All Episodes

499 — Why workplace learning has never been more important

498 — Know yourself to know others

497 — The business impact of play at work (Rebroadcast)

496 — How to project presence

495 — Driving performance with AI

494 — What we learned at Learning Tech 2026

493 — Developing the timeless skill of communication

492 — Enabling frontline workers to succeed

491 — Better meetings, more psychological safety, and cognitive offloading

490 — Creating the environment for self-directed learning

489 — Are you levelling up your managers?

488 — L&D is a bit more complicated than that

487 — The future of e-learning interfaces (Rebroadcast)

486 — How to escape the 'hero trap'

485 — What will be hot in workplace L&D in 2026?

484 — Level-up your LMS: How points and rewards drive behavior

483 — The insider secrets L&D pros want you to know

482 — Are organizations getting AI upskilling wrong?

481 — Managers: The "squeezed" middle

480 — Click 'Next' to acknowledge

479 — So, you're new here?

478 — Navigating the fog of learning design

477 — A Manager's Guide to Self-Development

476 — Christmas Special: Die Hard on an LMS

475 — Is self-directed learning a myth?

474 — So long 2025, what's hot for 2026?

473 — Learning at LV=

472 — Delivering business value

471 — A long-term view on learning

470 — AI in L&D: The Race for Impact

469 — How businesses can hold on to their best people

468 — What can L&D learn from product management? (Rebroadcast)

467 — Decisions, decisions, decisions... by AI?

466 — What L&D should (and shouldn't) be doing with AI

465 — The business impact of play at work

464 — Order taker to strategic business partner

463 — The empathy problem: Balancing emotion in decision-making

462 — Umbrage over troubled water: Disputing last week's episode

461 — It takes a village: Isolating training's impact

460 — The irony of L&D: When do we develop ourselves?

459 — OHLs over OKRs: A new approach to goal-setting

458 — What do you bench(mark)?

457 — Evaluation or justification?

456 — Building tolerance in the workplace

455 — The case (for some people) to go back to the office

454 — Designing learning experiences that feel authentic

453 — What's your e-learning P(doom)?

452 — Pity the frontline manager

451 — Upskilling your managers on AI tools

450 — AI and the Future of Content (Assemble You crossover episode)

449 — Performance support is back, baby! (Assemble You crossover episode)

448 — Encouraging teams to adopt AI

447 — Hard science, soft skills: L&D in the space sector

446 — Think Like a Marketer, Train Like an L&D Pro

445 — Setting up a L&D team

444 — This game will make you a better collaborator

443 — So, you've decided to be creative...

442 — Is AI making us dumber?

441 — Podcasts for learning and the end of email

440 — Terrible task? Just delegate it!

439 — Leveraging data for inclusion and wellbeing

438 — Where culture and learning collide

437 — How to build engagement with your content libraries (Rebroadcast)

436 — Content libraries: Less is more

435 — What will be hot in workplace L&D in 2025?

434 — Cyborgs, centaurs and the role of choice infrastructure

433 — What does 'AI literacy' look like in organizations?

432 — Sales enablement for product teams

431 — Sales enablement for sales and marketing teams

430 — Digital learning for behavior change

429 — Developing leaders at the National Trust

428 — The art and science of better questions

427 — Designing an award-winning blended learning programme

426 — Making hybrid work… work!

425 — Christmas Special: L&D Actually

424 — Why emotions make simulations so powerful

423 — Embracing change by 'unlearning' (Rebroadcast)

422 — The future of e-learning interfaces

421 — Good managers balance care with results

420 — Toxic productivity: Time to say 'no!'

419 – Measurement on a shoestring

418 — How do we measure management capability?

417 — Can L&D be the new R&D?

416 — Book Club: Power to the Middle

415 — Who is responsible for learning at work?

414 – The Learning and Development Handbook Returns: Part 2 - Requiem

413 — Your questions answered (Part 2)

412 — Three research papers with Jane Bozarth (Rebroadcast)

411 — Your questions answered (Part 1)

410 — Agile L&D puts the 'human' into 'Human Resources'

409 — Communication skills for geeks

408 — Early careers: What if we teach them and they leave?

407 — Revisiting 70:20:10: From learning to performance

406 — Revisiting 70:20:10: Theory into practice

405 — What's in your book bag this summer?

