Learning to Thrive Podcast

Three things are colliding; Learning is finally having its Kardashian moment creating resourcing challenges, we're all rethinking what we want from work and resignations are rising in the US.  Join this reflective fireside chat with two leaders of different sized teams on how they're getting work done, maintaining team wellbeing and resourcing through the great resignation. Explore insights from Gareth Killeen, Head of Learning at Reece Group one of Australia's most successful privately owned global businesses and CEO and founder Nicole White from the ID Crowd, Australia's learning agency that challenges the status quo.  We're joined live in this session by members of Change Republic - Australia's local freelance learning community. Get cost effective learning quickly and effortlessly with our learning freelancers on standby. Or join free, for tools to build your dream learning career.

Connie Malamed is a life force for the learning and development industry. We were told to get in the Connie canoe and so we did. In this episode we meet Connie, US based learning experience consultant, the host of the eLearning Coach Podcast and author of a number of books including Visual Design Solutions which we explore with book club members from the Change Republic learning community. We touch on key principles from the book including visual design hierarchy, cognitive load, colours, process and more. This is a must - come and jump into the Connie canoe with us.  Enjoy.  The Learning to Thrive podcast is brought to you by Change Republic - Australia's number #1 learning talent marketplace and community. Get learning services on demand and build a dream career or learning business with our help. Let's get learning working. Visit www.changerepublic.com.au

Owen Eastwood is a UK based performance coach who has delivered performance outcomes for an absolute smashing list of teams including the South African Cricket Team, Scottish Rugby Team, All Blacks. He recently penned a game changing tome called Belonging, the Ancient Code of Togetherness which how ancient evolutionary ways play crucial factor in high performing teams. Plus he shares the strategies and philosophies that have yielded results he's delivered across teams of all shapes and sizes. We sat down with Owen and a small group of book club readers from Change Republic to chat all things performance, vision and belonging. Want to know why your talented team isn't performing? Want to make a good team great? This is the podcast and book! for you.  Enjoy.    The Learning to Thrive podcast is brought to you by Change Republic - Australia's number #1 learning and development community and talent marketplace. Get learning services on demand and build a dream career in learning. Let's get learning working. Get curious at changerepublic.com.au   

If you've ever wondered how to contribute to a gender equal leadership landscape this podcast with author Anneli Blundell is for you. Anneli is renowned Australia behavioural coach, facilitator and author who leads one of Australia's most popular Women at Work programs. Anneli has published an excellent book called When Men Lead Women. In this podcast we explore the book and touch on.. typical categorical responses of men (tip: you'll recognise the men you know!)  the unspoken questions and fears of men in leadership positions facilitating conversations to support changes to the system actions you can do in your role now to support a more equal landscape ! YES!  It's also a great one for new coaches to learn some tips about developing a career and brand in coaching and leadership facilitation. Please enjoy Anneli Blundell. This podcast is hosted and produced by the team from Change Republic - Australia's number #1 learning and development professionals marketplace. 

We are wired to love and remember great stories, so what better way to reach our desired learning or training goals and thrive than by improving our ability to design and tell stories that stick and videos that help us learn. Richard Fleming is an award winning filmmaker and storyteller who is utterly, utterly obsessed with stories and learning. He hails from Denver, Colorado  where he spearheads Sage Media, a social emotional learning design firm that specialises in creating learning videos that drive learning outcomes. In this conversation we pear behind the scenes to understand how Richard thinks about stories for learning, the process he follows, the structure and characteristics of a good story and the implementation of stories and learning films in learning design.  We cover  Why great stories are memorable  A framework for developing better learning stories  Which training or learning design scenarios suit storytelling and which don't  What we are doing wrong when it comes to designing stories for learning  Tidbits on character development  Our brains response to feeling emotions and encoding a memory versus static information  Best non fictions books that are inspiring Richard  Films to watch to help you understand what a great story does  Marketing learning programs  And more!  Learning to Thrive is a podcast developed with the intention of adding to your work world and help you thrive in the digital age. We feature guests from the world of learning, leadership, wellbeing and professional development. This podcast is brought to you by Change Republic, Australia's talent marketplace for learning. Engage a trusted, vetted learning talent or consultant quickly and easily using platform built for L&D hiring or join to showcase your portfolio and work with like minded learning leaders. Check us out at www.changerepublic.com.au 

