Performance Matters Podcast
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Listen to business leaders, performance improvement practitioners, and learning and development professionals discuss their work alongside new trends and best practices.
Performance Matters, GP Strategies’ award winning podcast, analyzes emerging strategies, technologies, and their applications for employee development.
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Featured Episode
Gamification 2.0: How Game-Based Learning Strategies are Levelling Up
Over the last few years we’ve seen a dramatic shift in the way our clients are using gamification with real intention. Not a gimmick or just something different to grab attention, but with a specific behavioral goal in mind for a specific audience. What does this mean for the kinds of games and gamified learning we’re making, and what benefits has this created for our clients and learners?
In this episode, Micheal Thiel is joined by two active practitioners in the learning experience space, Rich Calcutt and Emma Jourdan of the GP Strategies Learning Experience Team, who share insights on gamification 2.0 and how game-based learning strategies are levelling up.
Recent Episodes
Emerging AI Trends in L&D
The possibilities for artificial intelligence tools are almost limitless, and the learning and development industry is abuzz with this excitement. Listen and discover which AI tools are leading the charge right now.
The Human Roles and Skills of an AI Future
Listen to Jeff Fissel from LTG and Matt Donovan from GP discuss where humans fit into an AI future. In this episode, they explore how organizations are using AI and what boundaries are emerging, AI assistants, AI fails and cautionary tales, and the human roles and responsibilities of a world full of AI assistants.
Simplicity in Learning Design
We are in the age of velocity of information. Overwhelming people with data is a challenge. The IT industry calls it Big Data and is constantly struggling with how to reduce vast data sets down into understandable information.
Listen to Scott Barber and Michael Thiel discuss the science of delivering information to learners effectively, from designing for what learners actually need to the “training vs. learning” problem and how individual performance leads to business performance.
4 Ways to Harness AI in Your Enterprise
With the emergence of generative AI, every company will be impacted. To face this challenge, companies need to decide how they will approach AI. The first step is to ramp up employees’ understanding of generative AI concepts and tools and then ensure they are being used responsibly.
Learn about four ways to harness AI in your enterprise from Matt Donovan and Sanchita Sur, CEO of Emplay.
Building a Technical Workforce with Nontechnical Workers
Technical skills are in high demand. while workers flock to information-economy desk jobs, organizations in trade industries like energy and automotive are really struggling to fill all their open technical roles. Listen to Roger Boisse discuss how organizations can craft a successful technical workforce and how technical skills can be taught and developed, even among those who come from nontechnical backgrounds.
Compliance Training: Past, Present, and Future
When you think of compliance training, what experiences come to mind? Listen to Andrew Joly interview Dr Elizabeth Hornby about the poor perception of compliance training and how to approach it in a different way to drive performance.
Learning Experience: A New Perspective on Learning for the Future
Listen to Andrew Joly and Ella Richardson discuss the future of learning. Join the conversation to uncover innovative approaches that deliver fresh and engaging content to learners.
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Award Winning Episode
Virtual reality and the Metaverse can be effective with hard skills development, to develop skills in a safe and effective way. However, it can also be used for developing very important soft skills.”
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Michael Thiel
With nearly two decades of thought leadership in corporate L&D, Michael Thiel has a passion for developing experiential learning that “sticks”. Working on the agency side, Michael has directed award-winning content for some of the most admired brands in the world, including: Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, Lexus, Toyota, Honda, Acura, BMW, Kia, and Sub-Zero Group.
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