Ludic Insights

What now in digital transformation? Join Paul Ashcroft and Garrick Jones in a fascinating conversation on digital transformation with Reinier van den Biggelaar, managing partner of BastaGroup and Director Data Science & AI at ORTEC.  How can organizations adapt, change, grow and thrive in the digital age? How do microservices and APIs change how we think about software ecosystems? How is an abundance of data changing the way we make decisions and transform our organzations? How is digital transforming service delivery? What is the role of the individual in digital transformation? What is the future of the metaverse? Is hyper-local, NFTs and 3D printing the future of manufacturing? Listen to the podcast today!  #whatnow #ludicinsightspodcast #whatnowpodcast #ludicinsights #digitaltransformation #data #future #transformation  About the What Now  - Ludic Insights Podcast Season 2 WHAT NOW?! is the Second Season of the Ludic Insights Podcast, hosted by Paul Ashcroft and Garrick Jones. “What now” on the current and future trends! “What now” on the huge pivot after the global pandemic! “What now” following the impact of digital on the way we live, work and learn.  If you haven't done so already, join in, subscribe and stay tuned to explore the most influential perspectives and conversations.  #whatnow #ludicinsightspodcast #whatnowpodcast #ludicinsights About the Ludic Insights Podcast  Ludic Insights is brought to you by the Ludic Group, leaders in strategy, engagement and learning. Ludic is a global consulting and design business, enabling clients to accelerate transformation, by engaging people in creating their future, across time and distance. Their award winning SmartLab digital platform and suite of tools, enable organisations to align strategically, collaborate, engage their people and deliver learning, with transformative results. The Ludic Insights Podcast is Produced by Aliki Paolinelis & Edited by Roman Pechersky 

“Embracing the unknown with excitement, I think is what that makes life worth living”, Alper Utku.  Join Paul Ashcroft and Garrick Jones in a fascinating conversation on the transformation and future of education with Alper Utku, educational entrepreneur, and lead of the European Leadership University.  What are the big trends emerging in education? How can education be made affordable and flexible, available to everyone, anywhere in the world? How do we move beyond the individual and cognitive base of learning, towards social learning? Discover the four-dimensional education model, moving from individual, to cognitive, to social and experiential and the role of adaptive learning.  Remote and hybrid is here to stay. What is the future of education and what are the education technologies emerging that will make the shift happen? How will AI assist in this and the impact on the learner? Listen to the podcast today!  #whatnow #ludicinsightspodcast #whatnowpodcast #ludicinsights #education #futurist #future #transformation  About the What Now  - Ludic Insights Podcast Season 2 WHAT NOW?! is the Second Season of the Ludic Insights Podcast, hosted by Paul Ashcroft and Garrick Jones. “What now” on the current and future trends! “What now” on the huge pivot after the global pandemic! “What now” following the impact of digital on the way we live, work and learn.  If you haven't done so already, join in, subscribe and stay tuned to explore the most influential perspectives and conversations.  #whatnow #ludicinsightspodcast #whatnowpodcast #ludicinsights About the Ludic Insights Podcast Ludic Insights is brought to you by the Ludic Group, leaders in strategy, engagement and learning. Ludic is a global consulting and design business, enabling clients to accelerate transformation, by engaging people in creating their future, across time and distance. Their award winning SmartLab digital platform and suite of tools, enable organisations to align strategically, collaborate, engage their people and deliver learning, with transformative results. The Ludic Insights Podcast is Produced by Aliki Paolinelis & Edited by Roman Pechersky 

What Now in Innovation? The new ‘What now' Ludic Insights episode is out now, with Larry Keeley, Innovation Scientist and Futurist!  What are the big trends?  What has emerged from the pandemic that we should pay attention to going forward? What are the opportunities for global innovation? How are people adapting to change? Can we be less fearful and more curious?  Listen to the podcast today!  What now?! on the current and future trends! What now?! on the huge pivot after the global pandemic! What now?! following the impact of digital on the way we live, work and learn. Hosted by Garrick Jones and Paul Ashcroft Produced by Aliki Paolinelis, edited by Roman Pechersky  If you haven't done so already, join in, subscribe and stay tuned to explore the most influential perspectives and conversations. #whatnow #ludicinsightspodcast #whatnowpodcast #ludicinsights #innovation #futurist #future 