404 — We're all too busy for your L&D

403 — How do we support more experienced managers?

402 — How do we build better managers?

401 — What makes a great manager

400 — 400th Episode Special!

399 — How to build engagement with your content libraries

398 — Star Trek Special: The future of AI

397 — Do organizational learning communities ever work?

396 — Applying the COM-B model for behavior change

395 — Once upon a time: Data-based storytelling in L&D

394 — Burn your bullsh*t in a bonfire moment

393 — Is positive psychology practical?

392 — Adaptive vs linear courses: Which performs better?

391 — Knock out your tasks with timeboxing

390 — Joining forces with your brain

389 — Coaching for all

388 — Public speaking in L&D

387 — Bringing spaced practice into workplace learning

386 — How do we leverage AI for education?

385 — Building a modern learning ecosystem

384 — What will be hot in workplace L&D in 2024?

383 — Designing learning for the charity sector

382 — You don't have to talk to add value

381 — Are you a trusted learning advisor?

380 — A holistic approach to workplace wellbeing

379 — How many Rosses does it take to adopt AI?

378 — Management development: Doing more with less

377 — AI in L&D: The State of Play

376 — Enhancing the employee experience

375 — Rockin' Around The ChatGPT

BONUS — From the desk of 'The L&D Dispatch' newsletter

374 — VR for coaching and soft skills

373 — What if L&D had a marketing strategy?

372 — AI Conversations is changing how we practice power skills

371 — Talk to the Elephant (cause the rider ain't listening)

370 — Thriving during the menopause

369 — A healthy dose of L&D

368 — Employee wellbeing at scale

367 — Mastering multicultural facilitation

366 — Building online communities

365 — L&D lessons from customer education

364 — You have to work with IT. Can we make it easier?

363 — What the heck is Mind Tools?

362 — Using creativity in L&D

361 — How do we measure productivity?

360 — Evidence-based leadership development

359 — Is it still safe to talk about EDI?

358 — Hot take: Most employees aren't actually that interested in L&D

357 — L&D governance (the ultimate juggling act)

356 — Embracing scenario-based learning

355 — Who knew that online schools existed?

354 — A simple guide to delivering better presentations

353 — L&D insights from 20 years of data

352 — Supporting neuroinclusion at work

351 — Coaching for everyone! But how?

350 — How do you inspire others?

349 — Introducing 'Skill Bites', a nudge-based approach to course design

348 — What makes the ideal client?

347 — Can L&D make others more resilient?

346 — Book Club: The Voltage Effect

345 — Boosting engagement with creative campaigns

344 — The 20-year evolution of L&D

343 — Mapping employee networks to retain talent

342 — Adult Learning Theory (and how to build a bridge)

341 — How to compete in the robot wars

340 — Takeover Special! We answer your questions!

339 — Designing high-impact video

338 — Ever wanted to write a book?

337 — Promoting equity with reverse mentoring

336 — Who says learner surveys ain't sexy?

335 — Adjacent learning

334 — Turning pressures into opportunities

333 — What will be hot in workplace L&D in 2023?

332 — How to choose a learning platform

331 — Six ways to engage employees

330 — The Happy Manifesto: Revisited

329 — No budget? No problem!

328 — The Mind Tools L&D Podcast Awards

327 — How to win an industry award

326 — Reject the gloom: L&D is getting better

325 — Christmas Special: Home Alone

324 — Navigating L&D jargon

323 — Making decisions with data and intuition

322 — Learning design: Lessons from Scottish Games Week

321 — Multimedia in learning design

320 — Three research papers with Jane Bozarth

319 — Remote learning for a distributed workforce

318 — Podcasts for workplace learning

317 — Halloween Special: Edgar Allan Poe and 'unity of effect' in learning design

316 — Sharpening your skills

315 — Bad English is not a problem

314 — Working with SMEs

313 — How can we learn at speed to drive performance?

312 — Book Club: The Expectation Effect

311 — The XR Zone: Extended Realities (XR) for learning

310 — Questions, questions, questions

309 — Your questions answered

308 — L&D hacks (we wish we knew years ago)

307 — Is your learning culture keeping pace with rapid digitalization?

