It’s all about ME

We get requests for people to be on Women Talking About Learning and truly welcome the opportunity to encourage more women to speak about topics they have a passion about. And then the process gets hijacked. We’ll get an email from someone wanting to propose their boss; we say, ‘Yeah, but these are the topics.’… Read More It’s all about ME

Have your say

As I tell guests when we record, Women Talking About Learning is probably my favourite thing to do in L&D. Hearing smart women say smart things is always an opportunity worth seizing, more so when the guests are new. Twice a year we open the podcast up for new guests. This is one of those… Read More Have your say

Pushing back

I’ve been against video podcasts for ages; the editing, production, and distribution all take more than an audio-only podcast. But. There is a significant move towards video podcasts now and an expectation that video needs to be part of the offer. This means a big change in a lot of the work that I might… Read More Pushing back

Competitive advantage

I read an interesting report from Acast last week about the female future of podcasting. Many people will read this report and take away a simple message: There are fewer female podcast hosts than male ones. That is true but is also the least interesting part – the more useful reading is that listeners are… Read More Competitive advantage

Behind the Mic

I am incredibly lucky sometimes. Jo Cook asked me to lead a session at the TJ60 event in London last week and gave me the chance to turn it into a podcast episode. Laura Overton, Kirsty Lewis and I spent an hour talking about what’s changed in L&D over the decades and what hasn’t. I… Read More Behind the Mic