What Now in Design Thinking? The new ‘What now' Ludic Insights episode is out now, with Paul Ashcroft & Garrick Jones in conversation with Danny Seals, expert In Design Thinking and Experience Design across Employee Experience and Innovation.  How can design thinking help us be more curious, enable us to solve challenges and create innovative experiences and products? How is design connected to culture and behaviours? How can organisations create impactful change through design? What is the role of digital into the design thinking process? Can we get the same breadth and depth of the physical construction in the digital world?  Subscribe today to find out more!  What now?! on the current and future trends! What now?! on the huge pivot after the global pandemic! What now?! following the impact of digital on the way we live, work and learn. If you haven't done so already, join in, subscribe and stay tuned to explore the most influential perspectives and conversations. #whatnow #ludicinsightspodcast #whatnowpodcast #ludicinsights 

What Now in Learning? The new ‘What now' Ludic Insights episode is out now, with Paul Ashcroft and Garrick Jones in conversation with Learning Expert David Perring, Director of Research at Fosway Group - Europe's #1 HR Industry Analysts.  What's changed in the past 12 months? What is next for Digital Learning? Have we embraced the new reality? What now for digital learning, hybrid learning and high performing teams? How do we optimise work and learning in the flow of work? Subscribe today to find out more!  What now?! on the current and future trends! What now?! on the huge pivot after the global pandemic! What now?! following the impact of digital on the way we live, work and learn. If you haven't done so already, join in, subscribe and stay tuned to explore the most influential perspectives and conversations. #whatnow #ludicinsightspodcast #whatnowpodcast #ludicinsights 

What Now?! The New Ludic Insights Podcast Series is out now with a welcome episode from the hosts, Paul Ashcroft and Garrick Jones, Ludic Co-Founders and Partners and bestselling Co-Authors of ‘ALIVE- Digital Humans and Their Organisations' and ‘The Curious Advantage!  “What now” on the current and future trends! “What now” on the huge pivot after the global pandemic! “What now” following the impact of digital on the way we live, work and learn.  If you haven't done so already, join in, subscribe and stay tuned to explore the most influential perspectives and conversations.  #whatnow #ludicinsightspodcast #whatnowpodcast  This podcast is produced by Aliki Paolinelis and edited by Roman Pechersky and Jill-Damatac Futter

Stephen Caldwell from Impress the Examiner, joins Garrick Jones & Paul Ashcroft to discuss state of the art learning in the digital world.  Impress the Examiner is helping young people achieve phenomenal results in the exams, putting them through high performance experiences to prepare, supported by a great faculty network and expert practitioners for English, Maths and Science. How do you teach children to be the best they can be and understand the rules of the exams to achieve great results?  Learn about the power of storytelling during the masterclasses, in supporting students deconstruct the exams requirements. Learn about the DIRT model - Dedicated improvement and reflection time and the implications from moving physical education to digital education and distance learning. Unlock the student’s full potential in a media reach, engaging way to achieve phenomenal results and… impress the examiner!    Subscribe now!  Join the conversation #LudicInsights   Produced by Aliki Paolinelis, Edited by John McGinty & Jill Damatac-Futter    Ludic Insights is brought to you by the Ludic Group, leaders in digital transformation. Ludic is a global consulting and design business, enabling clients to make more powerful decisions, implement and transform. Ludic enable people to transform the way they live, work and learn across time and distance. Their award-winning digital tool SmartLab and its suit of apps, enable organisations design and deliver blended or exclusively virtual experiences that accelerate decision-making & align strategically, engage their people and build capability through powerful programmes with transformative results.   For more information, visit: www.ludicgroup.com (http://www.ludicgroup.com/) www.smartlabservices.com (http://www.smartlabservices.com/)

