The 23rd episode of the L&D Go Beyond podcast has Amit Garg – Founder and CEO of Upside Learning Solutions speaking with Charles Jennings – a leading thinker, practitioner, and consultant in the field of organizational learning on ‘Bridging the Gap between Learning and Performance.’ Charles Jennings is recognized as one of the world’s leading ..read more

I have the archetypical ‘goldfish memory’ when it comes to books and movies. Every time someone quotes a movie dialogue or a line from a book, I’ve felt a tinge of envy – especially when it’s to do with a topic I’m personally interested in. Aren’t we supposed to remember things that we naturally take ..read more

In this 22nd episode, Amit Garg – Founder and CEO of Upside Learning and Host of the L&D Go Beyond Podcast speaks with Ramakrishna Rao (Coach Ram) ICF-PCC – Chief Learning Officer at Page Industries about how retail sales training varies from other forms of training. Ram’s colleagues describe him as a professional with extensive experience ..read more

“I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift would be curiosity.” – Eleanor Roosevelt The human brain is wired to be curious about the purpose of almost everything that exists. Curiosity is the foundation of purposeful action and mindful ..read more

In this episode of L&D Go Beyond podcast, Amit hosts Clark Quinn. Clark is a well-known name in the L&D space. He is an internationally renowned consultant, speaker, and author. As the Executive Director at Quinnovation, he provides strategic learning technology solutions to different types of organizations. Clark has also been the winner of the ..read more

In this episode of L&D Go Beyond podcast, Amit Garg speaks with Shantanu Bhattacharya – Management Consulting Principal Director at Accenture, about the ‘Post-Pandemic Workplace Learning Strategy.’ With a diverse experience of over 25 years in organizations worldwide, Shantanu’s special expertise lies in eLearning and technology. The discussion starts with how the push towards digitization ..read more

Spaced Learning For Long-Term Retention When I think back on my time in school and college, some of the most vivid memories are of cramming for exams through the night—running on pure adrenaline, fueled almost completely by anxiety. More than 20 years later, I still get nightmares about blanking out during an exam, and I’m ..read more

In this episode of L&D Go Beyond podcast, Amit Garg speaks with Arun Pradhan, Co-Founder, ModelThinkers on ‘The Secrets to Being Smarter, Faster’. ModelThinkers is a buy-in from Charlie Munger’s thought of making a bigger impact by developing a latticework of mental models. Most people, typically, while trying to solve a problem or work out ..read more

Why Testing Is A Great Tool For Learning Imagine how it would be to learn something and skip the testing. Well, some of us would be happy—who wants to give the test? Not me! Testing as a concept seems to have a stress angle attached to it, and consequently, it does add some pressure. Typically ..read more

In this episode of L&D Go Beyond podcast, Amit Garg speaks with Kevin M. Yates, The L&D Detective, on challenges and opportunities for measuring the impact of training and learning on human performance and business goals. Kevin has been in the training, learning, and talent development space for over 20 years, working across multiple industries ..read more