The Mindtools L&D Podcast
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The Mindtools L&D Podcast
The Mindtools L&D Podcast is a must-listen for anyone involved in Learning and Development or Human Resources. The weekly show features regular appearances from the Mind Tools team plus special guests to get right to the heart of issues affecting the L&D and HR communities. From learning needs analy...
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481 — Managers: The "squeezed" middle
Pressure from above, pressure from below; little appreciation from either. That's the experience of work for many middle managers!
This week on...
480 — Click 'Next' to acknowledge
For most of us, compliance training is a regular feature of our working lives. Instead of inducing a mexican wave of eye-rolls, what can we do to desi...
479 — So, you're new here?
Induction programmes play a crucial role in shaping the way a new starter thinks and feels about an organization.
In this week's episode of The...
478 — Navigating the fog of learning design
Learning design work is often accompanied by various forms of uncertainty — ambiguous performance needs, vaguely defined scope, shifting stakeholder e...
477 — A Manager's Guide to Self-Development
Since its first release in 1978, A Manager's Guide to Self-Development has been one of the go-to texts for new and aspiring managers. Now in its seven...
476 — Christmas Special: Die Hard on an LMS
Yippee-ki-yay, Christmas Turkeys! In our final episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast for 2025, the gang are climbing to the top of Nakatomi Plaza: foil...
475 — Is self-directed learning a myth?
The promise of self-directed learning is that employees will take charge of their own development, if we only create the environment for them to do so...
474 — So long 2025, what's hot for 2026?
What a year it was! In this week's episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast, HowNow's Nelson Sivalingam joins Ross G and Ross D to reflect on 2025 and loo...
473 — Learning at LV=
How do you run an organization-wide learning function with just two people? At LV=, that's the main focus for Talent, Learning and Development Partner...
472 — Delivering business value
The L&D industry has always talked about 'business value' as an elusive concept. Now, a new book from Laura Overton and Michelle Ockers, The L&D Leade...
471 — A long-term view on learning
In many organizations, not least within L&D, urgent and important short-term challenges often crowd out the bigger picture. So, how do we step back an...
470 — AI in L&D: The Race for Impact
Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, Donald Taylor and Eglė Vinauskaitė have released four reports exploring L&D's use of AI.
In this w...
469 — How businesses can hold on to their best people
In his book Targeting Turnover, Dick Finnegan argues that, as the global population ages and more people enter retirement, it is imperative for organi...
468 — What can L&D learn from product management? (Rebroadcast)
Hello listeners! No new episode this week, but we wanted to take the opportunity to revisit our 2021 'documentary special' on product management.
467 — Decisions, decisions, decisions... by AI?
When Dr Anna Barnett, Ross Garner and Ross Dickie discussed the role of empathy in decision-making in Episode 463, they started to ponder the role tha...
466 — What L&D should (and shouldn't) be doing with AI
According to Donald Taylor and Egle Vinauskaitė's recent AI in L&D: The Race for Impact report, 'creating learning content' and 'learning design tasks...
465 — The business impact of play at work
All children play but, over time, that instinct goes away. We don't lose it, we don't forget. Instead, we get taught to stop.
For author and toy...
447 — Order taker to strategic business partner
Why does L&D so often feel like the drive-thru window of requests—'one leadership program, hold the ROI please'? As L&D professionals, it's not who we...
463 — The empathy problem: Balancing emotion in decision-making
Decision-making is a key aspect of being a manager, and a complex mix of skills, experiences, judgments and instincts. So how do you help your manager...
462 — Umbrage over troubled water: Disputing last week's episode
Last week on The Mindtools L&D Podcast, L&D Detective Kevin M Yates joined Ross D and Dr Anna to talk about isolating the impact of training at work....
461 — It takes a village: Isolating training's impact
Is it up to the humble L&D pro to change people's behavior at work? Or is it up to everyone?
In this week's episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast...
460 — The irony of L&D: When do we develop ourselves?
As learning and development professionals, we spend most of our days thinking about how we help others build their skills. But how many of us neglect...
459 — OHLs over OKRs: A new approach to goal-setting
Objectives and Key Results have long been a staple of the working world. You set a stretch objective, define the results that will tell you if the obj...
458 — What do you bench(mark)?
Here at Mindtools Towers, we're no strangers to benchmarking in L&D. We've regularly mentioned our Learning Performance Benchmark over the years, and...
457 — Evaluation or justification?
Now for something completely different!
A couple of weeks ago, Carl Akintola wrote a provocative guest post for The L&D Dispatch, challenging L&...
456 — Building tolerance in the workplace
We know that surrounding ourselves with diverse people at work brings variety in expertise, opinions and ways of working, which can boost creativity a...
455 — The case (for some people) to go back to the office
In their new book, In Praise of the Office, Wharton professor Peter Cappelli and workplace strategist Ranya Nehmeh argue that 'the case for in-office...
454 — Designing learning experiences that feel authentic
If we want to motivate learners to engage with an experience, it stands to reason that we need to present that experience in a way feels authentic and...
453 — What's your e-learning P(doom)?
If you spend any time scrolling LinkedIn, attending L&D conferences, or listening to industry podcasts, it might seem like AI is about to usher in the...
452 — Pity the frontline manager
Frontline managers have to support decisions they didn't make, translate organizational goals into actions, identify meaningful opportunities for peop...
451 — Upskilling your managers on AI tools
Exciting news at Mindtools Towers this week, as we launch our first 'Expert Skill Bite' course with Dr Markus Bernhardt, available now to all Mindtool...
450 — AI and the Future of Content (Assemble You crossover episode)
This week, we're handing the reigns of The Mindtools L&D Podcast over to our friends at Assemble You. Including the show notes!
In this excellen...
449 — Performance support is back, baby! (Assemble You crossover episode)
Remember 'performance support'? Amid all the talk of AI, adaptive learning, and skills, it's kind of been forgotten.
But not by us! Or by respon...
448 — Encouraging teams to adopt AI
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 cont...
447 — Hard science, soft skills: L&D in the space sector
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?...
446 — Think Like a Marketer, Train Like an L&D Pro
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...
445 — Setting up a L&D team
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...
444 — This game will make you a better collaborator
Collaboration is a vital skill across many fields and disciplines. But effective collaboration is about much more than just working together.
In...
443 — So, you've decided to be creative...
Whether it comes to facilitating workshops, designing learning experiences, or developing campaign assets, L&D practitioners are increasingly expected...
442 — Is AI making us dumber?
Often on this podcast we've spoken about how AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are enhancing our capabilities. But do they also come at a cost?...