TalentLMS presents: Keep It Simple
Un-complicating what makes a
winning workplace
L&D, people management, organizational design.
Complicated? They don’t have to be.
Join us as we pursue simplicity and challenge the experts to cut through the noise of a complex business world.
Together, we’ll unpack what makes the workplace actually work, from A.I., to upskilling, to consolidating your people culture, and more.
After all, everything works better when you Keep it Simple.
FEATURED EPISODE
The future of workplace training in 2025
The future of workplace training is here—so how can L&D pros prep for new challenges on the horizon? Brent Skinner, future of work expert, joins to reveal what to expect in the new year and beyond. Informed by the past, we’ll explore learning in the flow of work, how to unify silos, and why in the age of breakneck technology, age-old human skills are more in demand than ever. Bonus: key insights from TalentLMS’s annual training benchmark report.
December 4, 2024 • 31 min.
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People Management | Learning & Development
What most leaders get wrong—and how to do it right
What’s the secret that separates an accidental manager from an inspiring leader who uplifts the workplace? We sit down with trailblazing former Deloitte Exec and Leadership Coach, Neena Newberry, to unravel the biggest myths holding future leaders back—and how to avoid falling into the same traps. Discover why more training isn’t always the answer, and how to deliver feedback that lands.
November 20, 2024 • 31 min.
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Learning & Development
L&D Stories from the Field
Excessive employee turnover, looming deadlines, and tight budgets. Common business challenges that great L&D programs can tame. In this special episode, we hear first-hand from training trailblazers Kim Bellini and Randy Schumacher, both TalentLMS Training Excellence Awards recipients. We cover the unique ways that L&D can be your business’ biggest champion, learn their secrets to an effective training program, and uncover how they go about proving L&D’s true potential to the C-suite.
November 6, 2024 • 34 min.
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People Management | Learning & Development
Supercharging your workplace learning culture
A strong learning culture fuels knowledge sharing and personal development. But how? Andy Lancaster, CLO of Reimagine People Development and award-winning author, helps us uncover the path to creating a workplace where employees are inspired to own their growth journey. Plus: from NASA to deep-sea whales, we look at the power of community learning and how it will transform today’s workplaces.
October 23, 2024 • 31 min.
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People Management | Learning & Development
The building blocks of successful employee reskilling
Is reskilling the solution to the rapid decline in skill longevity? If so, how can both organizations and employees flip negative mindsets to ones of curiosity and optimism? Boston Consulting Group MD, Sagar Goel, reveals his strategies to combat a progressive skill deficit and win the game of talent. Plus: Goel gives SMBs his top tips to keep their employees’ skills current.
October 9, 2024 • 38 min.
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People Management | Learning & Development
Mastering a growth mindset and cultivating it in your workforce
How can we escape the fear of failure and celebrate experimentation rather than just the result? In this special episode, Nikhil Arora, CEO of Epignosis, the parent company of TalentLMS, shares his tips on how to commit to a growth mindset in both personal and professional life. He opens up about the importance of depersonalizing failure and why he thinks vulnerability is an essential leadership quality. We also learn what organizations can do to keep a culture of consistent learning alive. Plus we reveal TalentLMS’s latest research into the benefits of a growth mindset and their impact on training.
September 25, 2024 • 34 min.
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People Management | Learning & Development
Training teams in a hybrid world
Are we witnessing the end of in-person training in real time? And why is the best learning content similar to the conversations we have with our friends? Gary Cookson, L&D expert, author, and consultant, joins us to answer these questions and more. We dive into what training in the hybrid workplace means for L&D pros, the importance of building social ties into learning, and why the model calls for a more personalized learning experience than ever before.
September 11, 2024 • 31 min.
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People Management | Learning & Development
The benefits of a multigenerational workforce
Is the secret to embracing business change an all-age workforce? And what are the skills that Gen Z need to outpace AI? We get the answers with generational expert, historian, and business advisor, Dr. Eliza Filby. Plus, we talk declining attention spans and their effect on training, whether age-based stereotypes hold any truth, and why we need to rehumanize ourselves at work.
August 28, 2024 • 31 min.
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People Management | Learning & Development
Championing L&D’s true value: Making learning a business priority
How can L&D overcome the 3 biggest challenges facing companies today? Why’s L&D failing to get approval from the C-suite? Dr. Keith Keating, the award-winning author of “The Trusted Learning Advisor” joins us to answer these questions. Plus, we cover how to create a culture where L&D’s value isn’t just a number, and the critical importance of positioning yourself one step ahead of tech trends.
August 14, 2024 • 32 min.
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People Management | Learning & Development
Hiring from within: The abundant talent that’s under your nose
What’s the number one strategy to tap existing skills—without spending on outside help? And are you overlooking internal talent? Edie Goldberg, consultant to Fortune 500 companies, HR expert, and author of The Inside Gig, joins us to share some insightful truths about the world of internal mobility. Together we cover what goes into creating successful pathways for your people.
July 31, 2024 • 33 min.
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Learning & Development
Hitting the mark: How to create top-tier training
What are the 5 key elements of relevant training? And what’s the 1 training metric that could lose L&D pros their jobs? In this episode we invite L&D consultant, Instructional Designer, and fellow podcaster, Dr. Heidi Kirby to share her experience and give us actionable advice on course creation.
