From Scratch

Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins take a look at representational gaps and the power of language .

Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins explore research (https://www.ibm.com/thought-leadership/institute-business-value/en-us/report/ai-human-operating-model) from the IBM Institute for Business Value which highlights paradoxes in how AI is experienced at work and what this means for leaders.

Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins discuss what L&D has learned from digital learning and how this will influence its approach to AI.

In this episode Martin Couzins and Dr Nigel Paine discuss proactive vs reactive organisations. The discussion was prompted by a recent post by Martin on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7490755476079456256/) . We discuss topics including . . . The risks of being a reactive organisation Change now happens so quickly that, by the time an organisation responds to a ...

Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins take a look at L&D's fixation with measurement and whether the industry is measuring the right things.

Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins explore the 2026 Work Trend Index Annual Report: Agents, human agency, and the opportunity for every organization (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/work-trend-index/agents-human-agency-and-the-opportunity-for-every-organization) , Microsoft.

In this episode, Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins discuss the Training Journal L&D Influence Report 2026 (https://www.trainingjournal.com/2026/content-type/white-paper/tjinfluencereport2026/) .

Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins discuss the role of learning in helping organisations realise the potential benefits of AI.

DrNigel paine and Martin Couzins take a look at the Global Sentiment Survey 2026 (https://donaldhtaylor.co.uk/research_base/global-sentiment-survey-2026/) .

Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins discuss leadership and transformation, two themes of the iVentiv Pulse: Top Priorities for Global Heads of Learning and Talent (https://iventiv.com/insights/download-the-iventiv-pulse-top-priorities-for-global-heads-of-learning-and-talent%20%20) .

Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins discuss PwC’s 29th Global CEO Survey - Leading through uncertainty in the age of AI (https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/ceo-survey/2026/pwc-ceo-survey-2026.pdf) .

Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins look ahead to 2026.

Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins discuss the themes from the most listened to episodes of 2025.

Martin Couzins and Dr Nigel Paine discuss latest research from GP Strategies and Watershed - Measuring the Business Impact of Learning (https://www.gpstrategies.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/GPStrategies_Measuring_the_Business_Impact_of_Learning_2025_Ebook_01_FULL.pdf) .

In this episode Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins discuss latest research from Atlassian - The AI Collaboration Index (https://www.atlassian.com/blog/AI-Collaboration-Report-2025) .

In this episode Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins discuss critical thinking and why L&D and talent teams need it more than ever. Martin will be running a session on critical thinking at the Learning Technologies Autumn Forum - more here (https://www.learningtechnologies.co.uk/learning-tech-autumn-forum) .

In this episode, Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins take a look at new research from Donald H Taylor and Eglė Vinauskaitė that looks at how learning and development teams are using AI. Read the report here (https://donaldhtaylor.co.uk/research_base/focus04-race-for-impact/) .

In this episode Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins look at research into shadow AI from Fuel iX. You can download the research here (https://www.fuelix.ai/guides/2025-ai-at-work-report-shadow-ai) .

In this episode Martin Couzins and Dr Nigel Paine discuss David James' L&D maturity model (https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7348696507165892608/?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A%28activity%3A7348696507165892608%2C7349009541860061185%29&dashCommentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd%5Fcomment%3A%287349009541860061185%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7348696507165892608%29&replyUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acom...

Martin Couzins and Dr Nigel Paine discuss research from Microsoft that looks at what it calls the 'infinite work day'. Read more on the research here (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/worklab/work-trend-index/breaking-down-infinite-workday) .

Martin Couzins and Dr Nigel Paine take a look at adult learning.

Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins celebrate the big 250 and reflect on the most listened-to episodes.

Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins explore ways L&D can move beyond a content focus towards performance and business impact.

Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins look at why trust continues to be a problem for organisations and what can be done about it.

Martin Couzins and Dr Nigel Paine discuss ways to encourage organizational learning based on Nigel's latest book.

Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins look at why we might see a renewed interest in communities of practice in the coming months.

Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins discuss Cognota's 2024 LearnOps Trends & Insights Report (https://cognota.com/learnops-industry-report-2024/) .

In this episode, Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins take a look at MIT Sloan Management Review research (https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/no-one-knows-your-strategy-not-even-your-top-leaders/) that shows only 51% of the top team can list their organisation's top three priorities, dropping to 13% of frontline supervisors.

Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins reflect on the need for broader perspectives on AI so that learning teams can be a part of business transformation, not just learning transformation.

Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins discuss pwc's Global Workforce Hopes and Fears Survey 2024 (https://www.pwc.com/gx/en/issues/workforce/hopes-and-fears.html) .

Martin Couzins asks Dr Nigel Paine to reflect on the process of writing his latest book, The Great Reset: Unlocking the Power of Organizational Learning. Pre order here (https://ldaccelerator.com/great-reset) .

Martin Couzins and Dr Nigel Paine review Cache's State of AI report (https://retool.com/reports/state-of-ai-h1-2024) .

In this episode Nigel and Martin explain what we mean by fieldwork and why it should be a part of how you work.

Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins review the book The Social Brain - The Psychology of Successful Groups (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Social-Brain-Psychology-Successful-Groups-ebook/dp/B09SSXBC2Y) .

In this episode Dr Nigel Paine explains why there is no one definition of leadership and what that means for leadership development. Nigel will be co-facilitating the Building Leadership Capability Series with Matt Richter. Find out more here (https://ldaccelerator.com/workshops/blcs) .

Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins discuss Hannah Critchlow's book Joined Up Thinking.

Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins take a look at Nigel's session at the conference, The Great Reset: Why we need to rethink organisational learning.

Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins discuss how organisations can create a climate and culture of organizational learning.

Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins discuss why organisations and individuals need to break through the status quo and how to do it.

In this episode, Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins explore the role of external insights in developing Organizational Learning. Nigel will be running a webinar on the topic on 7 March 2024 - register here (https://ldaccelerator.com/olr) .

Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins take a look at the Learning and Performance Institute's Learning Survey 2024 (https://www.thelpi.org/resources/the-learning-survey/) .

Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins look at McKinsey's paper on raising organisational resilience (https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/people-and-organizational-performance/our-insights/raising-the-resilience-of-your-organization) .

In this episode, Dr Nigel Paine gets a grilling about some of the ideas in his forthcoming book on Organizational Learning. Nigel is running a series of webinars discussing these ideas - register here (https://ldaccelerator.com/olr) .

Dr Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins reflect on 2023.

In this episode Nigel answers some of the questions that were asked at the first in a series of webinars on organisational learning. Find out more and see the webinar recording here (https://www.nigelpaine.com/reboot-learning/) . Bottom up mentoring to reinvigorate the learning process for those who feel they have nothing new to learn The relationship between OD and learning Overcoming resista...

Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins discuss Organizational Learning, the subject of Nigel's new book and also a series of webinars. Find out more here (https://www.nigelpaine.com/reboot-learning/) .

Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins take a look at the latest research (https://www.managers.org.uk/knowledge-and-insights/research/better-management-report-take-responsibility-take-action/) from the Chartered Management Institute into the state of UK managers.

Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins discuss the six action points taken from Insights Media's Research Roundup report into generative AI (https://insightsmedia.co.uk/research-roundup/) .

Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins propose some tactics for finding credible insights on generative AI.

Nigel Paine and Martin Couzins review the LinkedIn Learning course How to research and write using generative AI tools (https://www.linkedin.com/learning/how-to-research-and-write-using-generative-ai-tools/meet-your-ai-creative-collaborator) .