Kelsey Kates is the Global Head of Learning Experiences and Faculty Enablement at Google. Kelsey, Kylie and I came to this conversation with quite a clear intention which was to try and add value to those in learning and development who are looking to create more effective, impactful live learning experiences whether they be in person or virtual. We talk about her teams north star - to design and deliver live learning experiences with delight and impact. We learn about the power of play in live experiences, our brain's response to playfulness, asking for consent, tips for how to deliver impactful sessions, tips for virtual and the why and how behind those powerful two words, delight and impact.  Join host Emily Walker, co-founder of Change Republic, Australia's learning talent marketplace, and come on a journey with us as we take an intentional, purpose filled trip into the world of corporate learning, leadership and development. 

If there is one name that's famous in corporate learning, it's Nicole White. Nic is the founder, CEO and chief learning designer of the ID Crowd, one of the most exciting learning design agencies to grace the globe and push boundaries in the world of learning experience design. Nicole and her team have won a bevvy of awards from all the big names including LearnX and Brandon Hall and have  held the hands of some of Australia's brightest learning teams as they walked the plank and dived into new territory in learning design. pushing the envelope by continually asking the question.. what if? How can we make more thoughtful, outcome driven learning?  In this episode we explore:  her journey from employee to consultant and taking the leap!  following her purpose  building an award winning agency  her focus when it comes to design and how she's mentoring others to do great work  the learning design workshop and discovery  and learner interviews as the secret source to success.  Please enjoy, Nicole White, CEO and founder of the ID Crowd. This podcast is hosted by Emily Walker, Co-founder of the Change Republic and is often joined by Kylie Sinclair, co-founder. Learning to Thrive is a passion podcast with a focus on corporate learning, leadership and wellbeing developed with the intention of helping the learning industry thrive and be inspired in the digital age. 

We all want to design learning experiences that stick and create change right? One way to start to improve our learning design is to become more aware of working memory and how our brains work. Lauren Waldman is a globally renowned learning experience designer and learning consultant who uses an increased awareness on neuroscience to create better learning. In this episode we hear about how neuroscience influences Lauren's design and her passion for this grey lump of matter above our necks, the brain.  We explore - Lauren's experience as an adult learner  - Why she's passionate about using neuroscience to improve learning design  - Tips and insights from neuroscience and how they influence her  - Tips for creating better onboarding  - Cognitive load and working memory  - Metacognition, what it is and how it's relevant  And more! Join Emily Walker, host of Learning to Thrive and co-founder at Change Republic, Australia's number #1 learning and development talent platform. Come on a journey with us as we learn about corporate learning, design, leadership and development. Let's learn and thrive in work 4.0 

At the heart of the brightest and best performing businesses today is a sneaky little newcomer. Workplace wellbeing. As we transition our businesses and work lives into the fourth industrial age we are in the process of realising what doesn't work and creating new habits, behaviours, conditions and systems to improve employee wellbeing and personal wellbeing at work.  Thea O'Connor is an organisational development consultant and workplace wellbeing coach who specialises in developing wellbeing at work strategies to improve performance, personal sustainability. In Australian businesses also have a legislative requirements to provide a psychologically safe workplace and reduce factors of psychosocial or racial harm.  In this podcast we explore..  - what a good wellbeing strategy looks like  - the evidence on workplace wellbeing, mood and productivity  - the 8 psychosocial factors that if mitigated can help prevent and lay the groundwork for psychologically safe workplaces and employee wellbeing -  exhaustion, rest resistance, body intelligence and napping  - wellbeing at work behaviours for personal and organisation wide capability frameworks  - wellbeing when working from home  We loved this ep with Thea! If you'd like to see more from us check us out at Changerepublic - a talent marketplace dedicated to learning and development experts. Check it out to build your career in L&D and showcase your portfolio easily and quickly online.   

