Learning Life with Jon Tota
Take your skills to the next level! Learning Life talks to experts with the newest ideas and valuable insight to help you improve your business and your brain. Elevate your team and your work. Learning is as easy as tuning in.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 183
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2024
Episode 66: Build the People with Blaire G. Hervey
Blaire’s debut on Learning Life comes at an important time- the start of Black History Month.
Blaire G. Hervey is the Director of Training and Sales Enablement at ZoomInfo powered by DiscoverOrg, a …
Episode 65: Laboratory Learning with Jamie Schroder
Jamie Schroder is the Manager of Client Training at Sunquest Information Systems, an Air Force Veteran, and has 25 years of experience in the L&D and medical laboratory spaces. Sunquest provides a fu…
Episode 64: Developing Power Users with Keiko Borkenhagen
Keiko Borkenhagen is the Senior Program Manager for Education and Training at LiquidPlanner. A "boomerang employee," she left and returned to the project management SAAS company to head up training f…
Episode 63: Learning to Love Yourself with Dr. Jane Tornatore
Dr. Jane Tornatore is a recovering perfectionist, therapist, speaker, and author, who has spent the last 20 years building her private practice and conducting Alzheimer's related research. Her curre…
Episode 62: Three Pillars of a Learning Culture with Dr. Marina Theodotou
Welcome to Season 3 of Learning Life, and welcome to our Women in Learning series! Each week, we'll dive into the successes and struggles of powerful women making an impact on learning and organizati…
Episode 61: Teaching as a Role Model with Will Feng
Will Feng is an executive coach, speaker, and the Director of Learning and Organizational Development at FabFitFun. FabFitFun is a lifestyle service boosting health, wellness, fitness, and fashion th…
Episode 60: Steve Sloboda: Cross-walking Business and Learning
This week's guest is Steve Sloboda. Steve is a long-time leader in the Insurance industry, working at Progressive, Farmers Insurance, and now as the director of learning and performance at Aetna. Lis…
Episode 59: Empowering Entrepreneurs with Chas Wilson
[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type="4_4"][et_pb_text]This week, Jon sits down with author, speaker, fellow podcast host, and CEO Chas Wilson. Chas is cofounder and CEO of Master Networks, …
Episode 58: More Yoda, Less Superman with Refound CEO Jonathan Raymond
A second Jon comes to Learning Life! Jonathan Raymond, the CEO and founder of Refound, speaks with Jon (Tota) about how his company helps remote teams and managers of fast-growing companies. Refound …
Episode 57: Building an LMS and the Future of e-Learning with James Watt
This week, Jon sits down with Uber L&D manager, James Watt. Watt has built up Uber’s online learning library from practically nothing to over 200 courses. While online training has the expectation of…
Episode 56: Real Talk. Business, Time, and Education with Andre Haykal Jr.
This week, Jon welcomes Andre Haykal Jr. to Learning Life. Haykal is the founder and co-host of Real Talk University Podcast, author of a book; "What They Won't Teach You," and CEO of marketing agenc…
Episode 55: Climbing Everest with Tristan Wright
Every successful business has unforeseen challenges, and Tristan Wright is here to help guide you up the mountain.
This week, Jon sits down with Tristan Wright; a fellow podcaster and Business Sherpa…
Episode 54: Faith Jones on Business, Law, and… Mind-Reading?
In this week's episode, Jon chats with Faith Jones. Lawyer, TEDx speaker, and entrepreneur coach, Jones has developed business frameworks for women to develop and take control of their business and r…
Episode 53: Political Polarization and the Future of Education with Rabbi Elchanan Poupko
A middle school teacher, a TEDx speaker, and a Rabbi walk into a bar… Bad joke, but all three describe this weeks excellent guest: Rabbi Elchanan Poupko. Teaching in New York City, Rabbi Poupko has w…
Episode 52: Be the Master of Your Message with Dolores Hirschmann
She was the director of online learning for a non-profit, ran a language school for five years, and the leader of one of the largest TEDx events on the east coast. She even ran a clothing company tha…
Episode 51: A Warning for White Collar Workers with J Kevin Foster
When it comes to ethics, what you don’t know can hurt you.
In today’s episode, Jon sits down with J Kevin Foster to talk common ethical traps that can bring people and companies down the wrong path, …
Episode 50: Ballet to Bullets with Christopher Fairbank
A professional ballet dancer takes on a new challenge: he became a police officer. Trading ballet shoes for a gun belt sounds like something out of a movie - but meet our guest this week and he'll te…
Episode 49: Expanding Expertise with Matt Ragan
What is the most cost-effective way to train your workforce? Do you really need to create training on basic programs? No way! Matt Ragan is the Director of Training for iPipeline, a cloud-based softw…
Episode 48: The Edge Learning Entrepreneur with Lisa Patrick
Lisa Patrick is the CEO of the online education company XTRAcredits, one of the leaders in edge learning. In her background in law enforcement and business, Patrick saw inefficiencies and missed trai…