Podcasts about novoed

Join Drew Remiker, Sr. Director of Strategic Services at NovoEd, where he'll share how the pandemic altered NovoEd from a San Francisco-based office culture to a remote culture spanning 27 U.S. states and seven countries.  Topics include: How to create virtual “water cooler” spaces Celebrating diversity through education and cultural events Strategies for improved intra- and inter-team collaboration Manifesting trust, diversity, team, and innovation as values in your organization

In this conversation, I chat with Todd Moran, the Chief Learning Strategist at NovoEd about the future of learning experience. We talked about their evoloution and how NovoEd is changing the game by creating personalized learning journeys. We delved into the importance of human interaction in learning and how tech like NovoEd is using cohort-based learning to drive engagement and create a sense of community among learners. We also discussed the importance of integrating with other HR systems to streamline learning and development and improve data accuracy. We also touched on the power of storytelling in learning and how to leverage it to create more engaging and memorable experiences for learners. We also talked about the critical first steps organizations can take to get started with personalized learning and the importance of picking a critical program to start with. Overall, it was a great conversation, and I highly recommend giving it a listen if you're interested in the future of learning experiences. Show Notes: Introduction (00:00:00 - 00:01:30) Christopher and Todd introduce themselves and the purpose of the podcast They discuss how companies can better engage their employees and upskill their workforce Challenges of Traditional Learning (00:03:30 - 00:10:30) Christopher and Todd talk about the limitations of traditional learning methods and how they fail to engage employees effectively They discuss the importance of a human-centered approach to learning and development The Future of Learning (00:15:00 - 00:23:00) Christopher and Todd talk about how the pandemic has accelerated the need for digital learning solutions They discuss the importance of personalized and adaptive learning experiences The Role of Learning Experience Platforms (00:28:00 - 00:35:00) Christopher and Todd discuss the benefits of learning experience platforms (LXPs) and how they differ from traditional learning management systems (LMSs) They talk about the importance of integrating LXPs with other HR systems Overcoming Resistance to Change (00:42:00 - 00:49:00) Christopher and Todd discuss the challenges of implementing new learning technologies and overcoming resistance to change They talk about the importance of involving employees in the process and demonstrating the benefits of new technologies Measuring the Impact of Learning (00:53:00 - 01:00:00) Christopher and Todd talk about the importance of measuring the impact of learning programs and how to do so effectively They discuss the need for open data systems and the ability to integrate learning data with other HR systems --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/learningtechtalks/support

Todd Moran joins the show to talk about the social aspect of assessment including peer assessment, handling pushback from learning designers and other stakeholders, and some more effective methods of online assessments that quizzes.About Todd MoranTodd's professional career has spanned start-ups to non-profits and large multinationals, and his current role at NovoEd as the Chief Learning Strategist. From the megatrends in learning and enterprise collaboration to technology evaluation and implementation, to the ‘people' side of organisational change and talent development, he covers the gamut of understanding what it takes to enable a successful digital workplace and deep employee engagement.Todd holds a B.A. in Organisational Psychology from Middlebury College, and an M.A. in Information & Learning Technology from the University of Colorado. Key takeaways:Assessment needs to be completely relevant and incorporates socialisation. Firstly, we often miss the nature of embedding some of those assessments in the specificity of the context they should reside within. Secondly, the social aspect gives a more holistic view of assessment, that is not just individual knowledge.Consider the gradient of effort when scaling assessment across an organisation. Think about lower points of entry that still return big value when it comes to casting a net wider socially, e.g. about who could assess one's work, products, tasks, etc.Learning about work should be a team activity and we need to shift the perspective of learning designers and other stakeholders who think it's just for individuals. Ask them questions such as “how applicable is the scenario or the experience or the intervention you're designing?“, and tie in the alignment to how that individual can then perform in a work setting.Segmented time stamps:[01:54] More effective ways of online assessments[04:41] Considering the social aspect of learning[08:14] What we mean by ‘assessment'[10:46] Working with learning designers and other key stakeholders to shift their perspective[14:52] Having an education mindset[18:33] Making assessment more socialLinks from the podcast  Connect with Todd on LinkedInLearn more about NovoEdListen to NovaEd's Wildly Capable podcast Join NovodEd's free Learning Experience Design: From Ideas to Impact course  

Greg Bybee is the Co-Founder and CEO of Avela Education and the Co-Founder of PoliScribe. Greg was an early employee at NovoEd where he ultimately ran every business function from marketing to business development and customer success, and ultimately helped sell the company to Fidelity.Previously, he was a Fellow at NewSchools Venture Fund, the first product manager at Coursera, an advisor to Renren's expansion into education, the lead for VMware's vCloud Suite launch, and a strategic counselor to Fortune 500 executives at McKinsey & Company. He's also an advisor and mentor to several education organizations and tech startups, including Vendition, Veery, HiCounselor, and Rutgers UniversityAvela's mission is to increase equitable access to education. Avela offers a modern application and enrollment system for schools, districts, and mission-driven organizations, which focuses on empowering families and enabling data driven decisions.Recommended ResourcesExpanding Access to High-Quality Schools report by Center for American ProgressWho Gets What ― and Why by Alvin RothSchool District RFPs archive

In this episode, NovoEd learning leaders Todd Moran and Alex Gruhin interview Kate Berardo - Vice President, Leader Development at Meta / Facebook. Kate discusses the importance of cultural self-awareness today for the broader workforce and how to build the cultural competencies needed to thrive. She also examines why true leadership necessitates being able to lead people from a variety of different backgrounds and sheds light on the value of championing and self-coaching.

