RANT: My Problem with the Kirkpatrick Model

Dr. Christian Poensgen and Eric Partaker just released a new book, “Ultraproductive.” The premise is that if you adopt three specific 90-minute habits, you can increase your productivity by as much as 10x without actually working more. I was skeptical ...

The CPO of Aperian, Addie Johnsen talks about what it's like to be CPO at a 65-employee organization. We discuss: how she uses the smaller company size to personally coach every leader. how she indexes company values team by team her book recommendatio...

I break down my problem with the Kirkpatrick model and what you should do about it!

If L&D wants to evolve from "order-taking" into a strategic entity, a significant mindset and behavior shift is required. In comes Dr. Keith Keating, author of The Trusted Learning Advisor and CLO at BDO Canada. He covers: 1. The most common stumbling ...

In this interview, CPO of Consensus Cloud Solutions, Lynn Johnson, explains how she scales and sustains company culture to 600 hybrid and remote employees. A few highlights include: 1. How she sustains culture with "an iron fist but a velvet glove." 2....

In this episode, we sit down with Heather Laychak, the CPO at The Aerospace Corporation. She covers everything from her best-in-class approach to aspiring leadership programs to an industry-shifting diversity initiative and her top three book recommend...

Five years ago, I wrote a check for $1 million to launch an AI-powered coach using IBM Watson. We then created the world’s first executive coach bot (long before Chat GPT). And it DID NOT work. Here’s why: Even though the leaders liked the tool… The BU...

Abbie Buck, CPO of Collective Health, breaks down her scrappy approach to leadership dev. This one's full of creative and stealable ideas! Key Topics Covered: Her scrappy approach to develop frontline leaders: Abbie designed and delivered in-house deve...

In this conversation with Courtney Panik, CPO of Symphony, we cover: How she helped Symphony scale its culture as it grew from a startup to a scale-up How Symphony's flat organizational structure and an open-door policy foster accessibility and trust. ...

This episode explores the innovative way the CHRO of SugarCRM reduced employee turnover from 23% to 9% after joining the company. In addition to reducing turnover, CHRO Shana Sweeney shares: How she cultivates a unique company culture: She unveils the ...