396 — Applying the COM-B model for behavior change
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In learning and development, we typically want people to do something that they are currently not doing, or to stop doing something that they shouldn't be. One obvious approach is training, but there are in fact a broad spectrum of interventions that we can deploy. In this week’s episode of The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, Ross and Owen are joined by Wil Procter, Strategy and Innovation Director at Nazaré, and by Jessica Holt, Senior Behavioural Science Consultant at Inizio Engage XD. We explore: · What behavioral science is, · ...
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395 — Once upon a time: Data-based storytelling in L&D
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As professionals, we want to know if our work has had the impact we originally intended and to tell others about it. This means getting comfortable with data and crafting compelling data stories. On this episode of The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, Ross G is joined by Neil Cunningham, founder of and author of Narratives and Numbers, to discuss practical and mindset shifts L&D can take. We explore: why people think it’s too difficult to measure the ROI of learning how to get stakeholder buy-in to measuring and evaluating learning how to craft credible L&D data stories. You can...
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394 — Burn your bullsh*t in a bonfire moment
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You’ve got a brilliant idea for the next big thing in tech and have gathered the smartest engineers and designers to build it (plus the cash to pay them). Will it end up being a success? You’ve got the best team to deliver it, so why wouldn’t it be? Well… Gemma, Ross and Martin Gonzalez, Google’s Effective Founders Project founder and author, discuss this situation on The Mind Tools L&D Podcast. We explore: · how and why it’s people issues that often lead to (startup) business failure · the balances that...
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393 — Is positive psychology practical?
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If you’re thinking, isn’t positive psychology a bit ‘woo woo’, and a bit like forcing yourself to take a sunny outlook, then this episode is for you. As an approach to a happier, more balanced inner and outer life, positive psychology is not woo – it has a solid scientific foundation with practical methodologies. Gemma, Ross Garner and their guest, Leadership coach Sandra Berko, discuss these very points this week on The Mind Tools L&D Podcast. We explore: · what positive psychology is and isn’t · what...
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392 — Adaptive vs linear courses: Which performs better?
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Adaptive courses come in many forms, but generally respond to the learner’s existing knowledge and skills: thereby optimizing the time to completion. But do they improve learning outcomes? In this week’s episode of The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, Ross G and Owen are joined by Roy de Vries, Learning Innovator at aNewSpring, to explore the results of an experiment they ran to compare adaptive vs linear courses. We discuss: Forms of adaptive learning content; The potential advantages of adaptive learning; The results of an experiment carried out by...
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391 — Knock out your tasks with timeboxing
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Timeboxing means dividing your day into 15-60 minute slots, based on your priorities, and then sticking to those slots as you dive into the business of work. If that sounds great, it is. If it sounds easy, it isn’t. In this week’s episode of The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, author Marc Zao-Sanders joins Ross G to give him advice on timeboxing his life. We discuss: · The benefits of timeboxing; · How email is the ‘killer’, and what to do about it; · The difficulties that...
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390 — Joining forces with your brain
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As learning designers, we’re ultimately in the business of trying to help people build new connections in their brains. To do this effectively, we need to have a fundamental understanding of how the brain works. But how far down the neuroscience rabbit hole do we need to go? In this week’s episode of The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, Ross Dickie and Ross Garner are joined by Lauren Waldman, learning scientist, consultant, and founder of Learning Pirate. We discuss: · Lauren’s journey to deepen her understanding of how the brain works; ...
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389 — Coaching for all
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As a conversation approach and development tool, coaching is a highly effective option for everyone – not just the executive suite. Professional coaches are expensive, so how can large organisations give all of their employees the chance to be coached and for coaching conversations to be the norm? In this episode of The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, Gemma and Claire are joined by Mina Papakonstantinou, Manager in the Leadership development team at Deloitte, to discuss upskilling internal coaches at scale. We discussed: the benefits of creating a coaching culture designing and facilitating a...
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388 — Public speaking in L&D
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Whether you’re delivering workshops, speaking at conferences, presenting to senior leaders, or even hosting L&D’s favorite podcast, public speaking is a critical skill for learning professionals. So how do you develop this skill, and how do you manage your nerves when speaking publicly? In this week’s episode of The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, Ross D and Lara are joined by Samantha Tulloch, public speaker and business-transformation consultant. We discuss: · the nuances of public speaking in an L&D context, ...
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387 — Bringing spaced practice into workplace learning
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One-off learning interventions are frequently the ‘go to’ solution for workplace learning teams, but we know that spaced repetition and retrieval practice are more effective. How do we get past organizational constraints that make this difficult? In this week’s episode of The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, Tony Manwani from People Unboxed joins Ross Dickie and Ross Garner to discuss: · The problems with one-off interventions · Science-backed principles to make an impact · How...
info_outlineIn small organisations where everyone knows each other, it’s possible to spot what individuals need and offer tailored health and wellbeing support.
But what about organisations with thousands of employees?
In this episode of The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, Gemma is joined by Sanaa Khan from Lloyd’s bank and Owen to find out how larger organisations can nurture and protect their employees’ health and wellbeing.
We discussed:
- The benefits of large organisations supporting workforce wellbeing
- Wellbeing goals and creating a wellbeing culture
- How to support the health and wellbeing of high numbers of employees.
In What I Learnt this Week, Owen talked about the cost of Copilot. Here are articles from both sides of the argument:
- Microsoft is losing money on Copilot
The Register’s article ‘Microsoft reportedly runs GitHub's AI Copilot at a loss’
- Microsoft is not losing money on Copilot
ARK Invest’s newsletter ‘#388: Is Microsoft Really Losing Money On GitHub Copilot?, & More’
- The rapidly decreasing costs of AI
The Unsupervised Learning Substack article ‘Why Databricks Bought Mosaic and The Rapidly Decreasing Costs of AI’
Sanaa summarised research from an article in the Children, Youth and Environments journal
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