In this episode, NovoEd learning leaders Todd Moran and Alex Gruhin interview Dan Cockerell - Disney Keynote Speaker, former Vice President of Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and Disney's Hollywood Studios and the Author of "How's the Culture in Your Kingdom?: Lessons from a Disney Leadership Journey." Dan shares the techniques that he used to help employees manage unexpected events at Disney World and explores how Disney's teams collaborate cross-functionally and interdepartmentally to create seamless and magical experiences for its guests. He also examines the consequences of not giving effective feedback and its bearing on organizational culture.

This week on Advancing ALL Women, we're discussing 'How Tech Can Support Remote Work Culture and Leadership Development' with guests Denise Brouder. Founder + Head of Data & Insights, SWAYworkplace, and Todd Moran, Chief Learning Strategist, NovoEd. We'll discuss how tech is facilitating widespread changes in how our workplaces function, and how innovative digital learning solutions are changing the game in learning and development.

This week on Advancing ALL Women, we're discussing 'How Tech Can Support Remote Work Culture and Leadership Development' with guests Denise Brouder. Founder + Head of Data & Insights, SWAYworkplace, and Todd Moran, Chief Learning Strategist, NovoEd. We'll discuss how tech is facilitating widespread changes in how our workplaces function, and how innovative digital learning solutions are changing the game in learning and development.

In this episode, NovoEd learning leaders Todd Moran and Alex Gruhin interview Adam Neaman - Vice President, Learning & Development at The D.E. Shaw Group. Adam examines his alternative approach to fictional simulation-based training: "Directed Performance Support" (DPS), and how it reduces disparities between work and learning. Adam also dissects the value of sacrificing comfort for interest and challenge at work and shares his take on the relationship between knowledge transmission and knowledge creation.

In this episode, NovoEd learning leaders Todd Moran and Alex Gruhin interview Carol Sinko - Senior Vice President, Marcel Classes Global Lead at Publicis Groupe. Carol explains how Marcel's custom algorithms connect Publicis Groupe's 85,000+ employees to its learning assets and to one another, reflects on how to facilitate synchronicity and serendipity in remote work environments, and shares her take on how to make really complex concepts user friendly for optimal learning.

In this episode, NovoEd learning leaders Todd Moran and Alex Gruhin interview Rebecca Stein - Executive Director of the Online Learning Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania. Rebecca shares her take on capacity building and why social learning is so effective in developing communities of engagement and learning, as demonstrated through the GREAT (Groups for Economic Applied Thinking) and SAIL (Structured, Active, In-class Learning) programs at Penn. Rebecca also reflects on her time in basic training as part of the Israeli Defense Force and its unique connection to instructional design.

In this episode, NovoEd learning leaders Todd Moran and Alex Gruhin interview Ramzi Rahbani - Vice President of Product, Design & Engineering at ExperiencePoint. Ramzi explores the art and science of constructive pivoting and shares how lessons learned as a mechanical engineer at Rolls Royce inform his perspective on employee experience lifecycles today. Ramzi also discusses how to establish strong conditions for experimentation at work and the relationship between cultures of innovation and digital transformations.

In this episode, NovoEd learning leaders Todd Moran and Alex Gruhin interview Paul Hunter - Director of Programs and Learning Design at IMD Business School. Paul discusses the difference between transferred vs. transformed learning programs, how lessons from hostage negotiations can inform high performance leadership, and the role of unresolved grief in leadership development.

In this episode, NovoEd learning leaders Todd Moran and Alex Gruhin interview Chris Bivona - Vice President Human Resources Americas at PALFINGER. Chris explains his mantra (Global Framework, Regional Alignment and Local Flavor) and shares his take on how human capital is perceived differently around the world, informed by his work experience in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Chris also talks about the importance and value of relationships.

In this episode, NovoEd learning leaders Todd Moran and Alex Gruhin interview Max Brawer - Head of People Analytics at Twitch. Max shares how art and music inform his work as a people analyst, discusses how diversity and belonging deliver meaningful impact and explores what it means to be an anthropologist making a study of millennial workplaces today.

In this episode, NovoEd learning leaders Todd Moran and Alex Gruhin interview Brian Padilla - VP, Human Resources Business Partner at Lionsgate Entertainment. Brian explores how his background in vocal performance and music informs his leadership capabilities, shares his perspective on the evolution of hybrid and remote work in the entertainment industry, and discusses the parallels between resilience in the performing arts and in corporate life.

