In an uncomfortable first for The Mind Tools L&D Podcast team, we're handing over this week's hosting duties to friend-of-the-show Matt Pleger, Organizational Development Consultant at UMass Memorial Health. Matt has been a long-time client of Ross G's, and this time HE'S asking the questions.

Owen, Ross G and Ross D discuss:

• how we got started in L&D

• what we've gained from doing the podcast

• our L&D 'hot takes' (something we believe about L&D that is provocative and maybe has some truth to it).

In 'What I Learned This Week', Owen discussed Artifact, a new app from the minds behind Instagram: artifact.news/

Ross D discussed the AI companion who will never die, argue, or cheat: thecut.com/article/ai-artificial-intelligence-chatbot-replika-boyfriend.html

And Matt discussed Google Lens (https://lens.google/), and why he keeps a 'Commonplace' book: wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonplace_book

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Connect with our speakers

If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with our speakers on Twitter:

• Ross Garner - @RossGarnerMT

• Ross Dickie - @Ross DickieMT

• Owen Ferguson – @OwenFerguson

• Matt Pleger - @UmassMatt