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Podcast Episode 233: The Secret Renaissance Of Learning Communities – with Andy Lancaster

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This Episode: `The Secret Renaissance Of Learning Communities – with Andy Lancaster`

Lucinda is joined by Andy Lancaster, an expert in organisational learning communities. Andy shares insights from his book, “Organisational Learning Communities,” discussing the importance of intentional community building for learning and development.

They explore the concept of socialised learning, the benefits of diverse communities, and the impact of storytelling in measuring success. Andy emphasises the power of altruism and the need for high trust cultures to foster effective learning communities.

Key Takeaways

Andy stresses the importance of having a cause at the centre of a learning community to drive engagement and purpose.
We must recognise the concept of socialised learning communities being a natural way of learning, rooted in human behaviour and evolution.
There is a crucial need for intentional design and facilitation of learning communities to ensure effectiveness and impact.
We should embrace the value of diversity in learning communities to foster innovation, problem-solving, and shared expertise.

Best Moments

“Most communities that do really well have some kind of rhythm associated with them, where you know what’s going to be going on so that you connect with it.”

“I think it’s quite clear if you said at the start it was about engagement, impact.”

“For me, a learning community is a group connected and energized by a cause”

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About The Guest, `Andy Lancaster`

Andy Lancaster is Chief Learning Officer at Reimagine People Development consultancy, specializing in supporting, coaching and mentoring learning leaders and teams to create impactful development strategies and solutions, transform learning cultures and empower socialized learning communities. The former Head of Learning at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), Andy is a trusted thinker, commentator and inspiring speaker, renowned for his insights that have helped reshape the organizational learning landscape globally. He is the author of award-winning Driving Performance Through Learning, also published by Kogan Page.

Useful links:

Link to book – Organizational Learning Communities

LinkedIn – Andy Lancaster

About The Host

Lucinda Carney is a Business Psychologist with 15 years in Senior Corporate L&D roles. Lucinda, for over 10 years as CEO of Actus Software has worked closely with HR colleagues helping them to solve the same challenges across a huge range of industries. Certainly, it was this breadth of experience that inspired Lucinda to set up the HR Uprising community to facilitate greater collaboration across HR professionals in different sectors, helping them to ‘rise up’ together.

“If you look up, you rise up”

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