The TJ Podcast

Looking to the future: what does 2022 hold for organisations, their leaders and people?

Questions under discussion:

What do these changes mean to organisations and their people and how are we changing the way we manage people and processes as a result?

What skills will we need in this need 21st century workplace and how do we ensure people are engaged in a fast-paced learning journey as skills are likely to continue to change at speed?

What role will technology play in this new environment and how confident are L&D professionals in meeting these new demands for skills and managing a range of complex learning tools?

Speakers

Jon chats to the founder of the Extraordinary Training Company, Jane Rennie, about Scotland, resilience, hospitality, train the trainer and much much more. 

Kate, Jo and Jon discuss innovation myths, acquisitions, languishing, the 2040 office and more. Andrew Jacobs joins to talk about his podcast, 'Women talking about learning'. It's the last regular podcast with these three presenters! Don't miss out.

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Jon talks to employment lawyer Hannah Ford about furlough, workplace tensions and the way to keep a disparate workforce together.

Jon talks to CEO of Doodle Renato Profico about careers in tech, research into workplace meetings and more.

Why has a man set up a podcast for women talking about learning? Andrew Jacobs is here to tell us. 

Alison Jones from Practical Inspiration Publishing talks all things business book-related. Best practice, writer's block, self publishing, crazy book challenges and more. 

Jon, Jo and Kate chew the fat over some great content, a sprinkling of acquisitions news and a future personnel change at TJ. Vitality's Judy Parfitt discusses their recent report into hybrid working in partnership with the RSA.

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Jon talks to Steve Knapp of Plan.Grow.Do about skills for modern selling. They talk trends, strategy, future-proofing ideas and more. 

Vitality Chief People Officer Judy Parfitt joins Jon to look at the findings from the Healthy Hybrid Working report, an insight collaboration between her company and the RSA. 

Jon talks to Amanda Simpson from SVC Solutions about mentoring, leadership, management and a whole lot more.

Jon and Phil Friedman, CEO of CGS, look at the state of AR in 2021. What's new, what's better and how companies are using it.

Jon talks to Noorie Sazen from Saffron Interactive about their work on resilience and mental wellbeing with Transport for London. It's a project that started a few yearas back but is more important than ever. Tune in. 

Jon talks to sleep and stress expert Dr. Nerina Ramlakhan, about, well, just that. If you're reading this late at night, go to bed would you?

Jon talks to Joanne Lockwood, CEO of See Change Happen, a practice providing equality, diversity and inclusion services to businesses.

Jon and Kate talk new jobs and M&As, and then Jo joins to discuss some of our content from the month: social anxiety, side hustles and bullying are all on the agenda. 

Jon chats to Jo Rawbone, founder of Flourishing Introverts, about, well, being an introvert, and how talent management and teamwork can get the best out of different personality types.

Jon chats to Chris Hadfield about the idea of the film crew model; taking the principles of a film or TV set and applying them to team dynamics in business. Sound interesting? Have a listen.

Jon talks to Career Masterclass CEO Bukola Adisa about the need for more BAME women in the workplace, how you can take control of your career and why she's hopeful for the future. 

Jon talks to Joel DiGirolamo of the ICF about all things coaching: science, skills, communication, accreditation, you name it.

Jon, Jo and Kate discuss all things L&D, podcast, new job, and digital skills-related while Dr Curt Friedel swings by to talk to us about problem solving and team work. Jon clearly got some new sound effects for his birthday too. Humour him.

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Jon talks to Virginia Tech's Dr. Curt Friedel about problem solving and why a team of diverse thinkers sometimes isn't the way forward. 

Peak Indicators Technical Director Tony Heljula talks to Jon about where HR meets data science, and why that's important.

Jon talks to Personio CEO Hanno Renner about role models, leading teams through tough times and more.

Jon, Jo and Kate tuck into a few stories and content pieces from the last two or three weeks, and TJ's editor-in-chief signs off with an exit interview.

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Jon talks to Debbie Carter, outgoing editor-in-chief of TJ, about her past, present and future.

Jon, Jo and Kate discuss the career of a TJ legend, some of the recent content on site, plus a few recent news stories of partnerships and 9-Grids. Plus - AstraZeneca's Brian Murphy tells us about the company's Learning Trial, and how increased media scrutiny doesn't really affect his work. 

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Jon talks to Brian Murphy, Global Head of Learning & Enterprise Capabilities at AstraZeneca, about learning effectiveness, storytelling, data and the recent Learning Trial.

Jon talks to Burn the Sky's Rob Thurner about digital transformation and the many things it can positively affect (skills gaps, upskilling, budget cuts etc) for 2021 and beyond.

Jon talks to Doodle's Jessie LaJoie about the H word - hybrid. They look at new job roles, new workplaces, and the future of the office.

Jon, Jo and Kate talk Learning Technologies, remote working inequality and cover a few great pieces of content, plus we hear from Stefaan van Hooydonk about why curiosity is so important.

The TJ content we discuss:

Jon talks to public speaker, leadership trainer, facilitator and coach Birgitta Sjostrand. They discuss persuasion tactics for middle managers, amongst other things (and obviously her English is perfect throughout).

Editor Jon Kennard talks to the Global Curiosity Institute's Stefaan van Hooydonk about his research into and findings around curiosity and its role in leadership and organisational culture.

Jon, Jo and Kate gather (virtually) to look forward to a year hopefully not that much like the last one. Nigel Paine talks about his new blog for TJ, too.

The content we discuss:

Jon talks to civil servant of 30+ years, Paul Downer. In 2019 Paul left the MoJ after 35 years and took up the post of a Digital Delivery Advisor at the Government Digital Service (GDS). In June 2019 Paul founded the first Social Mobility Network at GDS , forming links with the Social Mobility Commission & the Social Mobility Foundation to promote the SM agenda.

Jon, Jo and Kate cast a critical eye over an extraordinary year. What more can we say? Thank you for your support and here's to a 2021 that's less dramatic in every way possible.  If you can take a break, do it. Spend it with your nearest and dearest, and look after yourself mentally and physically. 

See you on the other side!

Top 3 for 2020:

Jon talks to Nigel Paine about the year gone by, the year ahead and his upcoming TJ blog. 

Editor Jon Kennard talks to Collinson's Dani Saadu ahead of his talk at this week's World of Learning event.

Jon talks to Karen Waite from Leap Like a Salmon about wellbeing, CPD, 2021, her podcast and more.

Jon talks to L&D expert Jeff Kortenbosch about his new book '20 questions L&D should ask before talking about training'. 

Jon talks to Thom Dennis, CEO of Serenity in Leadership and 17 year Royal Marines veteran, about bullying in the workplace. It's not just an individual problem, you know.