Ignited Learning with Steve Lawrence

On this episode of Ignited Learning, I'm honored and excited to have Aurora Aritao, the founder of THRIVEinMIND Leadership Group.   After 15 years in global product management and tech marketing, in 2011, Aurora re-designed her career to focus on her passion for learning, leadership, and team development.  She often describes her eclectic and human-centered design approach as 'soup-making.' Developing self-awareness is the soup base. Curating and mixing ingredients includes systems psychodynamics, neuroscience, and design thinking, seasoned with salt and pepper ground from science. In this episode, Aurora will share some best practice ingredients used to enhance individual and team performance. We will touch upon mindfulness practice, team coaching, collaboration, trust-building, and some science (including allostasis and dual hormone hypothesis).   So get comfortable and lean in as we welcome Aurora Aritao to the podcast. It's going to be a great episode.  Resources:www.thriveinmind.cominfo@thriveinmind.com

On this episode of Ignited Learning, I’m honoured to have Mr. James Bishop.James is an extraordinary facilitator, learning experience designer, and team coach. He has over 25 years of experience leading projects across industry and culture.James is not only passionate about being part of the learning journey. He is a true thought leader and professional in this space; an expert in creating and facilitating high-impact learning journeys.We will discuss James’ observations and insights from 2020, as James highlights how there are higher levels of connection and collaboration - even though we are more socially distanced. The opportunities to pivot and re-invent how we learn, connect, and collaborate are endless.  James will invite us to look at ‘what’s good’ and how we might lift up one another to better serve the communities we support.Get ready to tune in and enjoy. Are you ready?Resources:https://koru.hk/https://www.eventbrite.hk/o/koru-consulting-limited-18426816075https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-bishop-354744

Shilpa Subramaniam is the co-founder of The Learning Gym. Together with her business partner, The Learning Gym sets out to upskill learning professionals. It's that simple. Learning professionals are often busy focusing on their learners' needs, and their challenge is finding the time and the right tools for their learning. This was the primary reason for the creation of The Learning Gym.In this episode of Ignited Learning, Shilpa will share her views on the changing learning landscape and how trainers must adapt in the age of COVID 19.Specifically, share best practices around the following:-      determining the right blend of in-person and virtual training-      transitioning traditional classroom training to virtual training -      and the mindsets and skills needed to thrive as a learning professional in the age of COVID 19.Shilpa is a real learning professional who has the magic touch to keep learners always front and centre. She's a champion of creating learning (not just consuming it) and make each learning experience highly engaging.So, we invite you to lean in and enjoy - as Shilpa shares her thoughtful insights on learning design and delivery in these rapidly changing times.Resources: www.thelearninggym.co

How can reflection move you forward? In his episode of Ignited Learning I’m honoured to have Mr. Harry Marshall, an exceptional leadership transition & career coach. Harry works primarily with clients at two critical stages in their careers: their first move into managing people and later when they move into senior leadership at the functional, country or regional level.Harry helps clients get to the next level by building their skills, confidence, and self-awareness of their strengths to better lead, engage and influence teams, stakeholders, and clients for high performance.In this interview Harry will give us an inside look at how coaching can help emerging leaders to reflect, gain insight, and take inspired action. I think you're going to love this episode because Harry also drops some practical 'how-to self-coaching tips' for gaining clarity, getting unstuck, and building momentum for your career success. Tune in and enjoy. Are you ready? Resources:www.harrymarshall.netcoach@harrymarshall.net

Are you trying to find a better way to understand, relate and communicate with your culturally diverse team?  In this episode of Ignited Learning, culture leadership expert Adrian Overholser shares his experience, wisdom and anecdotes on how leaders can better assimilate and connect with diverse people and cultures. Adrian is the Founder and CEO of HALO Learning Works since 2003. HALO is an educational innovator in Hong Kong that provides highly original learning programs to key financial and professional service firms across the region. Adrian imparts transformation learning on cross-cultural leadership effectiveness, marketing, sales and organizational development matters that leverage his 25 years of broad-based financial services in the U.S., Europe and Asia. He has held senior level positions with Citibank, MeesPierson (part of ABN AMRO), Fortis Investments and PR agency GOLIN/HARRIS.  Join us as Adrian shares his deep insights into culture differences and provides you with valuable knowledge, examples and tips for leading across cultures. Resources:aoverholser@halolearningworks.comwww.halolearningworks.com 

In this episode, our guest Shawn Grenier shares his perspective on effective workplace debriefing through the lens of the learning within the U.S. military and the international oil & gas industry. Shawn offers practical insights into what effective debriefing is/is not, and how to make debriefing a daily practice within your organisation. All organisations want to succeed and develop their people but often struggle with how. Shawn demonstrates how debriefing can is used to build strong organisational learning cultures and improve workplace performance. Shawn grew up in Southern California and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering. Following graduation, he started an aviation career in Pensacola, Florida. After countless moves across the U.S. and currently internationally based, he has gained over 30 years of valued leadership experience in aircraft maintenance and operations, team performance, and strategic development, and he is also an active international commercial aircraft pilot. He served in multiple Navy squadrons and as a consultant in the international oil and gas industry that has literally taken him all over the world. With opportunities to work at multiple levels in many different high-reliability organisations, Shawn understands the challenges faced by today’s leaders and managers.   Resources: sgrenier@thecorpsgroup.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/shawngrenier See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I’m super excited to introduce our first guest on the Ignited Learning Podcast: Mr. Graham Barkus - Founder and Managing Director of The Human Factor Ltd. Graham is based in Hong Kong with over 30 years of working around the Asia Pacific region. For the last two decades, he’s been guiding personal, organizational, and systemic change in senior organisation development roles and is an external coach and consultant. Graham’s work involves spanning boundaries of language, culture, structure, interest, and habit, to help drive change individual and collective performance.In this podcast, Graham will share how he helps people – individually or collectively, close the gap between 'resolve and results.' He will address how we navigate the path from knowing what is needed (and even being committed to doing what is required) to actually making it happen to deliver and sustain improved performance in both professional and personal domains.I think you're going to love this episode as Graham drops practical 'how-to tips' for creating sustainable change in organisations. Pure gold!Tune in and enjoy. Resources:www.humanfactorglobal.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/company/humanfactorglobalgraham@humanfactorglobal.comInfo@humanfactorglobal.comSee acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information

Ever wonder how you can give your business a leg up? Here’s the key to success: Focus on building your people and culture through learning that works. Learning leaders must position learning not just as an event, but create the environments, experiences, and engagements that cultivate learning as consistent practice in business to elevate and win. That’s what the Ignited Learning podcast is all about. This podcast provides tools and strategies that help people in businesses transform the ways their teams learn, grow, and perform at work.  So join me, Steve Lawrence, on this first episode of Ignited Learning to discover the purpose and intention behind this podcast, what to expect from future episodes and a taste of how you can start igniting and inspiring your team. If we can ignite learning in every single individual and team, there’s no stopping what businesses can do! Tune in to take your first step toward igniting learning for yourself, your team, and company culture. In This Episode, You Will Learn: What is a learning leader and how do they help business. (1:23)Why incorporating learning to company culture is critical for success. (4:20)How my background relates to learning. (5:29)What design thinking is and how it can help companies elevate learning impact. (10:41)How to transfer from face-to-face learning to online learning. (14:19)What to expect from this podcast going forward. (18:07)Let’s Connect!Website