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Andy Lancaster

Andy Lancaster

Chief Learning Officer at Reimagine People Development; author of "Organizational Learning Communities" and "Driving Performance Through Learning."

Jun 23, 2026

3:35
Yeah, for sure.
3:36
So, um, yeah, I think work is less predictable.
3:40
Um, I think change is now constant.
3:44
We know this.
3:45
Um, it was a massive change when the pandemic hit us, but now we're looking at greater ambiguity.
3:50
It's, it's a constant kind of thing, and we know skills and knowledge are changing massively.
3:54
And I think for, for me as an L&D professional, we're now focusing far more on supporting organizations with agility and resilience.

9 MINS LATER

13:30
For now
7:17
So in what ways are learning communities so powerful, particularly in an organizational context, Emily?
7:23
Yeah, I mean, I distilled it down into five key ones.
7:28
So I think, you know, and I'm sure those listening in, at least one of these will resonate in terms of how we, you know, how we can connect to make this really happen.
7:38
So first one was around sharing knowledge.
7:40
I mean, there's some great thinking around James Suricki's The Wisdom of Crowds about how Yeah, none of us is as smart as all of us.
7:49
I think that's a Ken Blanchard quote.
7:52
So this whole connection piece around sharing knowledge, not only in organizations, we have this siloed knowledge, we have experts who maybe don't share that knowledge, sometimes intentionally because of the power of knowledge.

9 MINS LATER

16:51
So what kind of key things underpin successful learning communities in your experience?

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