306 — Has it worked?: Measuring impact

305 — Reimagining how we work

304 — The seductive allure of neuroscientific podchat

303 — Psycho-metrics, Qu'est-ce que c'est?

302 — What's the story with stories?

301 — Managers Matter: Feeling the squeeze

300 — Celebrating live from London!

299 — How can we embed learning in our workplaces?

298 — How can L&D promote an anti-racist workplace?

297 — Can gamification level up our learning?

296 — Effective hybrid working

295 — How do we prevent burnout

294 — Developing a digital mindset (for non-digital folks)

293 — How to grow your people

292 — Choosing the right intervention

291 — What's the value of values?

290 — The world of learning has changed

289 — Live from the Metaverse: VR for learning

288 — Who needs learning outcomes, anyway?

287 — What will be hot in workplace L&D in 2022?

286 — Can you grow your curiosity?

285 — How do we 'mine for stories'?

284 — Celebrating International Women's Day with Working Chance

283 — How does nudge theory support workplace learning?

282 — What is the purpose of education?

281 — Does your team need a re-brand?

280 — Beginner's guide to the Metaverse, NFTs and Avatars

279 — Why work is the ideal place to talk about race

278 — Why we write

277 — Should learning be entertainment?

276 — A Mind Tools Christmas Carol

275 — Into the metaverse

274 — Book club: Rebel Ideas

273 — Hybrid (net)working

272 — Non-binary thinking and the tetralemma

271 — Jobcraft Country

270 — Emotional wellbeing at work: The research

269 — Unlock insights with benchmarking

268 — Sales enablement

267 — Spaced learning

266 — Supercharged skills for learning professionals

265 — Setting boundaries

264 — What's in your L&D book bag? (Part 3)

263 — The Mind Tools Book Club: Moneyball

262 — Mind Tools Mailbox: Your questions answered!

261 — Drama for learning

260 — Unlearning what we've learned

259 — What is organisational learning?

258 — Are learner surveys a waste of time?

257 — Creating an organizational learning strategy

256 — Discovering 'Jobs To Be Done'

255 — The MindTools Book Club: Noise

254 — Social by Design: Revisited

253 — One year on: How L&D leaders have responded to Covid

252 — Employee engagement: Are you listening?

251 — Animation for learning

250 (Bonus) — Gemma Paterson and Danny Seals: Full interview

250 (Bonus) — Sukh Pabial: Full interview

250 (Bonus) — Myles Runham: Full interview

250 — Documentary Special: What can L&D learn from product management?

249 — Starting a career remotely

248 — Forging a career in L&D

Farewell Good Practice, hello Mind Tools!

247 — Takeover special! How to podcast

246 — The surprising truth about innovation

245 — The menopause at work

244 — The value of benchmarking

243 — Working with vendors

242 — The unspoken rules of work

241 — Does diversity training work?

240 — The GP Book Club: Humanocracy

239 — Crazy about compliance

238 — Supporting apprenticeships

237 — Designing virtual classrooms

236 — Working with strangers

235 — Learning in the hospitality industry

234 — Facilitating virtual classrooms

233 — Covid's impact on L&D

232 — What will be hot in workplace L&D in 2021?

231 — Should we defund HR?

230 — Room 101 (Part 3)

229 — The Learning and Development Handbook

228 — Running a small L&D business

227 — Adapting digital learning for 2021

226 — Christmas Special: Blankety Blank

225 — Achieving more with data and analytics

224 — How men can be an ally to women

223 — Unpacking the L&D Detective Kit

222 — The impact of Covid on L&OD

221 — Start your Learning Health Check now

220 — Weekly learning science for your inbox

219 — The GP Book Club: Remote (Office Not Required)

218 — Overcoming learner pain points

217 — Building empathy with video

216 — UX sells

215 — Workplace design in the Covid era

214 — What do learners actually want?

213 — Learning through community

212 — 12 levers for learning transfer

211 — 'We regret to inform you...'

210 — Learning on furlough

209 — Diversity and inclusion at TSB

208 — Workplace culture in the age of Covid

207 — Productivity hacks

206 — Global L&D in the social sector

205 — Higher Ed vs Corporate Learning

204 — Democratising coaching

203 — Down the rabbit hole, on the web

202 — Farewell to Peter

201 — COVID-19 and changing approach to L&D

200 — The future of work

199 — Becoming a change superhero

198 — Storytelling in the workplace

197 — Shaking up the conference format

196 — Having savvy conversations

195 — Crafting online learning

194 — The GP Book Club: Ryan Singer's Shape Up

193 — Can an organisation really manage itself?

