The advent of the #metaverse has brought Immersive Learning and VR #training to the forefront of the L&D space in the past year.   But what exactly is immersive learning? 

How does it work? And what evidence is there to support this #technology's increasingly widespread use in #business training?  

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As companies adapt to the rapidly changing face of the workplace, the phenomenon of ‘workplace culture’ is undergoing its own seismic shift. With the advent of the #metaverse bringing Virtual and Augmented reality tech to the office, how can organisations harness the power of XR technology to redefine their culture?  

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On the podcast this week is Paul Schempp.

• Paul Schempp is the Director of the Sports Instruction Research Lab at the University of Georgia. Before this, he was a Performance Coach for the Swedish Golf Federation.
• He's spent the last 25 years bringing this experience and research to the corporate world, focussing on increasing individual performance in businesses around the world.

We talk about:

• The differences between how winners and losers think.
• Preparing for success.
• Maximizing experience.

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On the podcast this week is Neil Crofts:

• Neil is Co-founder and CEO of Holos - an entirely virtual leadership and culture consultancy working with global clients. Neil was head of strategy for Razorfish during the dot com boom, has written 4 books on authentic leadership and co founded Holos in 2014. He lives in Surrey UK with his family and is a keen cyclist.

We talk about:

• The Post Conventional Context 
• Authentic Leadership 
• Emotional regulation and triggering

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On the podcast this week is Deb Calvert.

• Deb has 25 years of experience in leadership development, organizational effectiveness, and management training. She was an HR Director with a Fortune 500 company prior to founding People First Productivity Solutions in 2005. 
• Deb is an ICF-certified executive coach, licensed practitioner in numerous assessment tools, and a Certified Master of The Leadership Challenge®. She is a published author, and her research and methodologies have been published globally in academic journals.

We talk about:

1. Entelechy
2. Ennoblement
3. Engagement

• + What this means, and what it means for you!

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On the Podcast this week is Mita Mallick: 

• Mita Mallick is a corporate change-maker with a track record of transforming businesses. She gives innovative ideas a voice and serves customers and communities with purpose. She is currently the Head of Inclusion, Equity and Impact at Carta. She was formerly the Head of Inclusion and Cross Cultural Marketing at Unilever. 
• She has had an extensive career as a marketer in the beauty and consumer product goods space. Mallick is a LinkedIn Top Voice, a contributor for Entrepreneur and Harvard Business Review, and her writing has been published in Adweek, Fast Company and Business Insider.
• She is also the cohost of the recently launched The Brown Table Talk Podcast, where she and Dee Marshall share stories and tips on how to help Women of Color win at work, and advice for allies on how they can show up.

Mita and Alex talk:

• It's not the Great Resignation, It's the Great Awakening 
• It's all of our jobs to get women back into the workforce 
• Being an Inclusive Leader Starts at Home

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On the podcast this week is Paul McVeigh.

• Paul McVeigh was a professional footballer for nearly 20 years playing for clubs such as Tottenham Hotspur, Burnley and Norwich Vity, whilst gaining 40 caps internationally for Northern Ireland. He made over 300 appearances and was a key member of 2 championship winning teams and rose to the pinnacle of English football. He is also a published author of the ironically entitled book ‘The Stupid Footballer is Dead’. Paul has recently finished his studies which means he is the first person in history to play in the Premier League and qualify with a Masters in Sport Psychology. 
• He is with us today to share what you can learn from the most ruthless and competitive industry on the planet! We talk Elite Performance, Leadership and Teamwork.

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On the podcast this week is Ginny Clarke.

• Ginny is currently the Founder and CEO of Ginny Clarke, LLC, her own talent and leadership consulting business. She is also an active keynote speaker, and podcast host of Fifth Dimensional Leadership, a forum for leaders, thinkers and future-makers dedicated to creating the conscious workplace of tomorrow.
• Ginny was most recently Director, Executive Recruiting at Google from August 2016 until November 2020. In this role, she led the Diversity, Non-tech Recruiting, and the Leadership Internal Mobility teams. Her team of North American recruiters found and hired senior leaders (Directors +) for finance, sales, marketing and other G&A functions across Google. 

We talk about:

• Competencies VS Pedigree in the Hiring Process
• Helping employees master their competencies and be able to articulate them to create and optimize career options.
• All things hiring, HR and leadership in your company.

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On the podcast this week is Alan Hosking.

• Alan Hosking is the CEO of Osgard and the Publisher of HR Future magazine. He was named in 2018 by US web site Disruptordaily.com as one of the "Top 25 Future of Work Influencers to Follow on Twitter". In 2020, peopleHum in India named Alan as one of the “Top 200 Global Power Thought Leaders to watch in 2021”. Alan has been helping companies and their leaders prepare for the future of work since 2001, long before anyone else was thinking about the future! He conducts leadership training for executives as well as next gen leaders, and is an Age Management Coach for senior executives to help them use their age as an asset instead of allow it to become a liability. He is the author of a book for first-time dads called "What Nobody Tells a New Father"

We talk about:

1. How leadership has been changing over the years 
2. Unlearning and Relearning to become a better leader
3. How leaders can get their people to willingly go above and beyond what's expected of them.

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• Today on the podcast is Scott McArthur with three stories his backpack mixing and matching them to be relevant to his corporate audience. Professional keynote speaker and storyteller Scott McArthur was forced by the pandemic to tie his hands to refocus as the archeologist of his own life. Switching to broadcasting and music, Scott now continues to focus on the most important number in life 28,000, which is the average number of days someone live. Scott uses only this one measure in his life, as what is not worth doing is not time well spent. 
• On today's podcast, we dive into the importance of storytelling, how to set up everything for Zoom calls and for speaking to people at scale in a digital world. We also dive into some of the most important things around attention to detail and preparing before you do anything. 
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On the podcast this week is Dee Caffari. One of the sport’s most accomplished offshore sailors, Dee Caffari boasts a remarkable career that includes six laps of the planet, three of them solo. Dee has challenged diversity and inclusion in the sport of sailing with the projects she has undertaken. Now having seen first hand the decay of our oceans, Dee acts as an advocate for Ocean Health helping industry facilitate change for a better future. We talk about empowering your team to succeed, owning outcomes in order to grow and being open to honest feedback!

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