July 17, 2024 • 34 min.
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Learning & Development
Generative AI in L&D and the evolution of eLearning
What does the surge of generative AI mean for the future of L&D? And how will the roles of L&D pros be reimagined in response? Season two of ‘Keep it Simple’ kicks off with Director of Paradox Learning, AI strategist, and eLearning expert, Stella Lee.
Season 1
February 28, 2024 • 25 min.
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People Management | Learning & Development
Unlocking Gen Z’s potential in the workplace
What are the biggest truths and misconceptions about Gen Z in the workforce? How can managers adapt their leadership style to play to the strengths and weaknesses of the next generation? We talk to Forbes contributor and generational expert, Mark Perna, to examine how businesses can make the most out of a multi-generational workforce, why Gen Z is the ‘benchmark’ generation, and how to attract and retain the talent of tomorrow.
February 14, 2024 • 34 min.
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People Management | Learning & Development
Power Skills to Future-proof Your Teams
What are the 3 power skills every professional needs for the future? How do the human skills employees build in their personal lives benefit the workplace? Educational expert and author Dr. Michelle Weise explains how rapid technological innovation is demanding a change in the way we approach learning and work.
January 31, 2024 • 38 min.
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People Management | Learning & Development
Defining & Decoding Company Culture
What is company culture? Is it ping-pong tables and perks? Is it the values we talk about internally? Or is it the way the company works “on a random Tuesday in October”? With experience at Disney, Nike, and Google, Talent Exec, Andre Martin joins the discussion. Join us and find out why authenticity and intention lie at the heart of a consistent culture.
January 17, 2024 • 36 min.
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People Management | Learning & Development
Reclaiming Control of our Digital Lives
Can we get smarter with the devices we always have with us? And, do workplaces have the responsibility to help their employees become more intentional with the technology they use? Alongside CEO of the Digital Wellness Institute, Amy Blankson, we’ll cover the simple strategies that can make our tech habits more deliberate and mindful.
December 20, 2023 • 37 min.
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Organizational Design | People Management | Learning & Development
Empathy and Inclusivity in the Workplace
What does it mean for an organization to be truly inclusive? How can you confront biases and become an active ally without causing conflict? We sit down with Dr. Poornima Luthra, an author, academic, educator, and consultant. From the hiring process to the c-suite to the lunch room, we look at ways we can challenge day-to-day biases we might not even be aware of to create an environment that works for everyone.
December 6, 2023 • 40 min.
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Organizational Design | People Management | Learning & Development
Preparing for the AI-powered workplace
What’s on the horizon beyond ChatGPT? How can you prepare for AI-led digital transformation? We sit down with Ronald Ashri to discuss everything from employee privacy to rethinking how teams are trained and emerging new AI-related roles (prompt engineers?!). Join us as we skip the speculation and get stuck into the concrete considerations organizations should take into account when adopting new AI tools.
November 22, 2023 • 34 min.
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People Management | Learning & Development
Navigating non-linear career paths
What can a jack of many trades bring to the table? Join us as we explore why ‘squiggly line’ careers are great news for both employees and employers. Alongside Rusty Rueff, who boasts experience under Obama, at Pepsi-Co, and as Glassdoor Board Director, we’re explaining what companies stand to gain from letting employees grow in a non-linear direction, instead of simply waving goodbye. Plus: Why matching skills to roles, not past job titles, is your best hiring strategy.
November 8, 2023 • 30 min.
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Organizational Design | Learning & Development
Design Thinking in the Workplace
Is Design Thinking key to innovative ideas and solutions at work? What does empathy have to do with creative problem-solving? And can thinking visually help us communicate well with our colleagues? We’re talking to Karen Hold, co-author of “Experiencing Design: The Innovator’s Journey”. Together, we’ll explore the need to embrace the ambiguity of problems, the four big questions, and how data-driven decisions don’t always pay off.
October 25, 2023 • 30 min.
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Learning & Development
Power Up Training with Interactive Content Design
How can we make sure employees are active and engaged during training? It’s time to elevate our learning game. We talk with Karl Kapp, Gamification and Instructional Design expert, professor at Bloomsburg University, and TEDx speaker. Karl reveals the secrets behind crafting effective, meaningful, and interactive content design for businesses big and small.
October 11, 2023 • 30 min.
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Organizational Design | People Management | Learning & Development
Squads, Scrums and Spotify
How can autonomous squads and agile principles unleash the potential of our teams and help businesses scale? We chat to Henrik Kniberg, the coder-turned-consultant, who’s coached teams at Minecraft, Lego and Spotify. Henrik takes us behind the scenes of Spotify’s early days when the start-up dared to implement agile strategies at scale. We also break down how leaders can stop micromanaging and actually lead, and explore how businesses can adopt new ways of working.
September 27, 2023 • 30 min.
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Organizational Design | People Management
Defying Distance with Distributed Teams
We sit down with Darren Murph who’s been preaching the benefits of borderless offices for almost two decades, earning him the moniker ‘Oracle of Remote Work’. Together, we cover everything from the tools that improve async work to how workplace culture is teetering on the verge of a seismic shift. Plus: Darren’s top tips on the traits leaders need to succeed in transitioning to a remote-working future.