Gareth Killeen is one of the world's most forward thinking Heads of Learning. He has been brought into global Australian based business, Reece Plumbing, to reimagine learning at Reece and build a learning startup underneath the Reece banner. Gareth has a passion for human's growing through learning and this is evident in this podcast.  We touch on:  Human centred design and learning experience at Reece  The "scaffolding" of content and conversation and tools in the design process  Customer obsession and incremental improvement - the two values Reece that has seen this privately owned business survive and thrive for more than 100 years  The obsessive secret source at Reece (you'll have to listen to find out!) The learning startup that Reece is brewing  Influencing stakeholders to value learning  Join hosts and co-founders Em Walker and Kylie Sinclair from Change Republic  - a talent marketplace of top L&D professionals and subscribe to Learning to Thrive - a podcast about corporate learning, learning design, leadership and professional development. Let's thrive through learning. 

Youi Insurance is a global insurance company that seems to have tripped over the secret source of great employee experience and surprise surprise when we have healthy, happy employees our bottom line improves.  In this ep we talk to Ryan McGrory Head of Employee & Internal communications at Youi Insurance.  We lean into:   - Youi's employee wellbeing response in a retro on Covid - how he defines great employee experience & employee wellbeing - how he uses communications/share of voice in their strategy  - Youi's high level employee experience strategy  - the 8 psychosocial hazards contributing to poor employee wellbeing - employee burnout factors  - how they measure employee experience  Join us as we explore corporate learning, leadership & development in the digital age and use learning to thrive in this every changing world 

This conversation offers insights into the power of consulting with your target audience and using creativity in solution design when resources or time is short.  Learning designer and consultant Steve Corney is working with some of Australia's largest teams on some very cool L&D projects; he is passionate about learning that works in the real world. Steve shares his experiences and perspectives on learning experience design, creating outcomes, consulting and more. This conversation offers a great insight for business leaders or up and comers to learning, learning consultants, inhouse learning designers and more to help us learn to reject the familiar and get out of our comfort zone when it comes to learning design. We learn about  - the power and vulnerable moments that come from consulting with your target audience in learning design  - not falling in love with your own work and ideas - human centred design  - peer to peer learning and training and a case study fo empowering business leaders when resources are short  - learning and training solutions for GenZ and Millenials Join host Emily Walker, co-founder of Change Republic, and host of learning to thrive - a fresh series on corporate learning, professional development and leadership in the digital age. 

In 2020 a learning consultant Kuva Jacobs, suggested we contact Kerryn Fewster, Australia's leading organisational change expert to chat about a about a piece of work they had done that might be able to help us understand ambiguity and build better capability for it in our organisations and ourselves.  "Adaptability is the characteristic that will matter above all else. Learn to adapt to ambiguity and uncertainty or risk being lift behind"  This quote from Kerryn Fewster, Founder and Director of Adaptiq Minds and Change 2020 is an organisational change consultancy is striking and relevant. It sums up with an EY study in 2019 reported that 50% of CEO's named uncertainty as the single greatest external threat to the business.  In this episode we explore  - the definition of ambiguity - the research Kerryn worked on alongside QUT researchers on ambiguity and uncertainty and building capability - the learnings including the 8 key behaviours we can build capability in to improve our tolerance to ambiguity  - the assessment tool created to help assess individual and organisational capability in ambiguity and uncover capability opportunities  - the learning design process explored with Kuva Jacobs, from Redpoint Consulting  To access the tool we speak about in the podcast google go to Adaptiqminds.com.au  and click on the button to build your snapshot profile of your abilities, and this will give you access to the assessment and a snapshot report once you have finished it.  We hope we've added value in some way.  Enjoy   

