PeopleUnplugged
A monthly trek through the world of Learning and Development. Helping you not to forget...
- Update frequency
- every 30 days
- Average duration
- 40 minutes
- Episodes
- 49
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
"Your content disables me" - with Jamie Shields
Westy is joined by Jamie Shields from Disabled by Society to explore the significance of accessibility in designing effective learning experiences. The discussion offers valuable tips o…
"Boosting behavioural science" - with Dr. Thomas Hills and Dr. Charlotte Hills
Westy is joined by Warwick University's Professor of Behavioural and Data Science, Dr Thomas Hills, and Best at Digital's Behavioural Design Consultant, Dr Charlotte Hills, for a deep d…
"Neuro-diverse learning design" - with Louise Karwowski
This month Westy chats with Louise Karwowski, Director of Education at Cognassist.
Louise explains how they are creating and using partnerships to drive ground-breaking research that is …
"Positive psychology" - with Gemma Sandwell
This month Westy chats with an accredited coach, positive psychologist, and TED speaker, Gemma Sandwell.
Gemma talks through her approach to helping people with ambitious dreams overcome…
"Go for it" - with Arlene Marsella
This month Westy helps PeopleUnboxed Training Consultant Arlene Marsella reflect on her first year in the team.
Arlene talks through the shift from presenting to facilitating, overcoming…
"BentoBot: Good to go" - with Tony Manwani
This month Westy is joined by PeopleUnboxed co-founder, Tony Manwani, to discuss how their new learning app, BentoBot, is solving three of L&D's biggest problems.
In terms of catering to…
"ADAPT 101" - with Caleb Foster
This month, a different type of show as MindBoost's Caleb Foster joins Westy to take a deep dive into creating learning with the OpenSource ADAPT tool.
See how BentoBot from PeopleUnboxe…
"What's in your Inbox?" - with Lars Hyland
Westy has a long overdue catch-up with Totara Learning's managing director, Lars Hyland.
They discuss the importance of a training approach that includes performance management and emplo…
"In the Pink" - with Michelle Hazelton
Westy chats with Michelle Hazelton, Managing Director of Anders Pink.
They discuss curation vs creation, how quality needs to trump quantity when it comes to learning content, and how An…
"Mind Tools" - with Ross Garner & Owen Ferguson
Westy catches up with Mind Tools L&D Podcast hosts Ross Garner and Owen Ferguson to discuss performance support tools, how to get started in podcasting and mixing ABBA with paddle board…
"Stirring it up" - with Darren Holmes
This month Westy has a long overdue catch-up with Kineo's Global Head of Delivery, Darren Holmes.
They discuss where corporate training and education cross over, the effect of the pandem…
"Magma, Lava or Chocolate? All things AI" - with Donald Clark
Westy spends an hour chatting with Donald Clark about all things AI. How it can help to create learning content, help to mark that content, and even improve image creation and editing.
T…
"Mr. StoryTagger" - with Carl Hodler
This month Westy is joined by "Mr. StoryTagger" Carl Hodler.
They discuss where storytelling fits into L&D, why people don't do it, and how StoryTagger can help to solve the issue.
They a…
"Managing bad habits, using BAD solutions" - with Louisa O'Connell
Westy chats with BestAtDigital's Head of Learning Design, Louisa O'Connell.
Louisa explains how BAD matches behavioural science with digital solutions to challenge bad habits, leading to…
"Creating a drama" - with Tom Hickmore
Nice Media Creative Director Tom Hickmore joins Westy for a chat. Tom introduces us to his new book, Watch & Learn, explaining how it can be used to help create award-winning drama for …
"Designing the Lima Delta way" - with Georgie Cooke
This month Westy chats with Lima Delta's Learning Experience Designer Georgie Cooke. She tells us what questions we should be asking, how to add humour to our courses, and why the mix o…
"You're on mute!" - with Jo Cook
Westy has a long overdue catch-up with Lightbulb Moment's virtual classroom guru Jo Cook. Jo explains her approach to designing for virtual delivery, reading digital body language, and …
"From uncertainty to opportunity" - with Paul Coates
Westy is joined by Paul Coates, Head of Consultancy at Franklin-Covey. Paul explains how uncertainty could be seen as an opportunity, why efficiency with people is ineffective and the d…
"The Midas touch" - with John-Kusi Mensah
Westy is joined by John Kusi-Mensah, AVP of MetLife's Global Distribution Academy. John takes us through how MetLife designed and implemented a training system that helped to drive chan…
"We have to talk" - with Damian de Scarfo
With 1 in 4 of us experiencing a mental health problem of some kind each year and more than 595,000 cases of work-related stress, depression or anxiety leading to around 15.4 million wo…