Learning Uncut is about real conversations around real learning solutions and real experiences with real advice from real people. We're all about keeping it "real." Here's an overview of our approach: Strategy and tactics. We want to unpack the strategy and how-to's of creating great learning solutions, frameworks and teams. CONVERSATIONS, NOT SCRIPTED DISCUSSION Our podcasts are professional but not so edited and polished that they lose their authenticity. We want our audience to hear real people having real conversations and sharing real examples and advice. PROGRESSIVE We want to showcase the "unsung L&D heroes" out there doing great...
Latest episodes
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46 min
193: Optimising Learning Technology at Starbucks Australia – Peter Elkhuizen
You've chosen your learning technology and a launch date draws near. Then what? Peter Elkhuizen, Partner Capability and Growth Manager at Starbucks Australia, shares how he moved a…
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49 min
192: Choosing Learning Technology in the age of AI - Audrey Chan and Adam Hepper
Most L&D teams don't choose the wrong learning platform because they're careless, they choose it because the process is confusing, rushed, or driven by shiny demos. In this episode…
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55 min
191: Team alignment is commitment, not agreement - Lindsay Uittenbogaard and John Dobbin
What does alignment really mean when the stakes are high? Drawing on a global banking case study involving a major regulatory deadline, Lindsay and John share how surfacing differe…
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46 min
190: The Education Revolution – Jeff Davis
The choices we make in education today shape the workforce thirty years from now. In this episode Michelle Parry-Slater speaks with Jeff Davis, Executive Head at Hillcrest Christia…
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189: What Happens After the Award, Reflection 18 months on – Millie Law ANZ
What happens after the award, is won? In this episode, Michelle Parry-Slater welcomes back Millie Law, Enterprise Capability Lead at ANZ for an 18-month update on the Better Busine…
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45 min
188: Minimal Interventions, Maximum Outcomes - Andrew Lawson & Alice Smith
Michelle Parry-Slater is joined by Andrew Lawson (2026 AITD L&D Professional of the Year) and his client Alice Smith, about a deliberately different approach to leadership training…
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49 min
Elevate 50: What's next for L&D? Donald Taylor
For three years running, AI topped the list of what's hot in L&D. This year it dipped, and Donald H Taylor is taking it off the survey altogether. Don has run the Global Sentiment…
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57 min
Elevate 49: Gari Yala - Speak the Truth | Indigenous Employment and the L&D Responsibility
It will take 118 years, at the current rate of change, before an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person can go to work without hearing a racial slur. This is not history. This…
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55 min
187: Recognition as a Learning Tool Sarah McVanel & Lisa Anstey
Recognition is often written off as a "nice to have." In this episode, Michelle Parry-Slater speaks with Sarah McVanel, Canada's recognition expert and founder of Greatness Magnifi…
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47 min
Elevate 48: Eight Years of Learning Uncut – Michelle Ockers
Eight years. Nearly 200 episodes. One consistent heartbeat. In this special Elevate episode, Michelle Parry-Slater sits down with Learning Uncut founder Michelle Ockers to reflect…
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186: Building L&D from Scratch – Elyse Toomey
The brief was simple: we need an L&D function. Go and start one. In this episode, Michelle Parry-Slater speaks with Elyse Toomey, Head of Learning and Development at Ironbark Finan…
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49 min
185: Learning as Investment, Not Cost – Tina Schust Robinson & LaTanya Foster
Most leadership programs start with the how; the workshop, the elearning, the coach. The business case often comes later, if at all. In this episode, Michelle Parry-Slater speaks w…
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184: From Darkroom to AI: Reflective Practice Across an L&D Career – Greg Wilton
We rarely stop to look back. One achievement blurs into the next, and before long we've accumulated years of practice without ever taking stock of what we've actually learned. In t…
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48 min
Elevate 47: The Craft of Conference Chairing – Niall Gavin, Helen Palmer & Anit Mahay
Most conference chairs open with applause and slip off stage. At Learning Technologies, chairing starts two months before anyone sets foot in the room. In this Elevate episode, Mic…
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47 min
183: Hearing Loss Awareness Designing for Empathy at Scale (HSBC) - Georgie Cooke, Louise Bassiri and Michelle…
Hearing loss is more common than most workplaces acknowledge. Around one in six Australians, one in eight Americans, and one in five UK adults lives with some form of hearing loss,…
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50 min
The Power of Evolution in Learning Transformation (Girlguiding UK) – Arnika Knight and Michelle Parry-Slater
Arnika Knight and Michelle Parry-Slater share the decade-long journey of modernising L&D for 80,000 volunteers at Girlguiding UK. From navigating change resistance to building a mu…
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50 min
Beyond Role Play: Using AI to Build Real Skills – Ryan Byrne and Dr Nathan Moore
Sydney Trains frontline staff face customer aggression daily. They knew the de-escalation models. Applying them under real pressure was another matter entirely. And they'd made one…
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42 min
When Leaders Lead the Leadership Programme – Matthew Peade
Matthew Peade from TFE Hotels discusses their award-winning People Leaders Program, a 12-month leadership development initiative that's seen 300 graduates and an impressive 86% pro…
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51 min
Elevate 46: The Learning and Development Handbook – Michelle Parry-Slater
Michelle Ockers speaks with Learning Uncut co-host, and author, Michelle Parry-Slater about her book, The Learning and Development Handbook, A Learning Practitioner's Toolkit. Shar…
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38 min
Blood Processing Centre Virtual Tour – Liz Seskus and Kate Schulze
Liz Seskus and Kate Schultz from Australian Red Cross Lifeblood discuss their development of a virtual tour to support the induction of new hematology registrars. They share how th…