57. Online Learning & Community for Public Servants Globally with Apolitical (Robyn Scott & Lisa Witter)

Apolitical is a peer-to-peer learning platform for governments around the world. Using their fully online platform, they bring to public servants the sharing and ongoing learning of the latest and best ideas through their courses, articles, events and by fostering a global community. I am joined on this episode by the co-founders of Apolitical to discuss how they started their organization, how they help public servants learn, and insights on what it takes to create a thriving global learning community. Robyn Scott and Lisa Witter are co-founders of Apolitical, which they launched in 2017 and a year later it was named one of Fast Company’s most innovative companies. Today Robyn is the CEO of Apolitical and Lisa is the CEO of the Apolitical Foundation. Together, with a team of about 60 employees, they are transforming workplace training by making it continuous and engaging learning within a global community of like-minded peers. Apolitical: https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=ACLAR76 Apolitical Foundation: https://apolitical.foundation/ Robyn Scott & Lisa Witter: https://about.apolitical.co/meet-our-team Twitter: https://twitter.com/RobynScott & https://twitter.com/lisamwitter Guest Recommendations: Failure of Kindness speech: https://jamesclear.com/great-speeches/failures-of-kindness-by-george-saunders Quote: “When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.” ― George Saunders Book: Influence - The Psychology of Persuasion: http://www.harperbusiness.com/book/9780062937650/Influence-New-and-Expanded-Robert-B.-Cialdini-PhD/ Book: Deep Work: https://www.calnewport.com/books/deep-work/