515 — Is performance the real cause of burnout?
Sep 29, 2026
Most advice on burnout focuses on workload, stress and work-life balance. But what if the real cause is the act we put on at work? And if it is, what does that mean for an industry built on improving performance?
In this week's episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast, Ross G and Gemma are joined by Rabih El Khodr, keynote...
514 — Learning design was never about building courses
Sep 22, 2026
AI can build a course in minutes. That should be the best news our industry has had in years. Instead, a lot of teams are skipping what really matters: working out what the problem is, and checking whether anything changed.
In this week's episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast, Ross G and Cammy Bean are joined by Tim...
513 — Articulate goes all in on AI: our reaction
Sep 15, 2026
Articulate's latest product release puts AI at the heart of it's strategy. What does this mean for learning designers?
In this week's episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast, Ross G flies solo to react to Articulate's Articuland announcement, unpacking what Frontline, Nova, and the platform's pivot toward operational teams...
512 — Learner enthusiasm, AI tutors, and a neuromyth that won't die
Sep 8, 2026
What research papers did you read while lounging by the pool this summer?
In this week's episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast, Ross D is joined by Claire and Dr Anna to review three studies that have caught our attention over the last few months.
Anna's pick was Vestner and colleagues' 'A dyadic training to...
511 — L&D at scale: How do you support 750,000 people?
Sep 1, 2026
Training one person is hard. Training 750,000 people, in more than 80 countries, spread across frontline shifts, event security and executive teams, is a different problem entirely.
In this week's episode of The Mindtools L&D Podcast, Ross G and Claire Gibson are joined by Brent O'Bryan, Senior Vice President of Global...