Apr 14
L&D at the AI Table: Shaping Strategy, Not Just Providing the Training with Simon Brown
In this episode, Simon Brown takes us inside his role as Global Learning & Development Leader at EY, sharing how he sits at the table shaping the organisation’s AI agenda rather than just delivering training. We explore how L&D can move from a support function to a strategic driv ... Show More
41m 29s
Mar 31
Influence, Evidence and Building High-Impact L&D with Hillary Miller
In this episode, Hillary Miller takes us behind the scenes of scaling L&D across a complex healthcare system. She discusses how she adapted team structures to meet the needs of hospitals, outpatient services, and physician networks, and how she identified what was working and wha ... Show More
48m 18s
May 2025
Creating a Ripple Effect: Leadership, Culture, and Joy with Lisa Even
In this episode of the Daily Mastermind, host George Wright III interviews Lisa Even, a speaker and coach who specializes in leadership and culture. Lisa discusses her journey from a challenging upbringing to becoming a successful leader in the healthcare industry. She emphasizes ... Show More
59m 34s
Feb 2025
When Hiring, Emphasize Skills Over Degrees
The best leaders know that a person’s skillset and their willingness to learn are more important than the degree they have. Ginni Rometty, former Chair and CEO of IBM, understands this deeply. She spearheaded a company-wide shift to skills-based hiring and development during her ... Show More
31m 36s
Oct 2025
Podcast 223: Beyond learning – Mobilising L&D for organisational change
Organisations face constant and increasingly complex change, making it critical to bring people along on the journey. But can L&D play a more proactive role in enabling successful transformation by fostering buy-in, anticipating resistance, and building change capability? How can ... Show More
32m 13s
Oct 2024
Building a Skills-Based Organization with Paul Kent
In this special mini-episode of Leading Up, host Kelly Schwarze highlights key takeaways from the Udemy Forward 2024 virtual event. This episode features advice from Paul Kent, the senior L&D manager at PepsiCo, about how best to leverage skills-based practices to boost employee ... Show More
11m 6s
Jan 2025
How AI is Transforming Human Resources with John Kannapell, CYPHER Learning
<p>Discover the transformative power of artificial intelligence in HR as we explore how generative AI is reshaping the workplace. <br/><br/>The guest this time is John Kannapell, President, COO and Board Member at <a href='https://www.cypherlearning.com/'>CYPHER Learning</a>, a c ... Show More
23m 59s
Mar 2025
How to Separate Passion from Pressure
Can social conditioning, past experiences, and external pressure affect the way we explore figuring out our Sparketype? Or, for that matter, any metric we might look to, as a way to help figure out what drives us? And how do we turn down the volume on social conditioning and perc ... Show More
41m 46s
Measuring impact is notoriously difficult but without it, our profession cannot progress, and we won’t fulfil our potential. There is a huge role for Learning & Development in the upskilling and reskilling efforts required to plug the skills gap, but we won’t do that without holding ourselves accountable for actual impact. In this episode - and first in a mi ... Show More
