AXIOM Insights Learning and Development Podcast

What happens after a learning ecosystem goes live?

In the final episode of this three-part AXIOM Insights Podcast series, Scott Rutherford and Tom Decker discuss launch, adoption, stakeholder management, and the future of learning technology strategy.

Tom shares lessons learned from managing enterprise rollout and user adoption, including how to keep leadership engaged, how to support decentralized learning teams, and why successfu...

How do you actually build a learning ecosystem once the strategy is defined?

In part two of this AXIOM Insights Podcast series, Scott Rutherford continues the conversation with Tom Decker, focusing on the practical and technical realities of building a modern learning experience.

Tom explains how his team approached the learner experience, structured the platform architecture, and developed a modular ecosystem designed to evolve ov...

What does a modern learning ecosystem actually look like, and how do L&D leaders begin building one inside a real organization?

In part one of this three-part AXIOM Insights Podcast series, Scott Rutherford speaks with Tom Decker about the strategy behind building an integrated learning ecosystem for employee training and workforce development.

The conversation explores how organizations move beyond disconnected learning tools ...

Generations of technical communicators, engineers, and technical trainers have passed along versions of the famous Encabulator spoofs. In this special episode of the podcast, we take a look at the history of this meme as it has evolved over more than eight decades since the first version was published in a British technical journal in 1944.

For AXIOM's take on the spoof - our Strategic Learning Encabulator - visit our page at learn...

In many organizations, conversations about workplace culture and employee engagement are often framed as “soft” issues. But what if investing in people is actually one of the most direct paths to stronger business performance?

In this episode of the AXIOM Insights Learning & Development Podcast, Scott Rutherford speaks with Dr. Angela Jackson, lecturer at Harvard University and research director at the Future Forwar...

In this episode, we share findings and observations based on the Pulse of the L&D Practice research. Based on data gathered from learning and development professionals in the second half of 2025, this report explores the profession's view on the business and economic outlook affecting organizational learning in 2026.

To download the complete report, visit the episode page for this podcast at https://axiomlearningsolutions.com/p...

The Human Side of Platform Rollouts

How to turn large-scale system rollouts into lasting performance improvement.

When an organization decides to implement a new enterprise system—an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tool, a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform, or a claims and billing solution—the technology itself is rarely the hardest part. The true challenge lies in adoption: getting people to understan...

On this episode of the AXIOM Insights Learning and Development Podcast, host Scott Rutherford speaks with Jenessa Dowe Jacobs about what it takes to build an L&D function from scratch. Jenessa shares her framework of the “three Ps” (People, Process, Products) plus a crucial fourth—Politics—along with strategies for securing early wins and stakeholder alignment. She also explains how to turn grassroots le...

In this episode of the podcast, we're joined by Rick At Lee, senior vice president and director of enterprise learning at Truist. The discussion explores Truist's experience navigating its creation through the merger of BB&T and SunTrust Bank in 2019, including how learning was marketed and communicated throughout the organization, with a specific focus on the combination of leadership support and learner engagement that turned...

In this bonus episode of the podcast, we are resharing a recording from a live stream discussion.

This is a discussion with Dr. Guido Minaya (CEO and Chief Learning Officer at Minaya Learning Global Solutions) and Susan Nabonne Beck (Vice President of Learning Design and Strategy at AXIOM Learning Solutions). We cover the current experience using AI tools in L&D, and the pros and cons of how AI tools can be used to enhance the ...

Managing the capacity of a learning team is a core task of the learning and development leader. In this episode, we are joined by three experienced L&D leaders: Pam Moyer, Jay Letourneau, and Jason Ruff. Together, they explore how staff augmentation can be used to align the capacity of a learning team with business demand.

In this conversation, they explore how learning teams can stay agile by supplementing their full-time or p...

This episode explores the dynamics of gender, age, and experience in the workplace.

We are joined by Laurie Johnson, a senior level learning consultant with the Boulder Crest Foundation, a nonprofit that supports combat veterans and their families; before this work, she was a senior leader of Accenture Federal with more than three decades experience in corporate learning; and Pamela Johnson, a senior attorney and Of Couns...

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Guido Minaya, CEO and Chief Learning Officer at Minaya Learning Global Solutions, about the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and human intelligence (HI) in workplace learning. The discussion highlights AI's growing role in corporate training, particularly in automating instructional design, enhancing personalized learning experiences, and improving productivity. Dr. Minaya emphasizes ho...

In this episode of the AXIOM Insights Learning and Development Podcast, we're joined by technologist and technical training expert John Kidd to discuss the evolving role of artificial intelligence (AI) in learning and development (L&D). The discussion explores the capabilities of large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok, exploring how these tools can enhance performance by automating tasks and accelerating co...

Communication is a critical skill in every organization. At the same time, presentations and other public speaking make many people uncomfortable. On this episode of the AXIOM Insights Learning and Development Podcast, we speak with Neil Thompson, a former engineer who, after identifying his own need to advance his presentation skills, is the founder of Teach the Geek, which includes learning resources and a podcast dedicated to he...

Managing change is a cyclical and ongoing challenge for organizations, and it can come in many forms: mergers/acquisitions, economic shifts, and regulatory change, to name a few. During times of change, learning and development can play an important role in navigating the change and creating the groundwork of success. In this episode, we're joined by Nina Hollon, founder and CEO of Catalyst Learning Strategies, who shares her persp...

In the development of learning programs, there is no more important element than the learner! In this epsiode of the AXIOM Insights Learning & Development Podcast, we are joined by two learning strategists and instructional design experts, Susan Nabonne Beck (Vice President of Learning Design and Strategy at AXIOM Learning Solutions) and Vanessa Alzate (CEO of Anchored Training and owner of Kirkpatrick Partners) for a discussio...

Grant funding to support skills training for the workforce is available from most U.S. states and a number of local governments. How can you navigate the sources of funding for training, and what do you need to know? In this episode, we're joined by Krysta Van Ranst, the founder of BuildingPPL, an organization which specializes on assisting businesses to apply for workforce development grant funding to support their training and pe...