I am delighted to kick off Season 3 of the Learn to Grow Podcast with https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddhmoran/ (Todd Moran), Chief Learning Strategist at https://www.novoed.com/ (NovoEd). Todd is one of the industry's great thinkers, a learning professional deeply attuned to what's happening right now in the world of workplace learning and development. The conversation is filled with insights and practical tools, and includes an invitation to learn with NovoEd. In our conversation, we discuss: The role of platforms as work hubs How learning and culture are intertwined in a healthy workplace What a truly collaborative experience looks like The importance of growth mindset, resilience, and adaptability The needs behind the great resignation Putting purpose at the center of everything The upcoming (free) Learning Experience Design course starting in January 17 at NovoEd (https://www.novoed.com/resources/learning-experience-design-course/ (https://www.novoed.com/resources/learning-experience-design-course/)) To get in touch with me, https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonbehan/ (Simon Behan, reach out on LinkedIn) or email me at simon.behan@sureskills.com At SureSkills, we deliver learning services to the worlds leading technology companies and global organizations. To learn more, head over to https://www.sureskills.com/What-we-do/Learning-Services (www.SureSkills.com) or download this eBook: https://info.sureskills.com/foundations-ebook (Foundations of a Successful Learning Experience).  Thanks for listening!

Sara Stevick shares what she's learned about the transition from classroom teacher to corporate Learning and Development professional. Connect with Sara on LinkedIn! Or check out her community, Teaching: A Path to L&D here. To access the NovoEd course that she references in this episode click here. All views expressed in this episode are my own and do not represent the opinions of any entity whatsoever with which I have been, am now, or will be affiliated. Music: https://www.purple-planet.com.

This week, leadership expert and author Pete Blank takes a look at "Remote Training."  Using data supplied by Training Magazine from a survey by NovoEd, he shares some research about the value and future of remote learning...all as we make our way to the 1000th Episode of Pete's Points this Friday June 4, 2021!  This week's "By the Numbers" will include: 4 - Remote Training Survey Overview 79 - better training 80 - open up more opportunities 95 - collaboration 1000 - the 1000th episode of Pete's Points Alexa Flash Briefing

This week, leadership expert and author Pete Blank takes a look at "Remote Training."  Using data supplied by Training Magazine from a survey by NovoEd, he shares some research about the value and future of remote learning...all as we make our way to the 1000th Episode of Pete's Points this Friday June 4, 2021!  This week's "By the Numbers" will include: 4 - Remote Training Survey Overview 79 - better training 80 - open up more opportunities 95 - collaboration 1000 - the 1000th episode of Pete's Points Alexa Flash Briefing

This week, leadership expert and author Pete Blank takes a look at "Remote Training."  Using data supplied by Training Magazine from a survey by NovoEd, he shares some research about the value and future of remote learning...all as we make our way to the 1000th Episode of Pete's Points this Friday June 4, 2021!  This week's "By the Numbers" will include: 4 - Remote Training Survey Overview 79 - better training 80 - open up more opportunities 95 - collaboration 1000 - the 1000th episode of Pete's Points Alexa Flash Briefing

This week, leadership expert and author Pete Blank takes a look at "Remote Training."  Using data supplied by Training Magazine from a survey by NovoEd, he shares some research about the value and future of remote learning...all as we make our way to the 1000th Episode of Pete's Points this Friday June 4, 2021!  This week's "By the Numbers" will include: 4 - Remote Training Survey Overview 79 - better training 80 - open up more opportunities 95 - collaboration 1000 - the 1000th episode of Pete's Points Alexa Flash Briefing

This week, leadership expert and author Pete Blank takes a look at "Remote Training."  Using data supplied by Training Magazine from a survey by NovoEd, he shares some research about the value and future of remote learning...all as we make our way to the 1000th Episode of Pete's Points this Friday June 4, 2021!  This week's "By the Numbers" will include: 4 - Remote Training Survey Overview 79 - better training 80 - open up more opportunities 95 - collaboration 1000 - the 1000th episode of Pete's Points Alexa Flash Briefing

In 2019, the Business Roundtable surprised many when it declared that companies should have a purpose beyond serving shareholders—that the corporation’s goal should also be to deliver value to customers, employees, suppliers and communities. Clearly, learning and development is critical to delivering this vision: by investing in the workforce, we give our users the skills and knowledge they need to feel valued and deliver better service to customers and communities. But how do we know if our investment is working? What does successful purpose look like? Inspired by the Roundtable announcement, longtime friends of the podcast RedThread Research and I decided to try and find out in the shape of what became Season 7 of ‘Learning Is The New Working’—our attempt to answer the question, ‘Is Purpose Working?’ It should be noted Stacia and Dani had already had the purpose question under their research microscope, which gave us a great platform for our work of discovery—and leading L&D tech firm NovoEd, also fascinated by the implications for its customers of the shift to Purpose, also decided to help out by generously stepping into sponsor the work. As you’ll know, over the course of 10 episodes, comprised of a scene setter and nine interviews with purpose stakeholders across a range of industries, we really shook the trees on this one. And this week, we pull all the threads together (a word deliberately chosen, as you’ll about to hear) for a special summary discussion, ‘The Role of Purpose in Supercharging Workplace Learning,’ that forms this special final season episode, our season-capping webinar hosted by the good people over at NovoEd. Tune in now to listen to myself, Stacia and Dani, as well as NovoEd’s Director, Product & Content Marketing Declan Fox—all under the expert MC-ing of his colleague, the company’s Chief Learning Strategist, Todd Moran—walk you through what we learned over those 10 discussions, and perhaps more critically what the takeaways have to be for both global business and the L&D function as purpose becomes more and more a focus of us all, from individual team member to board. And for me personally, I now think ‘purpose’ is the fuel that L&D professionals have been looking for and will really work for our community. My reasons for thinking so include: Purpose provides meaning in a time of crisis; Purpose isn’t just branding; Purpose ≠ ‘good deeds’ alone; Purpose is fully compatible with turning a profit; It’s starting to be a real bottom-line performance metric; Purpose and the talent pipeline: a highly potent mix; The coming centrality of L&D in purpose; and much more.