Sybille Chrissoveloni & Vikki Stewart from DDB Worldwide, one of the world's largest and most influential advertising and marketing networks, join Paul Ashcroft and Garrick Jones to explore what is takes to connect to Digital Humans.    How do you bring the global brand idea to life in different cultures, languages and markets in a digital world? What does it mean to connect with digital humans? How do you tell your story while remaining contextually relevant and personal to every individual you are targeting? Top tips and insights on creative idea development, storytelling, omnichannel response to digital humans changing behaviours, the role of data and the future of advertising.  Subscribe now!  Produced by John McGinty & Aliki Paolinelis    Ludic Insights is brought to you by the Ludic Group, leaders in digital transformation. Ludic is a global consulting and design business, enabling clients to make more powerful decisions, implement and transform. Ludic enable people to transform the way they live, work and learn across time and distance. Their award-winning digital tools enable organisations design and deliver blended or exclusively virtual experiences that accelerate decision-making & align strategically, engage their people and build capability through powerful learning programmes with transformative results.   For more information, visit www.ludicgroup.com (http://www.ludicgroup.com/%22%20%5Ct%20%22_blank) . Join the conversation #LudicInsights  

Dina Dommett, Dean of Faculty, Hult Ashridge Executive Education joins Garrick Jones and Paul Ashcroft to talk about the importance of digital in the field and the future. Why is it important to Digitise Executive Education? What is the cornerstone of executive programmes today? Digital means easier access, personalisation, scale, speed. How critical is personalisation in learning journeys? How can we best achieve this? What does the future hold for best in class executive learning experiences?    Subscribe now to listen to this fascinating conversation.    Produced by John McGinty & Aliki Paolinelis.    Ludic Insights is brought to you by the Ludic Group, leaders in digital transformation. Ludic is a global consulting and design business, enabling clients to make more powerful decisions, implement and transform. Ludic enable people to transform the way they live, work and learn across time and distance. Their award-winning digital tools enable organisations accelerate decision-making & align strategically, engage their people and build capability through powerful blended learning, with transformative results.   For more information, visit www.ludicgroup.com (http://www.ludicgroup.com/%22%20%5Ct%20%22_blank) . Join the conversation #LudicInsights  

Digital Humans, Technology, Magic, Innovation & Inventions! Special Projects' Adrian Westaway & Clara Gaggero, join Garrick Jones and Paul Ashcroft to talk about innovating and inventing for digital humans. Their mission is to enhance the unquantifiable aspects of life through meaningful design and inventions. From think packs, mobile phone user manuals, digital and physical Lego planners to designing modern theme parks and many more! How do you integrate digital into an analogue service? What is calm technology? Will we be using more devices or spending less time with digital technology in the future? How do you use magic in design to invent for digital humans?    Subscribe now to listen to this fascinating conversation.    Produced by John McGinty & Aliki Paolinelis.    Ludic Insightsis brought to you by the Ludic Group, leaders in digital transformation and innovation. Ludic is a global consulting and design business, enabling clients to make more powerful decisions, implement and transform. Ludic enable people to transform the way they live, work and learn across time and distance. Their award-winning digital tools enable organisations accelerate decision-making & align strategically, engage their people and build capability through powerful blended learning, with transformative results.   For more information, visit www.ludicgroup.com (http://www.ludicgroup.com/) . Join the conversation #LudicInsights

