Episode 66: From Training Providers to System Shapers — from jessalmlie.com by Lavinia Mehedintu and Jess Almlie
Lavinia Mehedintu, founder of Offbeat and author of L&D Rewired, joins Jess to explore L&D’s shift from training providers to system shapers. They discuss how an organizational system shapes performance, and how L&D can influence those conditions. They also tackle the infamous request for L&D to “Create a learning culture.” What does that actually mean, and how can we examine the system to uncover what’s helping people learn and what’s getting in their way
Jess and Lavinia Discuss
- What it means for L&D to think and work as system shapers.
- Questions that uncover the real problem behind a training request.
- How processes, tools, incentives, and feedback influence performance.
- Ways to contribute when the solution falls outside L&D’s authority.
- Using facilitation skills to help stakeholders work through business challenges.
- Identifying what defines, enables, and blocks a learning culture.
- Recognizing progress beyond positive training feedback.
- Building courage and finding creative solutions in any system.