HR People Pod – Ep 56: L&D – Proving impact and preparing for what's next - with David James

[upbeat music] We can't truly make business impact if we don't understand the world that they live in.

It's about articulation, but it's also about this identity piece.

Like, who are you?

The success for learning and development function is proximity to business.

It is impact on business goals, and then strategic alignment.

So in five years' time, what might organizations be asking of L&D professionals that they are not asking today?

I heard this wonderful, uh, phrase very recently.

Somebody said, uh, that somebody could do the analysis with the sniff of a rag, right? [laughs]

[laughs] Yeah.

You know, you're thinking that is, that is beautiful way of thinking about that.

Hello, and welcome to the HR People Pod.

I am Jo Squires, learning designer at CIPD, and we're back with part two of our special episode interviewing our wonderful guest, David James.

David, welcome back.

Thanks, Jo.

[upbeat music] We can't truly make business impact if we don't understand the world that they live in.

It's about articulation, but it's also about this identity piece.

Like, who are you?

The success for learning and development function is proximity to business.

It is impact on business goals, and then strategic alignment.

So in five years' time, what might organizations be asking of L&D professionals that they are not asking today?

I heard this wonderful, uh, phrase very recently.

Somebody said, uh, that somebody could do the analysis with the sniff of a rag, right? [laughs]

[laughs] Yeah.

You know, you're thinking that is, that is beautiful way of thinking about that.

Hello, and welcome to the HR People Pod.

I am Jo Squires, learning designer at CIPD, and we're back with part two of our special episode interviewing our wonderful guest, David James.

David, welcome back.

Thanks, Jo.