In 2013, Big Four consulting firm Ernst & Young, a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and consulting services, rebranded as ‘EY.’ What maybe few of us picked up on at the time was that part of that rebrand made an explicit Purpose statement front and center: ‘Building a better working world.’ But in this, our latest ‘Is Purpose Working?’ season in collaboration with RedThread Research sponsored by edtech leader NovoEd, that was actually a hugely important internal cultural shift and pivot for the company: “By everyone knowing our purpose statement, it creates a golden thread--so no matter where you are in the world, what culture you have, whether you're a new employee or a tenured employee, what service line you're in and what work you do you come to work to do every day, we are all connected by the fact that we are all building a better working world.” Join us, then, for a deep-dive into why this global service leader adopted Purpose and how it’s helping, as well as the critical role it sees L&D in that pivot, framed as a key role in helping people become performers, colleagues, leaders—and people. Helping us understand are two excellent speakers, Tal Goldhamer, Partner and Chief Learning Officer - Americas, EY, and his colleague Jeff Stier, EY Americas Consulting Purpose & Vision Realized Leader. As ever, our investigation is aided and sharpened up by the participation of RedThread, this time Stacia flying solo: and it’s a genuinely fascinating and at times moving and personal exploration, featuring a 6th Century CE Anglo-Saxon poem, as well as: EY’s in the unique position to bring the power of a large firm to support our people on their personal journey of discovering their individual talent that they develop for themselves, their teams, their clients, their communities, and for the world
; details of how EY individuals have found Purpose through internal, L&D-led, Purpose programs
; an intriguing new concept in our Purpose journey—the idea of nested Purpose
; why the guys believe that personal purpose and personal vision and organizational purpose are part of what gives daily meaning to the work that you do daily
; how, if you want to be an organization that claims to be purpose- and vision-led, you need to be led by leaders who themselves are purpose- and vision-led—which means developing a platform and program around personal purpose and vision
; and so much more.

Does Purpose help the bottom line? It’s a fair question, surely—maybe, ultimately, the best question we can really ask ourselves in business as the idea of a move away from purely shareholder capitalism to stakeholder capitalism takes off. And while we do need to ask CEOs of Purpose-driven companies that question, perhaps the ideal community to seek a hard-nosed answer here is the VC (venture capitalist) world, for whom the conditio sine qua non of an investment has to be that it will pay back, at multiples. Luckily for us on Season 7 and all our now fast-interlocking conversations on our central question of ‘Is Purpose Working?’ is that today, we have the definitive answer: yes—in fact, it’s actually only the companies that have Purpose that end up with strong cultures and stronger outcomes. There’s a lot to take in to see why our guest, Deborah Quazzo, Managing Partner at GSV Ventures, an early stage venture capital fund investing in education and workforce technology entrepreneurs, is so convinced of that fact, but we hope we have intrigued you enough to listen in to see her logic and proof… but it’s also just such a pleasure to listen to the fusion of a deeply ethical mindset and razor-sharp thinking Deborah brings to her job. Just one example among many: her rhetorical question about why she does what she does: Is it more fun to go call on a company making breakfast cereal, or on a company that’s really trying to change people’s lives meaningfully? Deborah and her team have been active for many years disrupting the $6 trillion education technology sector, having helped amazing names like ClassDojo, Degreed, and RaiseMe, among many others, get out of the lab. Equally important to her, as you’re about to hear, is her work on the annual ASU GSV Summit: now in its 11th year, the Summit celebrates innovations and innovators across the global “preK to Gray” learning and talent landscape and this COVID, virtual year attracted a quite staggering 33,000 online attendees. So tune in now to hear how this predominantly Chicago-based ed tech sector investment ninja has been putting ‘Purpose’ as one of the ‘5 Ps’ a startup has to have before she even looks at them. Before we get started, two callouts are needed: one, to our on-going Season 7 partners, Dani and Stacia over at Purpose-driven HR advisory group RedThread Research, and most especially to our Season sponsors, ed tech luminaries NovoEd, who are just as keen as we are to find an answer to ‘Is Purpose Working?’ Don’t forget that in early 2021, the issues Deborah raises today will be under the microscope in our planned special live, online gated experience, where we will debate all the Learnings from Season 7. If you doubt that Purpose is good for capitalism, then make sure you can get in your two cents about it by locking-in your free place at the webinar. How can I do that, Chris? I hear you say. It’s easy: click on over to the special NovoEd microsite supporting the project, www.novoed.com/purpose. All done? Great—so let’s hear about VC money, Purpose, diversity and what a VC does, as well as: how Deborah sees a coming together of all parts of Education and workplace training; the emergence of knowledge as a ‘currency’; why what GSV does is not the same as what an impact fund tries to do; that significant 2019 Business Round Table statement… are we actually seeing enough action by companies? How Learning is starting (at last?) to be seen as an important weapon by corporate leaders to improve overall outcomes; her conviction that exponential growth in an ed tech company will come not just through great technology, but through diverse teams; what inspired her to get into the ed tech area; and much more.