Simon Brown, Chief Learning Officer at Novartis joins Paul Ashcroft and Garrick Jones, Ludic Co-Founders & Partners and authors of the book ALIVE: Digital Humans and Their Organizations to talk about the Future of Learning.  Novartis is shaping the future of learning. In this podcast they explore why learning should be the top strategic imperative for all organisations; How you deliver learning across an organisation of over 100,000 geographically dispersed people; What are the technologies that are shifting global learning - big data, VR and more!     Produced by John McGinty & Aliki Paolinelis.    Ludic Insightsis brought to you by the Ludic Group, leaders in digital transformation. Ludic is a global consulting and design business, enabling clients to make more powerful decisions, implement and transform. Ludic enable people to transform the way they live, work and learn across time and distance. Their award-winning digital tools enable organisations accelerate decision-making & align strategically, engage their people and build capability through powerful blended learning, with transformative results.   For more information, visit www.ludicgroup.com (http://www.ludicgroup.com/) . Join the conversation #LudicInsights 

Ludic Insights, Episode 10: Positive Transformation Initiative    Paul Ashcroft and Garrick Jones, authors of the book ALIVE: Digital Humans and Their Organizations & Ludic Co-Founders & Partners are joined by guest Dan Brown and Barry Matthews, to talk about the Positive Transformation Initiative, one of the most exciting initiatives going on in social mobility across the UK. Find out how the PTI is helping young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, veterans and ex-offenders to create opportunities and positively transform their future. What are the organisations that support the PTI, how can your organisation get involved and why is it so important to invest in these groups? What are the challenges and opportunities to scale this initiative fast?    Subscribe now to listen to the podcast and find out more about the Positive Transformation Initiative.    Produced by John McGinty, Jill Damatac-Futter & Aliki Paolinelis.    Ludic Insights is brought to you by the Ludic Group, leaders in digital transformation. Ludic is a global consulting and design business, enabling clients to make more powerful decisions, implement and transform. Ludic enable people to transform the way they live, work and learn across time and distance. Their award-winning digital tools enable organisations accelerate decision-making & align strategically, engage their people and build capability through powerful blended learning, with transformative results.   For more information, visit www.ludicgroup.com (http://www.ludicgroup.com/) . Join the conversation #LudicInsights   ALIVE: Digital Humans and Their Organizations is available on Kindle and paperback on Amazon and all major bookstores in store and online.

Paul Ashcroft and Garrick Jones, authors of the book ALIVE: Digital Humans and Their Organizations & Ludic Co-Founders & Partners are joined by guest Alex Matthews, Ludic Digital Design Studio Director & John McGinty, Ludic Film & Animation Studio Director to talk about Multimedia Engagement in a Digital World.    What is a world-class, digitally and globally engaged agency all about? How do you create powerful, impactful and memorable experiences with clear objectives and outputs that matter to the audiences? How do you “Show” and Inspire action? Does personalization matter? How do you make people co-authors of the story? Listen to the podcast and find out about the rising popularity of games, interactive film & animation and mixed realities as engagement and learning tools and the importance between creating active vs. passive user experiences.    Produced by Jill Damatac-Futter & Aliki Paolinelis.    Ludic Insights is brought to you by the Ludic Group, leaders in digital transformation. Ludic is a global consulting and design business, enabling clients to make more powerful decisions, implement and transform. Ludic enable people to transform the way they live, work and learn across time and distance. Their award-winning digital tools enable organisations accelerate decision-making & align strategically, engage their people and build capability through powerful blended learning, with transformative results.   For more information, visit www.ludicgroup.com (http://www.ludicgroup.com/) . Join the conversation #LudicInsights

Paul Ashcroft and Garrick Jones, authors of the book ALIVE: Digital Humans and Their Organizations & Ludic Co-Founders & Partners are joined by guest Paul Connolly, one of the UK’s leading experts on the consulting market and former Deputy CEO and Think Tank Director of the Management Consultancies Association, to discuss the Future of Consulting and specifically that of Management Consulting.  Does consulting have a future? How is digital disrupting the industry? As an advisory service it must grasp the changing dynamics and continue to create value for all sectors of the economy in new digital ways. From process consulting movement to accelerated solutions and environments to the shift in digital consulting. What is consulting 4.0? How are organisations transforming in a digital world? What are the characteristics of the future of consulting?  Hosted by Paul Ashcroft and Garrick Jones, produced by John McGinty, Jill Damatac-Futter & Aliki Paolinelis. ALIVE: Digital Humans and Their Organizations is available on Kindle and paperback on Amazon and all major bookstores in store and online. Ludic Insights is brought to you by the Ludic Group, leaders in digital transformation. Ludic is a global consulting and design business, enabling clients to make more powerful decisions, implement and transform. Ludic enable people to transform the way they live, work and learn across time and distance. Their award-winning digital tools enable organisations accelerate decision-making & align strategically, engage their people and build capability through powerful blended learning, with transformative results. For more information, visit www.ludicgroup.com (http://www.ludicgroup.com/) . Join the conversation #LudicInsights

