506 — Is your AI companion a colleague or rival?
Jul 28, 2026
If you're rolling out AI licenses, how do you get people to use them? For AI learning designer Emily Valencia, there are two key requirements: that people can experiment safely, and that they can share results with others.
In this week's episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast, Ross D and Matt meet with Emily to...
505 — Are your managers killing your AI strategy?
Jul 21, 2026
There are at least four factors that influence the success of AI adoption in your organization: training your people, clarity of compliance guidance, how people are rewarded, and the influence of managers. In this week's episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast, we're exploring the last of these.
In his book, Leading with...
504 — Becoming a skills-based organization
Jul 14, 2026
In this week's episode, Cammy and Gemma are joined by skills expert Koreen Pagano to unpack the rise of skills-based organizations.
We discussed:
- What...
503 — The Eras Tour: Part 4 (AI takes over)
Jul 7, 2026
In the final part of our 500th anniversary 'Eras Tour' retrospective, we conclude by saying farewell to our human co-workers and embracing the technology that will ultimately destroy us all: Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Ross G and Dr Anna B are joined by our most frequent guest of all time, Donald H Taylor, to...
502 — The Eras Tour: Part 3 (The hybrid period)
Jul 1, 2026
If the pandemic years saw the office become a 'blank space', the hybrid era gradually witnessed that space fill up again through return-to-office mandates.
In this week's episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast, Rob Baker joins us to continue our 'Eras Tour'. We discuss:
- how the pandemic created an opportunity for 'job...