While content has an important role in the growth and development of employees, it also requires dialogue, reflection, practice, and feedback. In other words, content needs context and collaboration. Is it possible to create that type of learning environment digitally? This was one of the biggest challenges faced by learning organizations faced in 2020 as they fought to maintain the quality of experiences while delivering them in an unfamiliar way. Now, while technology isn’t a silver bullet that makes it happen, the right tech is an important step in going digital without sacrificing quality while increasing scale and impact In this episode, Todd Moran and Juan Morán, NovoEd’s Chief Learning Strategist and Solutions Consultant, and I will be exploring the possibilities and impact of collaborative online learning and bust the myth that digital is somehow a second-class experience. We’ll also explore NovoEd and its portfolio of capabilities and discuss what it takes to engage learners, promote accountability, and strengthen and sustain learning across the enterprise. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/learningtechtalks/support

Ask today’s guest, Dan Pontefract, about his current mission and he’ll tell you, “If we want Purpose to happen, maybe we need to take a look at our thinking”—and that, “We’re not here to see through each other, we’re here to see each other through.” Sounds like we need his input into our work trying to answer our defining question for Season 7 of ‘Is Purpose Working?’ Agreed—and we do just that in today’s episode, but then we do even more: in the first of a two-half Purpose podcast, we then have a mid-Season discussion which I’ll tell you about in a second. Now, back to Dan: based in Canada (Victoria, British Columbia) Dan is a leadership strategist, author, keynote speaker and trusted advisor. After a successful career including as ‘Chief Envisioner’ and Chief Learning Officer at TELUS, a $14bn Canadian telecommunications company where he (among other things) set up a special internal TELUS MBA, a role he took on after senior roles at major tech firms such as SAP, Business Objects and BCIT, Dan then founded The Pontefract Group, which is all about building bridges between life and work. Writing for Forbes and Harvard Business Review, he’s also an adjunct professor at the University of Victoria Gustavson School of Business, and has published four books (with a fifth on the way!). And as you’re going to hear, Purpose is very much at the heart of all his recent work and thinking; he says he helps organizations and leaders become better versions of themselves, plus offers consulting to help organisations get more “collaborative, productive, engaged and purpose-driven”. We flesh this out a little bit, and also find out how: why Purpose needs to be more than ‘values on the wall’ but a working, operating behaviour guide; his idea that there are three kinds of Purpose—personal, role and organisational; why he’s convinced there’s a direct link between EBITDA and Purpose; is it the employer’s responsibility or not to help the employee find their Purpose? why Purpose is much more a realistic business deliverable after COVID than it was in 2015; and much more.Then, as noted, we pivot after the conversation with Dan to conduct a special three-way (Dani, Stacia and I) review of some recent key developments with regard to Purpose and what’s going on out there in a fast-moving COVID world right now. Before we deep dive into all that, just a reminder that, in early 2021, the issues Dan but also all our other awesome guests will get discussed in the second half over all nine episodes of the Season will have a full Level 1 Diagnostic in a special live, online gated experience where we will debate all the Learnings and problems with Purpose we’ve uncovered. Make sure you file a question if you have one real early by locking-in your free place at the webinar. How can I do that, I hear you say? So easy it’s almost insulting to a smart person like you, I answer! Just zip on over to the special NovoEd microsite supporting the project, www.novoed.com/purpose (and thanks once again to those guys for sponsoring all this work). All set? Cool—so get ready for a quick debate between me and the smart RedThread Research ladies on what we took from talking to Dan like the many levels of Purpose beyond organisational and why they need to align and his sharp linking of Purpose and Empathy, as well as external developments such as: how talk of Purpose is everywhere right now—including for the President-Elect—but will it stand the test of Time? a year on from the famous Business Roundtable statement, what’s actually happening in the real world, Purpose-wise? a critique of the September KKS Advisors Purpose audit and its methodology; where we are with possible metrics to help… if we even need them; and much more.

