The BLOC Podcast
The BLOC (Building Learning and Organizational Culture) Podcast is a useful learning and development podcast where Dr Heidi Kirby talks to professionals in the field who are passionate about finding creative, innovative ways to bring learning front and center at their organizations and beyond.
- Update frequency
- every 17 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 111
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
10: Finding Your L&D Style with Veronica Reed
In this episode, I talk to Veronica Reed about developing your instruction design/talent development/learning and development style and why it is important for you personally as well as for your orga…
9: International Podcast Day Celebration
In this solo episode, I celebrate International Podcast Day by sharing some of my favorite L&D podcasts:
The Classics:
- The Mind Tools L&D Podcast (formerly known as The Good Practice Podcast)
- The eLear…
8: A Challenge for L&D Professionals to End 2020
In this solo episode, I issue a challenge for my fellow L&D professionals to do the following to finish 2020 strong:
- Keep up with and consume educational research,
- Find a new technology to try to help …
7: Remote versus Online Learning with Holly Owens
In this episode, I talk to Holly Owens about how the media has given remote learning a bad reputation, and Holly talks about the difference between remote learning and online learning. She provides b…
6: How To Be an L&D Professional with Cara North
In this episode, we talk to Cara North about how to professionally brand yourself as a learning and development professional. We also talk about graduate degrees for learning and development professi…
5: Finding Potential Candidates Outside L&D with Jeremy Negrey
In this episode, we talk to Jeremy Negrey about finding potential in candidates outside of traditional learning and development roles. He issues a challenge to L&D hiring managers to think outside th…
4: Creating a Leadership Development Framework
In this solo episode, I summarize and provide insight on a blog post I wrote for Verasana about creating a leadership development framework for your organization.
Here is the link to the blog post on…
3: Positive Organizational Change with LaToya Smith
In this episode, we talk to Latoya Smith about about how to bring positive change to organizations and how to tell if a potential employer truly values learning during your interview.
LaToya Smith is…
1: VR and Simulation with Eamonn Powers
In this episode, we talk to Eamonn Powers about simulation and virtual reality and how it can be used for training. We also talk a little bit about Star Wars and video games!
Eamonn is the Learning E…
2: What I Wish I Knew Before Becoming an ID with Dr. Luke Hobson
In this episode, we talk to Dr. Luke Hobson about his popular blog post, "What I Wish I Knew Before Becoming an Instructional Designer" and discuss some of our own stories from the field.
Dr. Luke Ho…
Trailer: BLOC Podcast
Do you want your organization to live and breathe learning, but you don’t know where to start?
Do you want your team to be as passionate about learning as you are, but you don't know how to inspire t…