Learning Works

Hone

This is Learning Works, a podcast presented by Hone. It’s a series of in-depth conversations with L&D experts, HR leaders, and executives on how they’ve built game-changing learning and development strategies, unleashed business growth through talent development, and scaled their global L&D teams. Tune in for the wisdom and actionable insights of the best in the industry with Tom Griffiths, CEO of Hone. Welcome to Learning Works. read less
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How to Decide Whether to Build or Buy Learning Resources with Rob Lauber Part 1
Sep 13 2023
How to Decide Whether to Build or Buy Learning Resources with Rob Lauber Part 1
Tom Griffiths is joined by Rob Lauber, a learning executive and founder, who has an illustrious career CLO at McDonald's, Yum!, and Cingular, and is now the Founder of XLO Global. In this episode, you'll hear how Rob encourages learning leaders to enable learning within the organization by fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing, and a continuous learning environment. You'll learn how to distinguish situations where it drives value, such as building relationships and instilling organizational culture. You'll also gain insights into the effectiveness of live online learning and the factors that make it interactive and engaging. Listen to discover strategies for deciding whether to build or buy learning resources, taking into account factors like creativity and scalability.
How to Decide Whether to Build or Buy Learning Resources with Rob Lauber Part 1
Sep 13 2023
How to Decide Whether to Build or Buy Learning Resources with Rob Lauber Part 1
Tom Griffiths is joined by Rob Lauber, a learning executive and founder, who has an illustrious career CLO at McDonald's, Yum!, and Cingular, and is now the Founder of XLO Global. In this episode, you'll hear how Rob encourages learning leaders to enable learning within the organization by fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing, and a continuous learning environment. You'll learn how to distinguish situations where it drives value, such as building relationships and instilling organizational culture. You'll also gain insights into the effectiveness of live online learning and the factors that make it interactive and engaging. Listen to discover strategies for deciding whether to build or buy learning resources, taking into account factors like creativity and scalability.
How to build a culture during times of rapid growth with Mike Rognlien part 1
Aug 30 2023
How to build a culture during times of rapid growth with Mike Rognlien part 1
Today Tom Griffiths is joined by Mike Rognlien a learning executive and author, who was a founding member of Facebook’s L&D team and helped the company scale from 1,500-26,000 employees. He has over 20+ years experience in the industry and is currently Sr. Director of People Development at Lacework. Mike recently published a book called “This is Now Your Company: A Culture Carrier’s Manifesto”, and in this, part 1 of our conversation, we touch on some of its topics such as, how you build culture during times of rapid growth? How to actually live your values as a company? And how everyone’s ownership of the culture really matters? All drawn from his exceptional seven years of experience at Facebook.
L&D programs to enhance performance and culture with Mike Rognlien Part 2
Aug 30 2023
L&D programs to enhance performance and culture with Mike Rognlien Part 2
Tom Griffiths is joined by Mike Rognlien, a learning executive and author, who was a founding member of Facebook’s L&D team and helped the company scale from 1,500-26,000 employees. In part 1 of our conversation, Mike shared his learnings on building culture in a high-growth environment. Make sure to check that out to hear even more from Mike. In part two, we’re going to do a deep dive into how you can build effective L&D programs to enhance performance and build a culture at the same time, as well as how you can align training to solve real business problems.
How to use data to identify key skills gaps with Jenny Dearborn
Aug 14 2023
How to use data to identify key skills gaps with Jenny Dearborn
Today Tom Griffiths is joined by multi-time learning leader, executive, Board member and author Jenny Dearborn. In today’s conversation, you’ll hear how Jenny crunched big data sets to identify key skills gaps, created impactful learning interventions with measurable business outcomes, aligned the learning strategy with the corporate strategy to drive sales and leadership success at big organizations like HP, SuccessFactors, and SAP, and how to tell a compelling story that resonates with your executive team and showcases the impact of learning on business outcomes.
How to enhance learner engagement in hybrid and remote environments with Cindy Huggett
Aug 14 2023
How to enhance learner engagement in hybrid and remote environments with Cindy Huggett
Today Tom Griffiths is joined by guest Cindy Huggett. Cindy Huggett is an author, speaker, leader, facilitator, and one of the world’s foremost virtual and hybrid learning experts. In their conversation, you’ll hear about the true power of virtual and hybrid learning, get practical engagement strategies that you can use to transform your own virtual and hybrid training classes, what does it take to be a great facilitator, and what does it take to set up a successful learning environment? By understanding these qualities, you can enhance learner engagement and make a significant impact on the learning process and your organization.