The L&D Challenges Podcast

In this interview, Adam chats with Stephen Holderness, Content and Digital Learning Lead at AO. 

Stephen leads the transformation of their digital learning offer and has driven engagement in digital learning to record numbers by aligning it to the values of the business as well as the people in it.

In this episode, Adam and Stephen discuss:
  1. The power of using different modalities to increase engagement with learning in L&D
  2. The importance of speaking with employees doing the learning helps you to provide what's needed. 
  3. The L&D journey AO has gone on over the last five years.
  4. What has worked well, what hasn't, and what the team has learned.
  5. How to support a multi-faceted business that's also growing rapidly!
  6. How to move towards a more learner-led culture.
  7. Stephen's top tips for anyone starting in L&D right now including being bullish and market, market, market. 

What is The L&D Challenges Podcast?

Welcome to the L&D Challenges podcast series.

If you are in Learning and Development, HR, Talent, or Organisation Development, this is the podcast for you.

The L&D Challenges podcast is a candid look at L&D today. It focuses on real-life practitioners solving real issues in learning and staff development.

In Series 1, we interview ten L&D movers and shakers who shared with us how they think about engagement and impact with their learning interventions.

The guests in this first series range from senior L&D professionals at global corporates like Ricoh, Continental, and EDF to solo L&D practitioners in fast-growing organisations. Each tackles the problem of how we best train and retain talent and maximise the business impact of L&D.

We thought we’d get a few friendly tips and tricks from these interviews about increasing engagement in learning and measuring impact. In reality, we learned so much more and think you will too.