The Learning Hack podcast

John Helmer talks to Stephen Walsh, Co-founder of Anders Pink, the company whose digital curation tool helps individuals and teams to stay smart through continuous learning.    Why has digital curation become so significant in learning in recent years? How effective are tools such as Anders Pink in combatting the problem of information overload when the volume of content published on the internet continues to grow every year? And will the lustre of these tools begin to fade when curation stops being a fashionable buzzword?    02:16    What does Anders Pink do? 03:53    The gestation of curation 08:17    Curation in the hype cycle 13:57    The clickbait problem 22:18    How does the algorithm work? 29:31    How selective is it? 34:38    AP in the learning ecosytem/stack 39:06    Content in the learner experience 42:30    The data-driven future   Stephen on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephentwalsh/ Anders Pink on Twitter: @AndersPink     Sponsor Offers:   To learn more about Powtoon's Business solution (and claim your Learning Hack discount), visit https://go.powtoon.com/learninghack/   For a chance to win an Oculus Go VR, take part in Make Real's serious game team challenge by visiting stand G55 at Learning Technologies exhibition London 12th and 13th of February. https://makereal.co.uk    Contact John Helmer Twitter: @johnhelmer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhelmer/ Website: http://johnhelmerconsulting.com/

John Helmer talks to Sophie Costin, Head of Learning Design at VR specialists Make Real, and Tom Hickmore, Creative Director at Nice Media, who create video-based learning solutions and campaigns.   What is it like to design learning experiences in emerging technology areas like Virtual Reality and AI-delivered video learning? We explore how learning design is changing with two expert practitioners working and experimenting on real projects at the very leading edge of their craft.   02:21    How different is it? 10:44    Designing learning experiences in VR 12:43    Digital now on a par with face-to-face experiences? 17:24    Designing learning experiences for video 20:08    Limitations of video 22:17    Going beyond the course 25:11    Lack of established practice a problem? 28:46    Extreme learning design within the corporate context 30:41    Role of creativity 31:40    What skills do we need? 33:51    The importance of point of view 38:28    Future of learning design   Sophie on LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/sophie-costin-609a5935  Tom on LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/tomhickmore   Sponsor Offers: To learn more about Powtoon's Business solution (and claim your Learning Hack discount), visit https://go.powtoon.com/learninghack/   To claim a 25% discount on your first Earthly Systems project, go to https://www.earthlysystems.com/ and quote 'Learning Hack' on the contact form.   Contact John Helmer Twitter: @johnhelmer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhelmer/ Website: http://johnhelmerconsulting.com/

As we look forward to a new decade, John Helmer talks to Miles Runham about the trends and buzzwords currently dominating the debate in learning. Together they try to distinguish those which are mainly hype and hot air from those that L&D really needs to focus on this year and beyond.   Myles Runham advises organisations responding to the challenges and opportunities created by digital technologies, and has held senior posts at Ask.com and BBC where he was head of digital.   02:41    L&D capabilities 04:40    Data 12:46    Experience Design 22:58    Product design 25:45    The Learning Experience 28:32    Learning in workflow 32:48    Big Ideas to avoid 35:26    Performance   Myles on Twitter @mylesrun   Sponsor Offers: To learn more about Powtoon's Business solution (and claim your Learning Hack discount), visit https://go.powtoon.com/learninghack/   To claim a 25% discount on your first Earthly Systems project, go to https://www.earthlysystems.com/ and quote 'Learning Hack' on the contact form.   Contact John Helmer Twitter: @johnhelmer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhelmer/ Website: http://johnhelmerconsulting.com/

John Helmer enlists the help of Laura Overton and Miles Runham in summing up the year in learning.    Laura Overton was until recently CEO of Towards Maturity, the learning analyst company she founded and led to become a critical resource for people in workplace learning. Laura last year topped the list of learning’s number one movers and shakers.   Myles Runham advises organisations responding to the challenges and opportunities created by digital technologies, and has held senior posts at Ask.com and BBC where he was head of digital.   02:16 Myles’s high points and low points 09:36 Laura’s highpoint and lowpoints 12:18 Laura: L&D skills 18:24 John & Myles: M&A activity  26:08 Myles: do we need learning tech to learn? 30:10 What made you punch the air this year; what made you want to punch yourself in the face? 36:12 New Year’s resolutions   Laura on Twitter @lauroverton Myles on Twitter @mylesrun   Sponsor Offers: To learn more about Powtoon's Business solution (and claim your Learning Hack discount), visit https://go.powtoon.com/learninghack/   To claim a 25% discount on your first Earthly Systems project, go to https://www.earthlysystems.com/ and quote 'Learning Hack' on the contact form.   Contact John Helmer Twitter: @johnhelmer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhelmer/ Website: http://johnhelmerconsulting.com/

