John Helmer talks to David Perring of learning and talent analysts Fosway Group. David is Director of Research at Fosway, an ebullient and popular figure who held senior learning and development posts at NTL and Virgin Media before becoming an analyst.   David on Twitter: @davidperring     01:24 What’s an analyst for? 05:36 Are our platforms burning? 09:14 Learning experience platforms 11:02 Do we have a content addiction problem? 14:52 Should vendors be responsible for the processes of learning beyond providing the tech? 16:44 Importance of asking for feedback 18:04 Complex learning 21:26 Is the vendor content market under threat? 29:24 Data and learning 37:04 Can analysts change things? 45:16 Is he more optimistic or pessimistic for the future?     Learning Culture Links  https://hbr.org/video/5686668254001/the-8-types-of-company-culture  https://hbr.org/2018/01/the-culture-factor?referral=00060    Impact of High Performers - McKinsey  https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/organization/our-insights/attracting-and-retaining-the-right-talent    Marshall Goldsmith links  https://www.marshallgoldsmith.com/articles/leadership-is-a-contact-sport-an-8-step-leadership-development-model-for-success/  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zelwaaRJylw    Fosway Infographic for Learning Tech 2019  http://www.fosway.com/research/next-gen-learning/digital-learning-realities-2019/    Preso from Learning Live  http://www.fosway.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Fosway-Group-Learning-Technology-Landscape-Learning-LIVE-Sept-2019-FINAL.pdf      Contact John Helmer: Twitter: @johnhelmer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhelmer/ Website: http://johnhelmerconsulting.com/

John Helmer talks to Nick Shackleton-Jones about his book ‘How People Learn’. Nick is an award-winning, influential and controversial thought leader who has held senior learning and development posts at Siemens, BBC and BP. He is now Director, Learning & Performance Innovation at PA Consulting Group.   You can buy the book at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-People-Learn-Designing-Performance/dp/0749484705 Nick on Twitter: @shackletonjones      01:22 About the book 04:04 Its ambitions 07:16 The affective context model 16:40 Instructional design 22:51 The learner experience 25:30 Learning in the flow of work 28:14 Are things getting better? 31:22 Business and emotion 33:12 Sentiment analysis and AI 37:46 Innovation 40:02 Hardest lesson Nick’s ever learned   Contact John Helmer: Twitter: @johnhelmer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhelmer/ Website: http://johnhelmerconsulting.com/

John talks to Cheryl Clemons (LearnerLab, StoryTagger) and Steve Rayson (Kineo, Buzzsumo, Anders Pink) to get insights about how learning people can use marketing techniques to help engage learners. They also address the thorny question of whether and to what extent it makes sense for learning people to think like marketers.   TOPICS 01:25 Should you think like a marketer? 10:04 User-generated content (UGC) 13:40 Influencer marketing 16:46 Brand 24:50 Product design 28:24 AI 36:58 Evaluation   Steve mentions a tool called Satismeter used for collecting Net Promoter feedback - https://www.satismeter.com

John Helmer talks to Sam Watts of Make Real, who create immersive digital products for learning. You'll hear about the current state of Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, etc. and how VR is being used for behaviour change, expanded analytics and helping blind veterans see again.

Don't forget to subscribe to the show!