~

Kason is the Head of Learning Experience Design at Salesforce. It's a fairly new role that has seen him work at a number of blue-chip companies throughout the career path that he intentionally designed. He brings a deep understanding of design thinking to the work that he does in designing a learning experience. We start off our conversation talking about the role that agency plays and how to develop that in an employee population. We unpack what Kason calls “timeless skills” - skills that are both durable and in demand.Please sit back and enjoy my conversation with Kason Morris.Continue the conversation with me on Twitter and LinkedIn.~ This episode is brought to you by The Learning Culture Experience ~