Paul Ashcroft and Garrick Jones Authors of the book ALIVE: Digital Humans and Their Organizations & Ludic Co-Founders & Partners are joined by guest Paul Miller, award winning coach facilitator, writer and consultant, to discuss the use of digital to create meaningful alternatives and shift mindsets in today’s massively connected digital organisations. How do we get people to venture into the new digital world, where change is happening incredibly fast? What does the future we have designed looks like and what does this mean for our people? To transform our society, coaches and organisations, we need to create meaningful alternatives for ourselves as digital humans. This requires a vision, inspiring enough to make individuals truly want to see it realised and motivating enough for them to want to contribute to building it. The alternative future that a Leader is looking to create should be meaningfully better or easier than the current reality.  Hosted by Georg Seiler, produced by John McGinty and Aliki Paolinelis. ALIVE: Digital Humans and Their Organizations is available on Kindle and paperback on Amazon and all major bookstores in store and online. Ludic Insights is brought to you by the Ludic Group, leaders in digital transformation. Ludic is a global consulting and design business, enabling clients to make more powerful decisions, implement and transform. Ludic enable people to transform the way they live, work and learn across time and distance. Their award-winning digital tools enable organisations align strategically, engage their people and provide next generation learning, with transformative results. For more information, visit www.ludicgroup.com. Join the conversation #LudicInsights

Paul Ashcroft, Author of the book ALIVE: Digital Humans and Their Organizations & Ludic Co-Founder & Partner is joined by guests Rob Griffiths, performance executive coach and facilitator for business leaders and high performance athletes, Mythily Bhageerutty, expert coach & facilitator working with executives globally with a focus on work-life balance and Paul Miller, an award winning coach, facilitator, writer and consultant, to talk about Performance, Coaching and Learning in a Digital World. All learning is contextual. How important is it to provide personalised learning to each individual? How can this be achieved at scale using digital? Digital provides immense opportunities in the coaching and learning space enabling the delivery of tailored experiences with transformative results both for the business and for the individuals. Hosted by Georg Seiler, produced by John McGinty and Aliki Paolinelis. ALIVE: Digital Humans and Their Organizations is available on Kindle and paperback on Amazon and all major bookstores in store and online. Ludic Insights is brought to you by the Ludic Group, leaders in digital transformation. Ludic is a global consulting and design business, enabling clients to make more powerful decisions, implement and transform. Ludic enable people to transform the way they live, work and learn across time and distance. Their award winning digital tools enable organisations align strategically, engage their people and provide next generation learning, with transformative results. For more information, visit www.ludicgroup.com. Join the conversation #LudicInsights

Paul Ashcroft and Garrick Jones, Authors of the book ALIVE: Digital Humans and Their Organizations are joined by An Coppens, Chief Game Changer at Gamification Nation Ltd and a leading expert in gamification for learner and employee engagement to talk about gamification in the digital era and why organisations should play games. Gamification in a digital era: Is it “just a game” or a powerful tool for engagement and learning? What is gamification, how and when to use it? What do we mean by the game mechanics, aesthetics and dynamics? Digital games have become ubiquitous. Listen to some practical advice on how successful organisations apply gamification and how games are connected to the future of work and game thinking to collaboration, co-creation and learning. Is your organisation playing games or are you missing out? Hosted by Georg Seiler, produced by John McGinty and Aliki Paolinelis   ALIVE: Digital Humans and Their Organizations is available on Kindle and paperback on Amazon and all major bookstores in store and online. Ludic Insights is brought to you by the Ludic Group, leaders in digital transformation. Ludic is a global consulting and design business, enabling clients to make more powerful decisions, implement and transform. Ludic enable people to transform the way they live, work and learn across time and distance. Their award winning digital tools enable organisations align strategically, engage their people and provide next generation learning, with transformative results. For more information, visit www.ludicgroup.com. Join the conversation #LudicInsights