192 — Banishing the stigma of part-time working

191 — What will be hot in workplace L&D in 2020?

190 — The human obstacle to great e-learning

189 — Grit and Mindset: Emotion at Work Crossover Special

188 — Social by Design vs Social by Chance

187 — The GP Book Club: Stefan Thomke's Experimentation Works

186 — Coping with Corona: Working from home and remote meetings

185 — Back to the future: Insights from the latest Learning Health Check

184 — Supporting Parental Leave Returners

183 — L&D... for L&D

182 — What we learned at LT 2020

181 — Lost in translation

180 — L&D in the Not-for-Profit sector

179 — An exciting announcement!

178 — What makes a great learning organisation?

177 — Evidence-informed learning design

176 — It's a Wonderful Lifelong Learning

175 — Once upon a time in L&D

174 — The GP Book Club: Malcolm Gladwell's Strangers

173 — Video special: Live from eLN Connect 2019

172 — What can Barcelona FC teach us about organisational culture?

171 — If only I had the time: achieving work-life balance

170 — Everything you always wanted to know about learning

169 — One solution, hold the slides: introducing performance consulting

168 — Inside 'Messengers': Are attractive people more believable?

167 — In defence of the course

166 — Chief Energy Officer: What does that mean?

165 — Level-up L&D: Organisation development

164 — Challenging a face-to-face mindset

163 — Evidence: The No. 1 L&D detective agency

162 — How did I end up here? Getting started in L&D

161 — Beyond hoodies and ping pong: Lessons from tech

160 — What's in your L&D book bag? (Part 2)

159 — Hot desks: Do not touch

158 — Attention spans: With apologies to goldfish

157 — Why should we care about behaviour change?

156 — What is the role of emotion at work?

155 — Is HR unethical?

154 — How do you know your interventions are working?

153 — How can we embrace neurodiversity at work?

152 — How can we support remote workers?

151 — Is 'lifelong learning' a myth?

150 — Live from London: The past, present and future of learning

149 — GoodPractice go to the movies

148 — Can we get over 'shiny object syndrome'?

147 — How can tech in L&D drive efficiencies at work?

146 — How do people learn?

145 — Women in learning special

144 — What emerging tech has potential for L&D?

143 — How do we manage uncertainty at work?

142 — Is L&D in competition with HR?

141 — How do we go beyond the course?

140 — Room 101 (Part 2)

139 — How can we transform learning?

138 — Is it time we stopped discussing innovation?

137 — What will be hot in workplace L&D in 2019?

136 — Does the language of L&D matter?

135 — What's missing from the learning-tech industry?

134 — How can L&D support digital transformation?

133 — How can experience design tap into our emotions?

132 — How can I use storytelling to engage learners?

131 — What makes a great onboarding experience?

130 — How can I work with robots instead of against them?

129 — How can I make the most of a mentoring relationship?

128 — How do I develop learning agility?

127 — How do I design MOOCs that people actually complete?

126 — Christmas Special: Have I Got L&D News For You

125 — Are we failing our profession?

124 — Are we training people for their next job?

123 — Live from London: What does 70:20:10 actually look like in practice?

122 — How do we contribute to the customer experience?

121 — How do I build a Personal Learning Network?

120 — Why are most webinars so terrible?

119 — How can data transform your L&D function?

118 — How do you develop a remote workforce?

117 — Do we have evidence for training's impact?

116 — What makes a good learning leader?

115 — What skills does a 21st-century L&D team need?

114 — Who's responsible for gender equality?

113 — How can xAPI drive performance?

112 — How do you design for behaviour change?

111 — One organisation or multiple silos?

110 — What's in your L&D book bag?

109 — Who's responsible for Diversity and Inclusion?

108 — What is the proper role of L&D?

107 — To coach, or not to coach?

106 — Evidence-based L&D

105 — Implementing learning technologies

104 — Cognitive psychology in L&D

103 — We need to stop overcomplicating learning

102 — What is xAPI anyway?