John Helmer talks to Karen E Watkins, Professor and Associate Department Head, Department of Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy (Adult Education, Learning and Organization) at the University of Georgia, and Victoria Marsick, Professor of Education/Co-Director J.M. Huber Institute Program Director of Adult Learning, Teachers College, Columbia University.    Karen and Victoria have worked together for more than 30 years, developed and validated the Dimensions of the Learning Organization Questionnaire used in over 90 published studies, and have published numerous books.   02:20 Introducing Karen & Victoria 07:14 The 5 Dimensions of a learning organisation 11:44 Who is doing well at being a learning organisation? 13:56 Work-based learning 22:16 Learning in workflow 29:56 Can you generalise about learning? 34:58 Who do they rate as learning gurus? 39:12 What is distinctive and different about Reda Sadki's Impact accelerator work? 41:54 How it is being applied in the corporate world? 42:54 What ideas have they seen that are genuinely new?   Karen on LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/karen-watkins-25517a16 Victoria on LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/victoria-marsick-46758116

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John Helmer talks to Reda Sadki, CEO of the Geneva Learning Foundation, about the work he has done to innovate in the field of global healthcare, and in particular, with the Impact Accelerator Pilot. The pilot has achieved some spectacular results with practitioners in the field of immunisation, identified as one of the top ten threats to global health in 2019.   06:04 The Impact Accelerator Pilot 09:48 How it worked   18:36 Structure of the programme 22:22 Results of the pilot  24:10 State of the corporate learning market 26:12 The Ebola crisis 27:57 Work-based learning and learning-based work 32:02 What role does tech play in this? 34:56 Learning content 37:08 Applicability to other sectors 39:52 Hopes & fears for global health learning   Reda’s links:   https://www.flickr.com/photos/gavialliance/   https://www.amazon.com/Informal-Incidental-Learning-Workplace-Routledge/dp/1138884707 https://www.who.int/news-room/detail/15-07-2019-20-million-children-miss-out-on-lifesaving-measles-diphtheria-and-tetanus-vaccines-in-2018   https://learning.foundation/2019/07/01/over-600-professionals-from-53-countries-connect-to-lead-change-towards-global-immunization-goals/https://learning.foundation/2019/05/23/leading-change-from-the-ground-up-300-scholars-from-51-countries-take-up-the-challenge-of-reducing-inequities-and-improving-coverage-for-immunization/   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM7I3Igr8qw   https://redasadki.me/2017/04/17/learning-technologists-are-obsolete/   https://redasadki.me/2018/03/16/hot-fudge-sundae/   Reda on Twitter: @redasadki Reda on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/redasadki/   Contact John Helmer Twitter: @johnhelmer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhelmer/ Website: http://johnhelmerconsulting.com/

John Helmer talks to Caroline Ford, ex Group Head of Learning at Thomas Cook, the 178 year-old holiday company that went spectacularly broke in September 2019. The company’s financial ills had been putting extreme pressure on L&D funds for many years before that, and Caroline describes with passion her struggles to turn around learning within Thomas Cook on next-to-no budget.   01:48 Collapse of Thomas Cook 02:38 Roots of the collapse 03:50 Effects of the 2012 restructuring on L&D 08:20 The turnaround 18:04 Rebuilding L&D on no budget 26:52 Using Facebook as a no-cost learning platform 35:44 Industry recognition for winning results 37: 44 Top tips for doing L&D on a tight budget   Caroline’s 3 tips for L&D without a budget:

1. Understand your business
2. Identify and engage your internal and external stakeholders
3. Really understand your assets

  Caroline on Twitter: @Ford_the_Broker And on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-ford-chartered-mcipd-08826714/   Contact John Helmer Twitter: @johnhelmer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhelmer/ Website: http://johnhelmerconsulting.com/

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