Learning Rebels Podcast

It all started with the BIG question on the table.

How can we set goals that truly align with our personal and professional aspirations while making the process motivating, realistic, and actionable?

This Coffee Chat was all about rethinking how we approach goal setting. Forget the old SMART goals you’ve heard about a thousand times—this conversation was focused on making goals meaningful, personal, and, most importantly, doable.

We talked about the problem with framing goals in a negative light. How often do we say, “I need to stop doing this” or “I should do that”? We instead tried to ask “What’s the positive motivation behind my goal?”

We also had some fun with numbers! By calculating the weekends left in our lives (yes, weekends), we got a new perspective on time and how to prioritize what matters most. It’s not about how many years you have left, but about how you’re using the time you’ve got.

This chat was full of “aha” moments and practical ideas, but what stuck with me most was this: Goal setting isn’t just about planning. It’s about believing in the process, breaking things down, and being kind to yourself along the way.

So, what are your big, hairy, audacious goals? What’s stopping you? Let’s keep the conversation going!

Stay Curious! 

~Shannon

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It all started with the big question on the table:

Are we caught up in "Productivity Shiny Object Syndrome?"

Do you ever feel like you’re juggling flaming chainsaws while blindfolded on a unicycle?

You’re not alone.

Between designing workshops, crafting engaging training materials and nurturing employee development, finding time to breathe, let alone be productive, feels like a pipe dream.

Today, let’s explore what really matters when choosing productivity tools. Together we can shift our mindset away from the “more tools, more productivity” myth and help identify the specific areas slowing us down in our unique workflow. Then, we can consider what tools and processes can make our work lives healthier and more efficient.

This podcast calls back to this Learning Rebels Blog Post: Here’s What Really Matters with Productivity Tools. https://www.learningrebels.com/2024/02/01/heres-what-really-matters-in-productivity-tools/

• Building a Second Brain: A Proven Method to Organize Your Digital Life and Unlock Your Creative Potential by Tiago Forte

Resources

Video

Tools:

WellSaid Labs

Boomerang

Get Rocketbook

Boox

Toggl

Synthesia

Maestro Learning

Goodnotes

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It all started with the big question on the table:

Are you feeling caught in the endless cycle of work, struggling to keep your motivation alive?

You’re not alone.

As we continue to wear numerous hats, maintaining a high level of self-motivation becomes difficult. Business is moving fast, and the expectation is that we should move even faster. We are caught up in the hamster wheel, and it is hard to keep ourselves motivated.

Are you tired, frustrated, maybe feeling a bit... crispy around the edges? Has it gotten to the point where every time you see an email notification, you break out in hives and daydream throwing your laptop out the window? Is your main accomplishment for the day discovering how many snacks you can consume in an hour? I see me, and I see you.

This podcast calls back to this Learning Rebels Blog Post: 3 Ways to Get Your Creative Mojo Going https://www.learningrebels.com/2015/10/02/3-ways-to-get-your-creative-mojo-going-when-you-arent-feeling-it/

• Master Your Motivation: A Practical Guide to Unstick Yourself, Build Momentum and Sustain Long-Term Motivation by Thibaut Meurisse

Resources

Video

Tony Robbins’ How to Self Motivate

Susan David’s How to Identify Your Values

Mind Tools’ How Self-Motivated Are You

Harvard Business Review’s How To Keep Working When You’re Just Not Feeling It

Susan David with Adam Grant: Overcoming Forced Positivity

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It all started with the big question on the table:

Why are some people good at networking and others, not so much?  What are some practical tips and techniques to build and maintain meaningful connections?

There seems to be a lot of movement in the Learning and Development (L&D) industry. People are changing jobs, changing roles, and getting laid off. With all this movement building your network is critical, and this is the topic we are discussing today.

