On today’s episode, I talk with Kelly Palmer.  Kelly is the Chief Learning Officer at Degreed and Co-Author of the brand new book, The Expertise Economy, How The Smartest Companies Use Learning to Engage, Compete, and Succeed. Prior to that, she was the VP of Learning at Yahoo and Chief Learning Officer at LinkedIn.

 

Kelly’s passionate about shaking up the antiquated models of learning and development in the corporate world and is an advocate of using technology to support an environment that fosters growth in an adaptable and modern way.

 

Key Takeaways:

[3:12] One of Kelly’s first experiences of seeing people bring their “whole self” to work was while she was at LinkedIn as the Chief Learning Officer.

[3:55] Kelly’s love for, and background in, education, leadership, and technology led her to blend them into creating a modernized method of how people seek out and receive curated content.

[5:42] Many forward-thinking learning leaders of today came from the business world and apply business principles to the field of learning.

[8:23] The three trends that exemplify a deep need for a new way of corporate education:

1. Acceleration
2. Digitization
3. Automation/AI/Virtual Reality

[12:12] People love to learn when they feel the information is useful and of value. In the corporate world, there is a tendency to force people to learn things that benefit the business first.

[13:24] Continuous learning is imperative both to individuals and companies.

[16:43] Satya Nadella, CEO at Microsoft, brought in Carol Dweck to discuss the Growth Mindset. He wants Microsoft employees to be “Learn-it-alls, not know-it-alls.”

[20:18] Learning should become part of the flow of work in a blend of different platforms and interactive learning systems.

[26:12] Shifting from a mindset that focuses on credentials and education to one based on skills and experience starts with expanding the parameters of how we hire managers.

[36:03] The willingness to try and to volunteer is an important characteristic of accomplishing and succeeding in life.

[37:46] People must invest in their own learning and career.

 

Resources:

Purchase Bring Your Whole Self to Work and gain access to bonus material.

Mike Robbins Website

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Wisdom 2.0

Degreed

The Expertise Economy: How the smartest companies use learning to engage, compete, and succeed, by Kelly Palmer and David Blake

Kelly Palmer on LinkedIn

The Expertise Economy website

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