Lessons from Terrible Students

In this episode we talk about our how we go about furthering our own skill sets. We discuss how sometimes you need to take it upon yourself to grow in your role, and some of the resources available to manage your own career growth. 

In this episode we talk about our onboarding experience and answer the questions "Who trains the trainers?." In our experience L&D teams have the responsibility to see to every one else's training, but theirs is often overlooked. We discuss the first steps of our learning journey, and how we can help others on theirs.

In this episode we discuss how we approach representation when we are designing and developing learning. Tune in to hear how we integrate representation into our audience analysis and why it is important for learners to see themselves in their training. 

Going deeper into reading levels and how they affect adult learning, we invite Dr. Emory Daniel back on the podcast. We discuss his findings in teaching college students, and how we can adapt to the new reality of adult reading levels.

Our next case study we discuss how to determine reading levels and how we adjusted documents to fit the reading levels of our learners. We also discuss how this may affect adult learning in the future and give a tease to our next episode. 

Our next case study examines one way we are using AI to help us perform at a higher level. Senior ID Ryan Duhon joins us to share how he used ChatGPT to analyze a large amount of source content in a short timeframe to be able to meet his deadline. So, tune in to see how we are utilizing the new tools in our toolbelt. 

Our next case study goes into the dangers of not communicating between departments, and how we can help to facilitate discussions between siloed parties during learning development. Many companies struggle with open communication, so tune in for some tips on how to tackle this common issue.

We start this season off by changing our format, shortening our episodes and talking about L&D case studies. This month we discuss how we used unfamiliar (at the time) technology to create memorable training and how that created its own set of challenges. 

In this episode we brought Ahli Moore back to discuss the resurgence of DEI in the news. There have been numerous academic institutions and companies that are moving away from DEI initiatives, and we wanted to talk thought the reasoning behind this shift and discuss why DEI is still integral to running a successful business.

In this episode we discuss burnout, what it is and how we can be on the watch for it’s symptoms. Burnout goes beyond just being tired at work, so listen in and learn what to watch out for both in your teams and in yourself.