Optus is truly an agile business and one of our favourite brands. Having learnt quickly from the SARS virus, Optus's business and crisis response to COVID-19 was swift, smart and measured. Kirk who heads up Optus's learning experience team is no different. This conversation with Kirk is rich in leadership and learning experience insights including:   How learning and learning experience is structured at Optus Hints about the future of learning at Optus  The key skills Optus is focusing on to future proof their employees and arm them through uncertainty  Business partnering at Optus  Empowering leaders to own learning and development  Coaching as the missing link   Join Kirk and Emily Walker, co-founder of Change Republic, and host of Learning to Thrive - a brand new podcast about learning to thrive in this rapidly changing, digital world. Come on a learning journey with us as we explore insights and learnings from experts in future skills, behaviour change, learning and development, mindset and leadership.

Behaviour change and leadership expert Deb works with learning and development teams and leaders responding to the current “vuca” environment. Prior to her current work and academic study in organisational coaching, behaviour change and leadership, Deb amassed 15 years of strategic senior operational experience for some of Australia's largest, well known brands. We sought out advice from Deb to learn more about implementing leadership capability and behaviour change, particularly in vuca environments like COVID-19.  We learn about:   The key ingredients of behaviour change  Leaders under stress, self awareness and relationship building  How emotional intelligence does or doesn't show up in leaders or conversations  Gossip as a symptom of a dysfunctional team or toxic leadership culture   What is live facilitated learning and the benefits  Servant leadership - what it is, its origins  Join host Emily Walker, founder of Change Republic, and host of Learning to Thrive - a fresh new series about learning, development and leadership in our rapidly changing, digital age. Come on a learning journey with us as we explore insights and learnings from experts in behaviour change, future skills, learning and development, mindset and leadership and more.

Cast away the tracksuit and get inspired with Beth Hall head of global performance, learning and development at Cotton On Group's University. Beth is passionate about behaviour change that enables the 22,000 employees of the Cotton On Group to perform and enjoy life. We sought out advice from Beth to understand how she and the team are enabling Cotton On through performance, learning, leadership and development.  We touch on  The values that dictate the daily behaviours that the group expects and sees in it's people daily that lead it to success and through failure  How everyone is taught personal leadership from Day 1 at Cotton On  Relationships as a currency for ultimate business cohesion and collaboration  Business partnering and leading and teaching a problem spotting and curious mindset  Development in the flow of work through things like shadow coaching  Resilience, learning data, the structure of COG uni's academy and programs and..  Her top tip for leaders who care about performance and development in their teams  Join host Emily Walker, founder of Change Republic, and host of Learning to Thrive - a fresh new series about learning, development and leadership in our rapidly changing, digital age. Come on a learning journey with us as we explore insights and learnings from experts in behaviour change, future skills, learning and development, mindset and leadership and more.

Improving productivity and output is critical through disruptive times, but it can often come at the cost of our wellbeing. Improving productivity and reducing stress is possible through small changes to our everyday behaviour and systems. Learn from Matt Cowdroy, a leading productivity coach that regularly advises executives in the fast paced financial services industry. Matt shares his best tips to help you move the most important work forward, with more calm and less stress.  He shares:   Tips for managing email more effectively  Why employees struggle and suffer with productivity  Managing meetings  How to set up your day, week and quarter for success  Creating and managing your master list 

Leading global analyst Josh Bersin has a rich understanding of black swan events and how they affect the psyche of our people and organisations. Josh is a world renowned data analyst and people consultant based in San Francisco and leaders in some of the world's largest global brands and companies.  Emily seeks the advice of Josh to assist leaders leading teams through crisis and black swan events. Josh shares:  The immediate three strategic focus areas for those leading people or teams through black swan events and crisis  His experience and learnings from past black swan events  His own experience after a major layoff and recession starting his data consultancy - Bersin Four pivotal leadership capabilities for leaders to build and draw on over the next twelve months  The advice he's sharing with ex co's, CEO's, Human Resources, Learning and Development, People and Culture leaders,  Join host of Learning to Thrive, Emily Walker in this brand new, sometimes funny, podcast about learning, leadership, mindset and behaviour change. Let's all learn to thrive in this rapidly digital world.