This podcast calls back to this Learning Rebels Blog Post: Hacking Virtual Networking: https://www.learningrebels.com/2021/01/14/hacking-virtual-networking/

• Social Media Pie: How to Enjoy a Bigger Slice of the LinkedIn Pie by Brenda Meller

Resources

Coffee Chat video Video

Daily Virtual Network Checklist

Hacking Virtual Networking

4 Ways to Bypass The LinkedIn Connection Limit

The Why and What of Posting on LinkedIn by Brenda Peterson

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How can we ensure that the skills and knowledge acquired during training are effectively applied in the workplace?

We've all been there - we create what we feel is a learning solution that can't go wrong...then it does.

Most of us have been there, done that, bought the tee-shirt and don't want to go back.

We know that training fails for two reasons

1. Lack of feedback mechanism and

But there is a third, more realistic reason—lack of management involvement. Activating managers early and often is the key to success when bridging the learning/doing gap. The managers are the gatekeepers and it was clear in our discussion that we've been manager-blocked many times.

Today we're going to be discussing the common pitfalls learning within organizations encounters, how we can provide ongoing learning support - without workplace disruption, and what tools we can use to help embed learning solutions into the organization?

Stay Curious!

Shannon

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Transcript Summary: https://www.learningrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Practical-Applications-To-Bridging-The-Learning-Doing-Gap-Transcript-Summary.pdf

Resources:

The Knowing-Doing Gap: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge into Action by Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert I. Sutton

Learning Organizations: Turning Knowledge into Actions (Strategic Management Collection) by Marcus Goncalves

Giving Students a Say: Smarter Assessment Practices to Empower and Engage by Myron Dueck

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What skills will L&D need in order to remain relevant in the business world of the future?

L&D is undergoing a seismic shift. With the advent of new technologies and changing workplace dynamics, we are facing challenges that are far more complex than ever before.

And then there was the wake-up call.

In December 2021, ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, dissolved its entire L&D department. The reason? They felt that many of their learning initiatives were not adding value and were merely "feel-good activities" with limited impact.

Sure, there is more going on than meets the eye - but we can't deny that layoffs in L&D are on the rise. So what to do?

We can prepare for the future because the future is now. Today, we are going to be discussing the skills that instructional designers, and L&D in general, will need in order to prepare and be successful for the future.

Stay Curious!

Shannon

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Transcript Summary

https://www.learningrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Transcript-Summary-1.pdf

Resources

Skills Board: Miro

Learning Rebels’ Navigating The Future Of L&D: Top 5 Skills You Can’t Ignore

Redthread’s Future-proofing L&D: Developing the Right Skills

The New Normal for L&D: https://www.learningrebels.com/2021/03/24/transforming-the-new-normal-for-ld/

Books

The Future of Learning & Development: Harnessing Generative AI by Samir Das

The Future of Learning & Development in Organizations: (Learning & Development in Organisations series #16) by Thomas Garavan, Carole Hogan, and Amanda Cahir-O'Donnell

The Modern Learning Ecosystem: A New L&D Mindset for the Ever-Changing Workplace by JD Dillon

Staying in the Game: Leading and Learning With Agility for a Dynamic Future by Pamela Meyer

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Going LIVE - Sharing the Story of the Storyteller, Hadiya Nuriddin

We all have something in our backgrounds that silently informs how we act and what we do, and Hadiya is no different.

Hadiya’s journey

It seems logical that Hadiya would want to grow up and be on the stage. Her skill for weaving a story is legendary. What wasn’t logical was how she grew away from acting and into customer support training for Kinko’s!

With her Master’s Degree in Writing, she single-handedly took over training support. Writing job aids and other learning materials to help the poor customers who were struggling with that new-fangled technology of a floppy disk.

Her story is inspirational. Who knew that little girl who was looking for her Oscar would grow up to write a book on Storytelling with another on the way for Quality Assurance? Yes, Quality Assurance! You’ll have to listen in to get the rest of the story!

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What is the future of instructional design and what skills will we need to remain relevant?

L&D is undergoing a seismic shift. With the advent of new technologies and changing workplace dynamics, we are facing challenges that are far more complex than ever before.