101 — Draining the content swamp

100 — 100th Episode Special: Podcasters in Pubs Getting Pints

99 — Show Your Work

98 — Working Across Generations

97 — YouTube for learning

96 — Blockchain for L&D (Yes, really!)

95 — Recommendations: Human vs machine

94 — Challenging trends in L&D

93 — Live from London: What is the state of the nation?

92 — Best of breed ecosystems vs the LMS

91 — Business impact of L&D

90 — Marketing tactics for L&D

89 — Introducing learning design

88 — Machine learning is here!

87 — Building a learning culture

86 — Learning technologies in the workplace

85 — In defence of microlearning

84 — Managing complexity with design thinking

83 — You shouldn't go near machine learning

82 — Modern learners, not modern technologies

81 — Our review of Learning Technologies 2018

80 — How do we make digital learning accessible?

79 — Embracing change by 'unlearning'

78 — Design thinking for L&D

77 — What can we do about self-care?

76 — What I Learned This Year (a Christmas special)

75 — We need to talk about learning transfer

74 — The Social Organization: Putting relationships at the heart of your strategy

73 — Collaboration at Work

72 — Live from London: What do managers really think?

71 — VR in L&D

70 — Video production for L&D

69 — Working Out Loud to build new skills and relationships

68 — Business basics for L&D

67 — Data analytics for L&D

66 — Discernment in L&D

65 — Australia's learning technology landscape

64 — What is Brain Friendly Learning?

63 — Is curation the new king of L&D?

62 — L&D at the coalface

61 — How can L&D use games in elearning?

60 — What is the future of work?

59 — How can L&D support performance?

58 — What can L&D learn from deception research?

57 — Organisational design: Should L&D fight the system?

56 — Where can we find inspiration for L&D?

55 — How can L&D start delivering online learning?

54 — How can journalism skills help us in L&D?

53 — Does user experience for learning differ from other kinds of UX?

52 — How can co-working support L&D?

51 — How does your L&D function compare with top performers?

50th episode special: Podcasting for learning in L&D

49 — Evidence-based practice for HR and L&D

48 — How can UX design be applied to L&D?

47 — Is responsive e-learning design essential for L&D?

46 — Building an online learning community for L&D

45 — How important is curiosity in L&D?

44 — How can L&D keep up with new technology?

43 — Do the words we use in L&D matter?

42 — How to make the most of Twitter

41 — Should we market L&D departments internally?

40 — How can L&D leaders get the best from providers?

39 — What does work-life integration mean for L&D?

38 — Should performance support be like online shopping?

37 — How will you respond to the HR crisis?

36 — What impact has psychology had on L&D?

35 — How do L&D professionals share ideas?

34 — Facilitation and unconferences: the new normal?

33 — Where are we with virtual reality in L&D?

32 — How should L&D respond to millennials?

31 — Ten years of the iPhone: how have smartphones changed our lives?

30 — Compliance training: Ticking a box or having an impact?

29 — Our preview of Learning Technologies 2017

28 — Micro learning, or the advantages of slapping a label on good ideas

27 — What does 2017 have in store for L&D?

26 — Holiday Special: Our L&D Christmas wishes

25 — L&D's Room 101

24 — Google It! The Secret Online Lives of UK Managers

23 — Making the most of internships and work experience

22 — How remote working increases productivity and improves work-life balance

21 — Classic L&D mistakes

20 — Reflections on animation

19 — Does face-to-face training have a role in the future of L&D?

18 — New perspectives on 70:20:10

17 — AI and jobs: What is the future of work?

16 — The future of e-learning

15 — Communities of practice and showing your work

14 — Success case method and A/B testing

13 — Agile L&D: Lessons from coding

12 — Learning needs analysis and personal CPD

11 — From order takers to performance consultants: the new role of L&D

10 — Gamification and lessons from Pokémon GO

9 — Overcoming a fear of failure

8 — Engaging learners and breaking the ice

7 — What can L&D learn from marketing?

6 — How has GoodPractice changed over the past 10 years?

5 — Writing advice for non-writers

4 — Inside the Heads of UK Managers

3 — Should we forget about MOOCS? Or are they just maturing?

2 — Lessons from CIPD L&D

1 — Is L&D dead? And can neuroscience help us at work?