Wall St might not be the most obvious place to find a company with Purpose. But when we meet someone like today’s Season 7 ‘Is Purpose Working?’ podcast guest, and they say things like, “If purpose is an articulation of the reason for existence, we end up articulating something we were already living,” then—maybe we’re in the right place after all. Meet Dr Rachel Fichter, once a professional cellist and educator who now spends her days helping colleagues accelerate progress in the world by providing intelligence essential for companies, governments and individuals to “make decisions with conviction”… in other words—live out the company Purpose statement. The company in question she’s doing all this at is the world’s leading provider of credit ratings S&P Global, where she’s the 22,000-strong company’s Global Head of Talent and Leadership. What’s really interesting is that her company is also helping its customers better orient to a Purpose perspective, by creating environmental social and governance information products that help investors better evaluate companies around important metrics like climate change to social justice, as well as help clients understand where it stands with respect to those increasingly critical KPIs. On the podcast, Rachel tells RedThread Research’s Stacia Sherman Garr and I all about her journey to such a position, and why Purpose could matter for a global financial data and analytics company like S&P. So, a definite important contribution today to us gathering the inputs to try and answer our question of, ‘Is Purpose Working?’ Like me, if you’re interested in how questions around how talent management, leadership development, executive coaching, organizational development, culture, and workplace Learning factor into the Purpose discussion, then you’re definitely going to want to hear Rachel’s thoughts. Finally, another reminder that all this ‘Is Purpose Working?’ work is set to peak in a live, online gated experience where Dani, Stacia and I will debate all the Learnings from Season 7 that have come through, with inputs including today’s great discussion with Rachel. There, you will be able to get your question about anything she or our other Season 7 guests have raised—but to get your questions in nice and early, lock-in your free place at the webinar over at the special NovoEd microsite supporting the project, www.novoed.com/purpose. You good? Great—so now, let’s hear from Rachel explain how you go from the New England Conservatory to the heart of American finance, why L&D is deliberately decentralized at S&P Global, as well as: why we need to stop saying ‘talent’ (hint: is that all we value in this person?); how S&P has adopted a consciously ‘Agile’ approach to delivery these past couple of years; reimagining the performance experience and what that looks like; the importance of the 2019 Business Round Table Purpose statement to S&P’s new focus on Purpose; why there are still Purpose challenges and trade-offs; why, if Learning is now everyone’s responsibility, so is Purpose; why everything she does is like interpreting a musical composition; and much more.

As we dig deeper into answering our question ‘Is Purpose Working?’ we find that while Purpose is a very new concept for many, having a conscious organizational Purpose has been BAU for some corporations for decades. This week we meet one, which had it written down in 1960, and which specifically states that the company’s”first and foremost priority” is to contribute to human welfare. The company in question is $30bn, Ireland and Minnesota-headquartered Medtronic, the world's largest medical technology company and creator of the world’s first battery-operated pacemaker. And we also learn how, 60 years after being defined, it’s a Purpose statement that continues to serve as an ethical framework and inspirational goal for all 90,000-plus employees around the world. Explaining all this for us is the company’s Vice President, Global Learning and Leadership, Jeff Orlando. Based in Philadelphia, Jeff explains just how new he is in post—he joined the very week the company had to move into Lockdown, in March—but also how quickly he’s become part of the Medtronic family. With the help of RedThread Research, we find out just how-with those guys actually leading the debate with Jeff this time, and me joining in with a discussion at the end (well, actually the beginning this time, to keep things fresh)! As you’re about to hear, for me, and for Dani and Stacia, what makes Medtronic’s conscious sense of Purpose even more interesting than its heritage and on-going affirmation (something we get into big time in the conversation) is that it’s marked by ritual. In 1974, the company introduced a special in-house “mission and medallion ceremony” that’s now held many times a year at facilities all over the world; an employee gets to receive the medallion as a reminder of the honor and responsibility they have in fulfilling our mission. Acting as a deliberately symbolic way of bringing new employees together behind the company’s defined common purpose, could rituals like this be something other CEOs pursuing Purpose be looking at doing too? Should your Purpose statement really act like the Constitution for you over time? It’s a fascinating question—and one bound to come up, I predict, at the special ‘Is Purpose Working?’ webinar early in 2021, our live, online gated experience where we will debate all the Learnings from Season 7 that have come through, with inputs including today’s great discussion with Jeff. Make sure you can ask your question about Purpose and ceremony by locking-in today your free place at the webinar at the special NovoEd microsite supporting the project, www.novoed.com/purpose. So: all set? Great—so let’s hear about Jeff starting with our our executive summary of the conversation and how Purpose is brought up to make hard decisions, how you can’t ‘fake it’ and why Purpose isn’t just in pockets across the company, which as well as: a shared podcast participant history (Deloitte); how he sees L&D’s contribution is creating organisational capability to win in the market; how companies with a defined Purpose seem to have so much passion about it; the idea all employees are really only ever ‘stewards’ of the Mission (the Medtronic Purpose); how L&D has an important place in creating the space and time for the ceremonies that can anchor your Purpose work; how Medtronic's HR accepts the Mission is its Mission, too—but it still needs to help the company meet immediate targets; and much more.