And then there was the wake-up call.

In December 2021, ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, dissolved its entire L&D department. The reason? They felt that many of their learning initiatives were not adding value and were merely "feel-good activities" with limited impact.

Sure, there is more going on than meets the eye - but we can't deny that layoffs in L&D are on the rise. So, what to do?

We can prepare for the future because the future is now. Today, we are going to be discussing the skills that instructional designers, and L&D in general, will have to have in order to prepare and be successful for the future.

Stay Curious!

Shannon

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View video here: https://vimeo.com/877093139

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Transcript Summary:https://www.learningrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/The-Role-of-Instructional-Design-Today-Transcript-Summary.pdf

Resources

Josh Bersin’s A New Model For Corporate Training: The Adaptive Learning Organization

Redthread’s Future-proofing L&D: Developing the Right Skills

The Future of L&D: The Five Skills You Can’t Ignore: https://www.learningrebels.com/2023/10/26/navigating-the-future-of-ld-top-5-skills-you-cant-ignore/

The New Normal for L&D: https://www.learningrebels.com/2021/03/24/transforming-the-new-normal-for-ld/

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What are the different tools impacting the curation process, and what challenges do we need to overcome to ensure relevance and impact?

Curation seems to be the L&D buzzword at the moment and while curation seems to be on everyone’s agenda - there’s a lot of anxiety over how to get started.

Here's the Good News: advancements in technology have provided L&D professionals with an army of tools and platforms designed to streamline content curation.

The bad news? These advances lead us to an army of tools.  The sheer volume of available resources can be overwhelming, making it difficult to decide which tools are effective and will help us meet our curation goals.

During our last Coffee Chat, we discussed how to align our curation efforts with the needs and goals of the business. This week, we're discussing the different tools and techniques we can use.

Plus – Special Bonus! Mike Taylor joins us to share his views on the different tools he uses.

Stay Curious!

Shannon

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Transcript Summary: https://www.learningrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Tools-And-Techniques_-Curating-Content-Effectively-Coffee-Chat-Summary.pdf

Resources:

Mike Taylor’s C.U.R.A.T.E.D. Model for L&D Content Curation

Shannon Tipton’s Maximize Your Content: A Guide To Nine Curation Tools

Bublup collaboration app

Books:

Content Curation: How to Avoid Information Overload by Steven Anderson

Curate This!: The Hands-On, How-To Guide To Content Curation by Steven Rosenbaum

Content Curation for Learning: Why It Matters, How to Do It Right, Tips Tools and Examples by Stephen Walsh and Steve Rayson

The Best Content Curation Practices by Timothy Murphy

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What strategies does L&D need to consider to align curated content with business goals?

We’ve all seen the term “curation” used to describe the act of making generic content available either generally within the space of a social enterprise network such as Teams or Slack, or on a learning management platform.

However, without considering how the curated content impacts the people and the business, we’re doing the same thing we’ve always done – haphazardly throwing content to the wind with low engagement and, therefore, adding no real value to the business.

If we’re going to prove L&D value through curation efforts, then we can’t just keep doing the same thing only with a different name. We have to do more.

So, it was timely that Mike Taylors CURATED model burst unto to scene. We were able to incorporate his model into our discussion about connecting curation to business.

There was a lot to talk about and I hope you are able to take away key ideas to implement today.

Stay Curious!

Shannon

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Resources:

Mike Taylor’s The C.U.R.A.T.E.D. Model Can Help Anyone Master Content Curation

What is the 70:20:10 Model?

How To Read and Evaluate A Scientific Paper: A Guide for Non-Scientists

McKinsey Research

World Economic Forum Future of Jobs 2023 Report

Books:

How To Create a Learning and Development Strategy: Aligning L&D With the Organisation’s Priorities by Bola Owoade

Content Curating Guidebook: The Definitive Instruction Manual For Content Curators by Bruna McCall

Ready, Set, Curate: 8 Learning Experts Tell You How by Ben Betts and Allison Anderson

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