The Mindtools L&D Podcast

Should we be adopting AI more into our day to day lives? How can L&D professionals move beyond reactive training on specific tools to cultivate a continuous learning mindset in team members?  In this week’s episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast, Gemma and Dr Anna are joined by to Head of L&D at Newsquest Media Group, Mel Cooley to explore L&D’s relationship with AI.  We discuss:  * how L&D is thinking and talking about AI; * what L&D can do to support AI integration; * how to measure the impact of AI.  In ‘What I Learned This Week’, Dr Anna told us about the extraordinary relationship between wasps and figs. Listen to the Short Stuff: Figs @& Wasps [https://open.spotify.com/episode/4azUG5XCUgARHYPM5G9rIe?si=wFVB4XEASlahcSsN8mo7ag] podcast to find out more.  Gemma spoke about journalling and the work of Nichole Sachs. More on this on her JournalSpeak: BreakAwake [https://www.yourbreakawake.com/journalspeak] website.   For more from us, visit mindtools.com [https://mindtoolsbusiness.com/]. There, you'll also find details of our award-winning performance support toolkit, our off-the-shelf e-learning, and our custom work.      Connect with our speakers    If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with us on LinkedIn:  * Gemma Towersey [https://www.linkedin.com/in/gemmatowersey/] * Dr Anna Barnett [https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-barnett-phd/]  * Mel Cooley [https://uk.linkedin.com/in/melanie-cooley-7337a121]

Armed with a STEM qualification or two, you might think technical brilliance is all one needs to succeed in the space sector. Is this the case though? In this week’s episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast, Ross D and Anna are joined by Victoria Craig to discuss: * the importance of ‘soft’ skills in a ‘hard’ science environment; * sector-specific skills gaps; * how L&D can bridge these gaps. In ‘What I Learned This Week’, Ross reminisced about playing a Sega game called Mickey Mania. Take a look at the game’s Wikipedia page [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Mania]. For more from us, visit mindtools.com [https://mindtoolsbusiness.com/]. There, you'll also find details of our award-winning performance support toolkit, our off-the-shelf e-learning, and our custom work.   Connect with our speakers    If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with us on LinkedIn: * Ross Garner [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-garner-8594a341/] * Dr Anna Barnett [https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-barnett-phd/] * Victoria Craig [https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoria-craig-06b787133]

Effective marketers have an uncanny way of knowing what we want and convincing us to click ‘Like’, add to Checkout and in under 20 seconds, buy their thing. Clever. Meanwhile, over in L&D, we find it more difficult to motivate someone to take action or change their behaviour. So, what does marketing do that we don’t?    In this week’s episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast, Ross G is joined by Bianca Baumann and Mike Taylor, authors of Think Like a Marketer, Train Like an L&D Pro: Strategies to Ignite Learning. They discuss:  * The intersection of marketing and learning principles  * The techniques marketing professionals use to grab attention and nudge action  * How L&D can bring these strategies into their work    You can find out more about Bianca and Mike on their website: trainlikeamarketer.com/ [https://trainlikeamarketer.com/]    For more from us, visit mindtools.com [https://mindtoolsbusiness.com/]. There, you'll also find details of our award-winning performance support toolkit, our off-the-shelf e-learning, and our custom work.      Connect with our speakers     If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with us on LinkedIn:  * Ross Garner [https://uk.linkedin.com/in/ross-garner-8594a341]  * Bianca Baumann [https://www.linkedin.com/in/biancabaumann?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=android_app]  * Mike Taylor [https://www.linkedin.com/in/miketaylor?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=android_app]

Having the opportunity to set up a new team can be both exciting and daunting. Where would you start when it’s an L&D team?   In this week's episode of The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, Head of People Development Daneille Ware speaks to Gemma and Ross about her approach to creating an L&D team from scratch. We discuss:    ·        The triggers for creating a new or evolved L&D department ·        How to get started with quick wins ·        Using data to support decisions   In ‘What I Learnt This Week’, Ross mentioned the two-part Star Wars related episodes of the Rewatchables called ‘Star Wars: A New Hope’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, and Van Lathan.' [https://open.spotify.com/episode/3fZsGxFExmH3L3WP4eWyY4]   Gemma also talks about a podcast, but one with a very different tone. She listened to Dr Chatterjee speak to Erling Kagge about solitude on 'Feel better, Live more' [https://drchatterjee.com/silence-as-medicine-how-moments-of-stillness-transform-your-brain-body-emotional-health-with-erling-kagge/]. For more from us, visit mindtools.com [https://www.mindtools.com/]. There, you'll also find details of our award-winning Content Hub, our Manager Skills Assessment, our Manager Skill Builder and our custom work.  You can also subscribe to our newsletter [https://www.lddispatch.com/]. Connect with our speakers   If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with our speakers on LinkedIn.  * Danielle Ware [https://uk.linkedin.com/in/danielle-ware-21a51b5] * Ross Garner [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-garner-8594a341/?originalSubdomain=uk] * Gemma Towersey [https://www.linkedin.com/in/gemmatowersey/]

Collaboration is a vital skill across many fields and disciplines. But effective collaboration is about much more than just working together. In this week's episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast, Ross D and Paula are joined by Fraser Mcdonald, Head of Collaboration at Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI) and Deputy Director of the Data for Children Collaborative, to discuss: * why collaboration is important when it comes to solving 'wicked problems'; * how Mindtools worked with the EFI to develop a game that's designed to build collaboration skills; * why a game was the right solution to this problem, and how it's being deployed within the EFI. To find out more about the work Fraser does, check out the Edinburgh Futures Institute [https://efi.ed.ac.uk/] and Data for Children Collaborative [https://www.dataforchildrencollaborative.com/]'s websites. In 'What I Learned This Week', Paula mentioned that she'd been digging into the surprisingly wild history of papal conclaves [https://www.historytoday.com/behind-closed-doors-top-10-papal-conclaves]. Fraser recommended the website ToS;DR [https://tosdr.org/en], which provides an eye-opening breakdown of what we're agreeing to when we use different websites and platforms. And Ross D talked about a recent episode [https://open.spotify.com/episode/1tcuDIEecA9nuowKC5j2GI] of the 99% Invisible podcast, focusing on the relationship between architecture and tax codes. For more from us, visit mindtools.com [https://www.mindtools.com/]. There, you'll also find details of our award-winning Content Hub, our Manager Skills Assessment, our Manager Skill Builder and our custom work.  You can also subscribe to our newsletter [https://www.lddispatch.com/]. Connect with our speakers If you'd like to share your thoughts on this episode, connect with us on LinkedIn: * Ross Dickie [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ross-dickie/] * Paula Hughes [https://www.linkedin.com/in/paula-hughes-19b86b26/] * Fraser Mcdonald [https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamfrasermacdonald/]