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The Mindtools L&D Podcast — 495 episodes
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?