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Listen "L&D Life Hacks 2: 9 Lessons On Collaboration, Storytelling And Strategy | L&D Disrupt Live | Episode 49"
Episode Synopsis
Give us one hour, and we’ll give you insights from decades of L&D experience!
L&D Life Hacks are back!
Taking the proven lessons from our expert panel and framing them in a way you can apply every day.
From the reframing you need to collaborate effectively, to how you manage the short and long-term L&D vision, and much more.
Meet our experts
👋 Lauren Scholtz, Learning and Development Manager at Humanforce.
👋 Neil John Cunningham, Founder and Learning & Development Solutions Director at Align Learn Do
👋 Sam Allen, Head of Learning and Performance at Insightful People.
Running order
0:00 Intro to the show
1:00 1. Reframe learning requests as hypotheses to test
6:05 2. Bring stakeholders into Learning Experience Design
10:32 3. Let people teach you what they know - then steal it
18:31 4. Accept that going slow is sometimes how you will go fast
20:00 5. Start small and go large
31:47 6. Talk to your stakeholders about their business, not about learning/training
39:38 7. Get comfortable with business data
44:45 8. Become a good data storyteller
49:56 9. Think medium
How to connect
Download your FREE Death of the LMS guide: https://try.gethownow.com/death-of-lms-guide
Find Lauren on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenscholtz/
Find Neil on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neiljohncunningham/
Find Sam on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samallenlearning/
Find Gary on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-stringer-copywriter/
L&D Life Hacks are back!
Taking the proven lessons from our expert panel and framing them in a way you can apply every day.
From the reframing you need to collaborate effectively, to how you manage the short and long-term L&D vision, and much more.
Meet our experts
👋 Lauren Scholtz, Learning and Development Manager at Humanforce.
👋 Neil John Cunningham, Founder and Learning & Development Solutions Director at Align Learn Do
👋 Sam Allen, Head of Learning and Performance at Insightful People.
Running order
0:00 Intro to the show
1:00 1. Reframe learning requests as hypotheses to test
6:05 2. Bring stakeholders into Learning Experience Design
10:32 3. Let people teach you what they know - then steal it
18:31 4. Accept that going slow is sometimes how you will go fast
20:00 5. Start small and go large
31:47 6. Talk to your stakeholders about their business, not about learning/training
39:38 7. Get comfortable with business data
44:45 8. Become a good data storyteller
49:56 9. Think medium
How to connect
Download your FREE Death of the LMS guide: https://try.gethownow.com/death-of-lms-guide
Find Lauren on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenscholtz/
Find Neil on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/neiljohncunningham/
Find Sam on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samallenlearning/
Find Gary on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-stringer-copywriter/
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