Join Paul Ashcroft and Garrick Jones as they discuss their principles for using digital to improve leadership and collaboration. ALIVE: Digital Humans and Their Organizations is available on Kindle and paperback on Amazon and all major bookstores in store and online. Ludic Insights is brought to you by the Ludic Group, leaders in digital transformation. Ludic is a global consulting and design business, enabling clients to make more powerful decisions, implement and transform. Ludic enable people to transform the way they live, work and learn across time and distance. Their award winning digital tools enable organisations align strategically, engage their people and provide next generation learning, with transformative results. For more information, visit www.ludicgroup.com. Join the conversation #LudicInsights

Paul Ashcroft and Garrick Jones are joined by Calum Chase (author of The Economic Singularity, Pandora's Brain, and Artificial Intelligence and the Two Singularities) to discuss how digital has the capacity to unleash human potential by connecting us to each other and providing unprecedented access to knowledge. ALIVE: Digital Humans and Their Organizations is available on paperback and ebook in all good bookstores. Ludic Insights is brought to you by the Ludic Group, leaders in digital transformation. For more information, visit www.ludicgroup.com.

Paul Ashcroft and Garrick Jones are joined by Eve Simon, the curator of the Future of Leadership Salon, to discuss how leadership is evolving in the digital age. ALIVE: Digital Humans and Their Organizations is available on Kindle and paperback on Amazon and all major bookstores in store and online. Ludic Insights is brought to you by the Ludic Group, leaders in digital transformation. Ludic is a global consulting and design business, enabling clients to make more powerful decisions, implement and transform. Ludic enable people to transform the way they live, work and learn across time and distance. Their award winning digital tools enable organisations align strategically, engage their people and provide next generation learning, with transformative results. For more information, visit http://www.ludicgroup.com. Join the conversation #LudicInsights

Paul Ashcroft and Garrick Jones are joined by David Perring, FLPI, Chief Intelligence Officer at Fosway Group, Europe’s #1 HR Analyst, to discuss how digital is being used to build organizational and personal capability at scale. ALIVE: Digital Humans and Their Organizations is available on Kindle and paperback on Amazon and all major bookstores in store and online. Ludic Insights is brought to you by the Ludic Group, leaders in digital transformation. Ludic is a global consulting and design business, enabling clients to make more powerful decisions, implement and transform. Ludic enable people to transform the way they live, work and learn across time and distance. Their award winning digital tools enable organisations align strategically, engage their people and provide next generation learning, with transformative results. For more information, visit http://www.ludicgroup.com. Join the conversation #LudicInsights

Paul Ashcroft and Garrick Jones are joined by Calum Chase (author of The Economic Singularity, Pandora’s Brain, and Artificial Intelligence and the Two Singularities) to discuss how digital has the capacity to unleash human potential by connecting us to each other and providing unprecedented access to knowledge. ALIVE: Digital Humans and Their Organizations is available on Kindle and paperback on Amazon and all major bookstores in store and online. Ludic Insights is brought to you by the Ludic Group, leaders in digital transformation. Ludic is a global consulting company that is shaping the future of work through next-generation consulting, engagement and learning. Their award winning digital tools enable organisations align strategically and solve their most complex problems in the fast changing digital era, with transformative results. For more information, visit http://www.ludicgroup.com. Join the conversation #LudicInsights