L&D Disrupt

Liggy Webb's Empowering Minds series takes you through five approaches your mind needs to stay strong and well-prepared for future challenges.

We go through all five and how you can build them in this episode!

Get ready to become more resilient, curious, flexible, creative and kind - as a person, but also in your teams.

Timestamps

0:00 Intro to Liggy Webb and the Mind Fit series.

5:55 Building the resilient mind.

12:50 Curiosity and how to improve it.

17:47 Don’t confirm your biases.

20:33 Becoming more flexible.

25:22 Reflecting on and auditing what you do.

27:37 Building a creative mind.

38:27 The power of kindness.

How to connect

Find Liggy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liggyw/

Visit Liggy’s website: https://www.liggywebb.com/

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Sustainability isn’t driven through volunteering days, one-size approaches, and top-down mandates!But by bringing social impact into people’s day-to-day roles, giving people the right skills, and empowering them from the bottom-up.

Liv Sibony joins us to explain how we shift from the former to the latter in this episode.

Expect to learn how you zoom out to get more context, using that to make better decisions, how to imagine a more hopeful future, how to build a top-down and bottom-up approach, and more.

Timestamps

0:00 Intro to Liv Sibony

2:13 Why employees want purpose and social impact

6:11 Are quick wins really the right idea?

13:58 The issue with volunteering days

22:53 3 practical ideas for HR and L&D

28:44 A bottom-up and top-down approach

34:17 The overlap between L&D and sustainability

37:42 Imagining a more hopeful future

How to connect:

Find Olivia on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliviasibony/

Find Impact Amplified on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/impact-amplified/Visit Impact Amplified’s website: https://www.impactamplified.co.uk/

Learn more about HowNow: https://hubs.la/Q02Cbv6x0

Get our new guide to skills-first L&D: https://try.gethownow.com/skills-first-learning

Agile L&D can help us get the things we’ve always wanted!

​Better learning engagement. More business problems solved. Greater L&D impact and buy-in.

​Natal Dank’s latest book, Agile L&D, gives you the playbook for doing it in practice! 

She joined us on L&D Disrupt to share some truly practical advice.

Timestamps:

0:00 What is Agile L&D?

7:47 Delivering value early and often

15:52 Being product-led

22:25 Practical ways to be product-led

26:55 Human-centered design

31:53 Practical ways to be human-centric

33:47 Effective experimentation

40:38 Audience Q&A

How to connect:

Learn more about HowNow: ⁠https://hubs.la/Q02Cbv6x0⁠

Get our new guide to skills-first L&D: https://try.gethownow.com/skills-first-learning

Connect with Natal on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nataldank/

Get your copy of Agile L&D https://www.koganpage.com/hr-learning-development/agile-l-d-9781398613256 

Get the L&D playbook to Skills-Driven Growth here: https://try.gethownow.com/skills-first-learning

How can organisations get out of their own way when it comes to wellbeing?

2:09 Are companies hindering their own wellbeing initiatives?

9:56 Is work-life balance nonsense?

16:04 Setting boundaries and support managers.

21:06 You need to audit your meetings.

25:18 Dealing with being ‘always online’.

29:30 The Definitive Yes.

32:30 Work on your rest ethic.

45:21 High-leverage, cornerstone habits.

Seat at the table. Strategic partner. Getting employees to give a 💩

​L&D buy-in goes by many names, but how do we get it?

4 L&D experts give you their advice in this episode of the L&D Drop-In.

The L&D Drop-In is brought to you by HowNow, your one home for learning and skills.

Learn more about what we do here: https://hubs.la/Q02Cbv3r0

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

1:15 Hannah Shelton, Global Engagement & Knowledge Lead at Denstu

10:52 Hannah Clark, Marketing Director at MAAS Marketing

25:29 Sam Streak, Co-Founder at The People Experience Group

39:56 ​Sam Goodman: L&D Manager at ITPenergised, part of SLR.

How to connect:

Connect with Hannah Shelton on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannahshelton/

Connect with Hannah Clark on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannahwaddams

Learn more about MAAS Marketing: https://www.maas-marketing.co.uk/ 

Connect with Sam Streak on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-streak-b7750bbb/

Learn more about The People Experience Group: https://www.thepxgroup.co.uk/

Connect with Sam Goodman on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samgoodman33/

A good understanding of your audience is the best platform for success.

Whatever industry you’re in! But what does that look like in L&D?

Anita Anthonj, Founder and CEO at Talaera, works with lots of L&D teams and joined us to share her best lessons on getting this right.

With lessons on the difference between top-down and bottom-up initiatives, getting your message right, prioritising to deliver commercial impact and much more.

How to connect:

Learn more about HowNow: https://hubs.la/Q02Cbv6x0 

Learn more about Talaera: https://www.talaera.com/ 

Connect with Anita: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitaanthonj/ Connect With Gary: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-stringer-copywriter/ 

Timestamps

0:00 Intro

2:01 Why understanding your audience matters

6:29 Is this a bottom-up or top-down issue?

14:14 Commercial and business strategies

20:25 How can small teams prioritise?

26:52 Working with vendors and setting expectations

32:03 How does the audience want the message?

38:24 Common traits of teams that do well

42:15 Empathy for your audience

How did Duolingo develop their Time Spent Learning Well metric? 

What's in Gallup's State Of The Workplace Report?

And what can L&D learn from Netflix's new culture memo?

Gary and Nelson sat down to discuss all three stories in the latest L&D Disrupt.

How to connect:

Learn more about HowNow: https://hubs.la/Q02Cbv6x0 

Connect with Nelson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nelsonsivalingam/ 

Connect With Gary: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-stringer-copywriter/ 

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro to the show

1:02 Duolingo’s Time Spent Learning Well Metric

17:31 Gallup’s State Of The Workplace Report

27:48 Netflix’s Latest Culture Memo

Useful links:

Duolingo’s Time Spent Learning Well Metric: https://blog.duolingo.com/time-spent-learning-well/

Gallup’s State Of The Workplace Report: https://www.gallup.com/workplace/349484/state-of-the-global-workplace.aspx

Netflix’s Latest Culture Memo: https://about.netflix.com/en/news/sharing-our-latest-culture-memo

Free Guide | 37 Lessons For A Winning L&D Strategy: gethownow.com/disrupt

Live from Learning Technologies, Adam Slingsby shares his best advice, lessons and experiences from his first year in an L&D role.

Expect to learn which transferable skills Adam used from his army career, the quick wins he found in joining a new L&D function, how he won people over, and much more.

Learn more about HowNow: Learn more about HowNow: ⁠⁠https://hubs.la/Q02Cbv3r0⁠⁠

Connect with Adam on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamslingsby/ 

Connect with Gary on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-stringer-copywriter/

Live from Learning Technologies, Sam Taylor joins us to give practical advice on moving to skills-first L&D.

Expect to learn the first steps you can take, why chucking content at people isn’t the answer, which AI pitfalls we need to avoid, and more.

Learn more about HowNow: https://hubs.la/Q02Cbv6x0⁠

Connect with Sam on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samtaylorel/

Connect with Gary on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-stringer-copywriter/