Purpose has become more and more a key concept for modern organizations: type ‘Purpose in American business’ into Google, and you’ll get 1,740,000,000 responses, for example. But how real is it? Is it the same as CSR, or giving corporate money to a good cause? And, crucially, what’s its connection—if any—to L&D? On this special new Season on the podcast, we’re attempting to answer these and other questions about Purpose under the rubric, ‘Is Purpose Working?’ As you may know by now, we’re doing this with the help of RedThread Research and with the welcome support of an ed tech firm equally interested in finding out an answer, too—NovoEd, a developer of a collaborative online learning platform that builds high-value capabilities that result in real impact. In this second conversation in our researches, I am delighted to be joined by RedThread principal analyst Stacia Garr. Stacia proves invaluable in us both teasing out insight from someone who just might be the foremost expert on the science of purpose and fulfillment at work: consultant, VC, social entrepreneur and Seattle-based Purpose influencer Aaron Hurst. In 2014, his book ‘The Purpose Economy’ brought widespread attention to the concept of Purpose and its importance for our lives today (for me especially). Now CEO and co-founder of Imperative, a platform that connects and supports employees as peer career coaches, Aaron describes how his new venture enables video-based peer coaching conversations across organizations that drive mindset and behavior changes that increase leadership abilities, productivity, and fulfillment. It’s work that caps his famous stint as the founder of pro bono volunteer channel The Taproot Foundation, which connects talented people with non-profits—and, we hear, connects him and one of the other people on the podcast! Finally, a reminder that all this ‘Is Purpose Working?’ work is set to peak in a live, online gated experience where Dani, Stacia and I will debate all the Learnings from Season 7 that have come through, with inputs including today’s great discussion with Aaron. Be assured you will also be able to debate with us and get your question asked—but to get your questions in nice and early, lock-in your free place at the webinar over at the special NovoEd microsite supporting the project, www.novoed.com/purpose. Now let’s go, and be sure to stick around for a quick three-way debate on what Aaron told us at the end. So now, let’s hear from someone you might style the Father of Purpose, debating such key milestones of his career and thinking as: how he ended up in Seattle after ‘something of a nomadic career;' why the non-profit world he started working in frustrated him—and what he did about it; why Taproot was just a vitamin, not real nutrition; why he wrote 'The Purpose Economy' and how he’s convinced we’re in a whole new economic era fuelled by ‘meaning;' what last year’s Business Roundtable commitment to Purpose did for a lot of CEOs; and much more.

Back in August 2019, the Business Roundtable—an association of chief executive officers of America’s leading companies—said that the Purpose of American business was no longer to maximise shareholder value but to instead promote an economy that ‘serves all Americans.’ “CEOs work to generate profits and return value to shareholders, but the best-run companies do more,” stated one Roundtable member, Tricia Griffith, President and CEO of Progressive Corporation. “They put the customer first and invest in their employees and communities. In the end, it’s the most promising way to build long-term value.” A lot’s happened since then, as we all know, but multiple events over the first few months of Lockdown seems to bear out the idea that Purpose really has become front of mind for many corporations right now. So we decided to find out more—and in this special new Season on the podcast, that’s what we’ll be doing: answering (if we can) the key question, Is Purpose Working? We’re joined on our journey by the super-smart ladies of RedThread Research, who have kicked off an in-depth, on-going probe into Purpose in parallel to our show. And even better, we’re being supported by a great ed tech firm equally interested in finding out an answer, too—NovoEd. Global enterprises rely on its collaborative online learning platform to build high-value capabilities that result in real impact, with its customers working to deliver powerful, engaging learning that activates deep skill development, from leadership to design thinking and digital transformation, as well as driving measurable business outcomes. It’s also well worth knowing that the Season culminates in a live online gated experience where I will be debate all the Learnings from the Season with RedThread, and you will be able to debate with us the implications and ask your questions and get your comments heard. Secure your free place at that today, over at www.novoed.com/purpose... then listen in to this scene setter, where I and Lead ‘Threadhead’ Stacia Sherman Garr set some goals and identify core Purpose topics, such as: why ‘Why we do what we do’ seems to be the best definition of Purpose we’ve foundwhy ‘cause’ isn’t the same as Purpose; why HR needs to get more involved when it comes to Purpose; some hints on some of the amazing writers, thinkers, venture capitalists and stakeholders coming on the Season; why are people coming together to work? the need to look at all the axes Purpose affects—leadership, people and systems; a new concept: the stake-giver; a quick progress report on RedThread’s ongoing Purpose research exercise; what Purpose in a Pandemic looks like; and much more.

Invest Alongside Boston's Top Angels in Our Syndicates: Click to Learn More Which Founding Teams Succeed? Are Founders Born or Made? Can Innovation Be Crowdsourced? How Many Jobs Do MIT & Stanford Add to the Economy? Blockchain for the Supply Chain? Chuck Eesley, Stanford's Startup Prof Addresses These Questions and More. Highlights include: Introduction Professor Charles Eesley Bio The Traumatic Founding Experience Shivang Dave, PlenOptika & Entrepreneurs in Poor Countries How Chuck Eesley Ended Up at MIT Studying with Ed Roberts The Economic Impact of MIT & Stanford: Millions of Jobs Created & Trillions in Economic Activity “And the other big takeaway is that we had been looking at the impact of these universities in too narrow of a way previously.” Robust Finding: Larger Teams Do Better; Startups Tend to Have Teams that Are Too Small Chuck Gets a Great Idea for Research While Hiking with a Friend Cooperative vs. Competitive Commercialization “…, if the industry is high in the effectiveness of patent protection, and high in the importance of complementary assets ... you're motivated to go and talk to the big guys, because you need their complementary assets…” “…low effectiveness of patent protection, low importance of complementary assets, that's where you tend to get competitive commercialization…” “Are You Experienced, or Are You Talented?” Sal Talks About the Impact of Portfolio Company Concrete Sensors Evidence-based Entrepreneurship Blockchain to Make it Easier to Finance Supply Chains “And with that additional data, then we can also start to optimize more and more of the startup process, and do a better job of picking which ventures to invest in, and to devote resources towards.” The Value of Thrift in Life and in Entrepreneurship Chuck & Family Plan to Give Their Money to the Universities that Made Their Success Possible “So, I think it [thrift] is an underappreciated value. And definitely in Silicon Valley…” Early Google Investor David Cheriton Is a Role Model for Chuck Chuck’s Parting Thoughts: (1) Entrepreneurs Can Change Their Luck, (2) If Chuck’s Projects Interest You, Reach Out, and (3) Be Frugal in Life and in Entrepreneurship.

