In this episode (recorded on September 29, 2020— the day of the first US Presidential debate) we are joined by our friend, Gary DePaul. We explore the definition of leadership, the efficacy of leadership development, the current state of leadership development in L&D, whether we should even bother to invest in it, research considerations with regard to leadership development, and so much more.

Will and Matt are back after a six month hiatus. For their return, they catch up the Truth in Learning community on what they have been doing--primarily focusing on the six-month Learning Development Conference 2020, or LDC. Also in this episode our itinerant podcasters spend a few minutes talking about the passing of Roger Kaufman, a giant in the field of performance improvement. Then, we spend the majority of the episode talking about the issues surrounding Smiley Sheets, or “Learner...

For this single-topic episode, we are thrilled to have the great Mirjam Neelen join us to discuss her new book, Evidence-Informed Learning Design: Creating Training to Improve Performance, co-authored with Paul Kirschner.

Will breaks into podcast studio, without Matt, and shares some important announcements while Matt works tirelessly on the website for Will and Matt's big announcement.

For our latest episode, we return to the single topic format. The entire episode focuses on WOMEN IN LEARNING. In other words, we explore what it’s like for women in the learning and development field. We are joined by three experts on this subject. Lori-Niles Hofmann who heads up her own firm, Kate Graham of Fosway Group, and Sharon Claffey Kaliouby at Learning Pool.

The latest episode of Truth in Learning covers lots of different topics. In our first segment, we discuss what gets pushed as research. In other words, how does actual research get misconstrued, misunderstood, and then put out there as truth. In Segment Two, Will is joined by our friend, Cara North, to explore two scams occurring in our industry. Then Matt and Will discuss whether are really scams, or just procedural problems that need fixing. Our final segment builds on the first as we...

In this episode, Will and Matt are joined by two renowned experts, Lori Niles-Hofmann and Steve Foreman. This extended, single segment show is all about the LMS. What is it? How did we get here? Where are we going? What are we trying to accomplish and how do we meet our LMS needs? Lori and Steve share their expertise on how to evaluate an LMS and how to evaluate LMS vendors. They provide tons and tons of tips and advice on everything about these monsters. Did you know there were tons of...