L&D Disrupt

Which human skills are we going to need in the next five years?

Assemble You have put together a new audio series on 10 of the human skills AI can’t replicate, and Adam Lacey joined Gary to talk through five of them.

Including creativity, resilience, empathy and much more - with recommendations on how we build them for the future. 

Access the Future Human series: https://www.assembleyou.com/products/future-human

Sign up for HowNow’s free L&D bootcamp: https://www.gethownow.com/wtf-bootcamp

Timestamps:

0:00 What is the Future Human series?

5:42 Any skills we won’t need?

8:31 Resilience

18:13 Creativity

27:20 Critical Thinking

30:53 Empathy and collaboration

44:24 Finding Adam and Future Human

Rush into buying tech, and before you know it, you’re tied into a contract for something that doesn’t solve your problems.

It’s a tale as old as time and one that Ross Stevenson's free template can save you from!

The Founder and Chief Learning Strategist at Steal These Thoughts joins us to explain how we can make smart choices - instead of following tech trends - to solve our problems.

Sign up for the WTF Bootcamp: https://www.gethownow.com/wtf-bootcamp 

Get Ross’ free tech template: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7156195743949537280/

Get HowNow’s free RFP template: https://try.gethownow.com/rfp-template 

Timestamps

00:00 Intro to Ross and his tech template

1:41 Why are we drawn in by new tech?

7:09 Finding problems that need solving

18:48 Can our existing tech stack help?

25:37 Finding new tech for problems?

39:32 Apply all of this in your context

42:31 Audience Q&A

“A trusted advisor is a strategic business partner embedded in the business. Who understands the business and is driving value for the organisation.”

The question is, how do we become one? And unpick ourselves from the position of being an order taker?

DR. Keith Keating, author of The Trusted Learning Advisor, explains all in this episode.

We discuss why we end up in the order-taker lifecycle, why we should become trusted learning advisors and some of the key steps for getting us there, why willingness to learn and understand our audience are critical, overcoming resistance and much more.

Timestamps

0:00 Who is Keith Keating?

3:12 The order-taker cycle

7:52 The value prop of a trusted advisor

16:50 The motivation for becoming one

23:47 The role of listening and role playing

27:54 Take ownership of problems and stop saying “not my job”

32:40 How to roleplay and practice conversations

37:09 Handling resistance 

47:25 Keith’s final advice
How to connect:

Connect with Keith: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-keith-keating-1976963a/

Get your copy of The Trusted Learning Advisor: https://www.koganpage.com/hr-learning-development/the-trusted-learning-advisor-9781398612457

Sign up for the What The Fluff Bootcamp: gethownow.com/wtf-bootcamp

Sign up for What The Fluff today: gethownow.com/wtf-bootcamp

Context is absolutely crucial to delivering L&D impact! From the self-awareness of our current capabilities to stakeholder expectations and the business’s commercial goals - it’s huge.

But how often do we reflect on our current context and feed that into our strategy? 

Probably not enough and in this episode, the brilliant Patrick Mullarkey talks us through these three key steps for turning this context into impact.

1. Reviewing our current position and conditions.

2. Understanding stakeholder perceptions and expectations.

3. Ways to act on that and drive L&D in the right direction.

Timestamps:

0:00 Understanding your current context.

10:38 Speak to your stakeholders and learn where they are.

14:37 Questions L&D teams can ask about current strategy.

24:14 What do stakeholders and investors expect?

31:12 Do we overpromise and underdeliver?

34:11 Build a commercial understanding.

41:04 Scaling L&D based on context.

44:09 Q&A and final thoughts.

How to connect:

Sign up for What The Fluff: gethownow.com/wtf-bootcamp

Connect with Patrick: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mullarkeypj/Connect with Gary: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-stringer-copywriter/

Learn more about HowNow: gethownow.com

Sign up at: gethownow.com/wtf-bootcamp

Say hello to your six-step, self-paced course for a winning L&D strategy 👋

If you’re struggling to show impact, battling to get buy-in or exhausted by a lack of L&D engagement, you’ll love What The Fluff!

Over four years, we've worked with innovative L&D teams, interviewed hundreds of industry experts, researched what learners really think, and even written the book on Learning at Speed.

This bootcamp combines the best of that to break down your L&D strategy and rebuild it for impact.

Get the skills, frameworks and proven tactics for L&D success completely free at gethownow.com/wtf-bootcamp

Inspired by his great article on getting the basics right before embracing new technologies, Paul Matthews returns to the podcast to discuss how we do that in 2024.

From the fundamentals of problem discovery to driving successful behaviour change, working well with stakeholders and much more, this is a great reminder before 2024 really gets going.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction to Paul and the episode

02:33 Defining impact in your organisation

09:31 Discover problems before you act

17:57 Understanding your L&D brand

25:21 The importance of listening

30:40 Basics of good behaviour change

38:49 Who do problems affect and how?

How to connect and useful links

Read ‘Go back to basics before embracing shiny new technologies’ here: https://www-trainingzone-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.trainingzone.co.uk/develop/business/go-back-to-basics-before-embracing-shiny-new-technologies?amp

Connect with Paul on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulmatthews100/

Visit his website and sign up to his newsletter here: https://paul-matthews.com/

​The buzz around AI for L&D has never been ​higher but the conversation is surface level and dominated by gimmicky ideas.

Egle Vinauskaite takes us beyond that in this episode, diving into the challenges and practicalities of using AI for L&D. From the ethics to the context and the core principles you need to get it right.

Running order

0:00 Intro the show

1:12 Meet Egle

5:28 Why is organisational context so crucial?

12:03 Lessons from speaking to business leaders.

16:35 Why motivation and environment are key

23:11 Privacy, bias and the ethics of AI in L&D

31:46 Does more information mean better decision making?

35:11 How is AI currently perceived in your business?

39:23 Audience Q&A

How to connect

Find Egle on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinauskaite/ 

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

Get 37 Lessons For A Winning L&D Strategy: https://www.gethownow.com/disrupt

Collecting feedback can be a challenge, especially when it comes to our content! From the framing to the timing, it’s easy to get the basics wrong, but this episode helps us get it right.

Matt Laybourn, Founder of Rockee - a platform built to collect content feedback in real time - joined Gary to talk us through the fundamentals of capturing feedback we can use.

Timestamps

0:00 Intro to the episode, Matt and Rockee

4:04 The basics of good feedback

8:38 Is there trust in your content?

13:20 Improving content through feedback

16:44 Low-hanging fruit and quick wins

19:38 When we collect feedback matters

26:34 Storytelling using feedback

31:28 Keep feedback personal

How to connect

Find Matt on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-laybourn/

Learn more about Rockee: https://rockee.io/

Listen to The Sausage Factory: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-sausage-factory/id1687059013

Nelson Sivalingam, CEO and Co-Founder of HowNow and Kasper Spiro, Co-Founder and Chief Strategist at Easygenerator to discuss the shift from hiring to upskilling.

Backed by the latest HowNow and Lattice research, this episode takes you through four realistic HR trends for 2024. No gimmicks, just proven tactics for more impact in the year to come.

Learn more about HowNow here: https://www.gethownow.com/ Learn more about Lattice here: https://lattice.com/ 

Timestamps

0:00 Intro to HowNow and Lattice

4:26 The issue with career conversations

10:54 Having better career conversations

18:19 Flexible working in 2024

29:03 The shift from hiring to upskilling

38:54 What AI means for HR and L&D

42:34 Recapping 2024 HR Trends

43:28 Putting this into practice

50:26 Q&A

How to connect:
Find Jules on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/julietstrong/ Find Gary on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-stringer-copywriter/