Александр Волобуев, руководитель направления дистанционного обучения и методологии группы компаний "Деловые Линии", в гостях у Евгении Посуховой и LX talks 00:39 - Как стал руководителем направления дистанционного обучения и методологии? 06:58 - Какие минусы есть в профессии разработчика курсов? 08:48 - Как преодолеть сложности профессии новичку? 09:31 - Как обучать водителей с помощью электронных курсов? 14:46 - Какие проекты интересно разрабатывать, а какие нет? 16:54 - Полезны ли конференции? 18:10 - Как проходит рабочий день? 20:52 - Как повышаешь квалификацию? 23:01 - Какой есть рецепт продуктивности? 25:03 - В каких местах можно искать идеи для обучения? 26:15 - Что вдохновляет в работе? 27:22 - Как ты строишь траектории? 33:44 - Из чего состоит траектория обучения? 34:53 - Как вы работаете с аналитикой? 26:14 - Над чем ты сейчас экспериментируешь? 38:17 - Для чего одновременно использовать iSpring, Articulate и CourseLab? 40:31 - Как персонализировать портал обучения? 41:34 - Какие есть увлечения помимо работы? 43:48 - Кем бы работал, если бы не работал в сфере обучения? 44:06 - Рубрика: завтрак эксперта 44:46 - Кому и почему подарил 600 книг? 47:30 - ТОП рекомендуемых книг 48:31 - Зачем нужны Mental cards? 49:51 - Самый лучший совет новичкам и профессионалам: изучайте теорию систем! --- Ссылки из беседы: Курсы edX - https://www.edx.org/ Курсы Coursera - https://www.coursera.org/ Агрегатор курсов Class central - https://www.class-central.com/ Курс NovoEd. Foundations of Learning Experience Design https://learn.novoed.com/#!/courses/learning-experience-design-10/home Pomodoro - https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B0 BPMN нотация построения бизнес-процессов - https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/BPMN Таксономия Блума - http://wp.wiki-wiki.ru/wp/index.php/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%8F_%D0%91%D0%BB%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B0 Total Productive Management - https://www.leanproduction.com/tpm.html Карты Mental Notes - https://medium.com/mental-notes/7bbb96465500 Книги: Андрей Курпатов. Троица. Будь больше самого себя - https://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/145671991/ Келли МакГонигал. Сила воли. Как развить и укрепить - https://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/8243294/ Выступление Келли МакГонигал на TED https://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend?language=ru Эрик Бертран Ларссен. Без жалости к себе. Раздвинь границы своих возможностей - https://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/34448769 --- Контакты гостя: Александр Волобуев https://t.me/AleksVolobuev alexandrvolobuev86@gmail.com

Мария Болотская, руководитель отдела развития Павловской гимназии, в гостях у Евгении Посуховой и LX talks 00:50 - Как начался путь в сфере обучения? 02:23 - В чем специфика работы в сфере корпоративного, академического обучения? 06:04 - Как управлять командой педдизайнеров? 09:50 - Как использовать принцип самолетной маски в работе с командой? 10:56 - Из каких сфер прийти в онлайн обучение и с чего начать? 16:37 - Что было полезного в курсе NovoEd "Foundations of Learning Experience Design"? 20:15 - С чего начать курирование контента в компании? 24:28 - Чем интересна сфера eLearning с точки зрения профориентации старшеклассников? 28:00 - Готовят ли вузы специалистов eLearning и как быть современным преподавателем? 32:34 - Какие самые любимые проекты? 34:56 - Как быстрее сделать курс на английском и не только? 38:06 - Что вдохновляет в работе? 40:52 - В чём секрет wow-курса? 43:59 - Как повышать квалификацию в eLearning и профориентации? 48:46 - Как планировать рабочий день? 50:53 - Какие привычки помогают? 53:50 - Кем бы стала, если бы не специалистом в обучении? 55:21 - Что такое shift и drift в выборе профессии и какие навыки развивать? 59:43 - Что ты ешь на завтрак? 1:00:52 - Самый лучший совет! --- Ссылки из беседы: Джули Дирксен, Искусство обучать - https://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/28330890/ Елена Тихомирова, Живое обучение - https://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/136540688/ Курс NovoEd. Foundations of Learning Experience Design https://learn.novoed.com/#!/courses/learning-experience-design-10/home Wunderlist - https://www.wunderlist.com/ru/ Smartreading - https://www.smartreading.ru/ --- Контакты гостя: Мария Болотская https://www.facebook.com/maria.bolotskaya

In a recent survey the majority of creative people said that they were self taught. Less that 17% said that teachers had played a major role in developing their creativity. How can we best teach creativity? Follow: @coolcatteacher @bamradionetwork #edtechchat #edchat #edtech Amin Saberi is co-founder of NovoEd and a professor at Stanford University. His research focuses on the intersection of computer and social sciences and he is co-director of Social Algorithms Lab. Anne Trumbore directs design and implementation for online classes offered on NovoEd. She has taught in, and designed curricula for, online environments at Stanford since 2004 where she developed innovative interactive teaching techniques.