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The podcast about the people and technologies creating the future of learning. What are the significant innovations shaping the future of learning?

How is digital technology and scientific discovery changing the way we learn, train, teach and educate? Join John Helmer in conversation with the people who are visioning and actively creating that future.

13/01/2026

📺 The video version of my latest conversation with Josh Bersin is now live on YouTube.

We look ahead to 2026 and unpack:
• The move from AI pilots to enterprise adoption
• “Superworkers” and “supermanagers”
• The end of the course-centric LMS model

If you’re working in learning, HR or people leadership, this one is not to be missed.

▶️ Watch here: https://youtu.be/cWyQHvMfRKM

12/01/2026

🎙️ New episode of The Learning Hack!
Reset priorities for 2026: what is *really* changing in work, skills and learning?

In this episode, the first of the new Spring season of the Learning Hack, Josh Bersin returns to the podcast. One of the most influential analysts in the HR and learning space, Josh explores how AI has moved from experiment to enterprise reality — and what that means for jobs, skills, and the future role of L&D.

We discuss:
• Why jobs are being transformed, not eliminated
• Skills velocity as a cultural issue
• Why L&D is facing structural reinvention

🎧 Listen now: links in comments

19/12/2025

📌 ICYMI: AI and the Global South

If you missed it earlier this week, our latest Great Minds on Learning episode was recorded live at Online Educa Berlin and tackles one of the most important questions in learning technology today.

From early techno-utopian experiments to contemporary AI ethics and language politics, this is a thoughtful, sometimes provocative conversation about what AI means beyond the Global North.

Full episode:

📺 VIDEO - FULL EPISODE
YouTube: https://youtu.be/upxY2lt68pg

🎧 AUDIO LINKS
Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/44sZHVC
Spotify: https://bit.ly/458HI6W
Learning Hack Website: https://bit.ly/3MuEBjA
Libsyn: https://bit.ly/3MYl5vM
YouTube (AUDIO ONLY): https://youtu.be/vQjB4EwsnLs

17/12/2025

🎬 Trailer: AI and the Global South

What happens when AI meets inequality, language, and global power?

Recorded live in Berlin, this episode of Great Minds on Learning looks beyond hype and hand-wringing to ask what AI actually means for the Global South—and who gets to shape its future.

Full episode out now:

📺 VIDEO - FULL EPISODE
YouTube: https://youtu.be/upxY2lt68pg

🎧 AUDIO LINKS
Apple Podcasts: https://bit.ly/44sZHVC
Spotify: https://bit.ly/458HI6W
Learning Hack Website: https://bit.ly/3MuEBjA
Libsyn: https://bit.ly/3MYl5vM
YouTube (AUDIO ONLY): https://youtu.be/vQjB4EwsnLs

16/12/2025

📺 Now on YouTube: AI and the Global South

The latest episode of Great Minds on Learning—recorded live at Online Educa Berlin—is now available to watch on YouTube.

John Helmer and Donald Clark explore how AI is playing out beyond the Global North, looking at hard lessons from past initiatives, contemporary ethics debates, and the growing importance of language, power, and local agency.

If you’re interested in learning, technology, or global perspectives on AI, this one’s for you.

Watch now ▶️ https://youtu.be/upxY2lt68pg

15/12/2025

🎙️ New episode: AI and the Global South
Recorded live at Online Educa Berlin, this episode of Great Minds on Learning tackles one of the most urgent questions in learning technology today.

From the failures of one-laptop-per-child and “hole in the wall” experiments to contemporary debates around AI ethics, language, power, and opportunity, John Helmer and Donald Clark explore what AI really means for the Global South.

Featuring insights on Nicholas Negroponte, Sugata Mitra, Timnit Gebru, Payal Arora, James Manyika, and John Mugane.

🎧 Listen now: links in comments

Join the debate: who gets to shape AI’s future—and for whom?

28/11/2025

ICYMI — This week’s episode:
My deep-dive with Myles Runham from Fosway Group on the biggest shifts in L&D, HR and the learning tech market this year.

If you’re interested in AI, skills, budgets, or the future of the L&D function, this is one to catch.

🎧 Episode links in comments

26/11/2025

Trailer: My conversation with Fosway analyst Myles Runham on the year L&D was supposed to “make or break.”
- Why the status quo is “running out of fuel”
- The reality of AI capability
- How buying behaviour is changing
- And whether L&D can keep up

Watch the full episode:

📺 VIDEO - FULL EPISODE
YouTube: https://youtu.be/alMa-peMi7I

🎧 AUDIO LINKS
Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/mutxjraf
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/3xcw3je2
Learning Hack Website: https://tinyurl.com/ytmsszhm
Libsyn: https://tinyurl.com/mufrcmf7
YouTube (AUDIO ONLY): https://youtu.be/dNN-EtskcEQ

25/11/2025

The YouTube version of my year-end conversation with Myles Runham (Fosway Group) is now live.

We cover the big shifts of 2025:
📉 Tougher budgets
🤖 AI everywhere
📊 Buyers demanding value
📚 Skills intelligence still harder than it looks
📡 And what all this means for the future L&D team

Watch the full interview here:

24/11/2025

New episode out now!

Was 2025 really a “make-or-break year” for L&D? Dani Johnson of RedThread said so back in the spring — and now, with the year almost behind us, we ask the big question: did we make it… or break it?

I’m joined by Myles Runham, Senior Analyst at Fosway Group, for a deep and data-driven look at:

- AI’s real impact vs the hype
- Changing buying patterns in L&D and HR
- Skills intelligence: progress or fatigue?
- Whether L&D is reinventing itself — or heading towards obsolescence

🎧 Listen now: links in podcast

14/11/2025

ICYMI: LH120 with Dr Ashwin Mehta on agentic AI & the future of L&D is live 🎧

AI agents aren’t magic —they’re changing how we work & learn.

Watch the full episode →
📺 VIDEO - FULL EPISODE
YouTube: https://youtu.be/cZ1noIQSpI0

🎧 AUDIO LINKS
Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/mutxjraf
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/5h6hmc2v
Learning Hack Website: https://tinyurl.com/4uk58czz
Libsyn: https://tinyurl.com/37mbw5vc
YouTube (AUDIO ONLY): https://youtu.be/oc50JHRoj4E

12/11/2025

🎬 “People talk about hallucinations as if it’s a thing…” — Dr Ashwin Mehta

Get clarity on agentic AI in this week’s Learning Hack.

Watch / listen to the full episode:

📺 VIDEO
YouTube: https://youtu.be/cZ1noIQSpI0

🎧 AUDIO
Apple Podcasts: https://tinyurl.com/mutxjraf
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/5h6hmc2v
Learning Hack Website: https://tinyurl.com/4uk58czz
Libsyn: https://tinyurl.com/37mbw5vc
YouTube (AUDIO ONLY): https://youtu.be/oc50JHRoj4E

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