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Welcome to The Learning Effect - Learning Reinvented Podcast brought to you by the team at The Learning Effect. This podcast is based around all things learning, but with a difference. We've designed the podcast to provoke conversation and help drive change in the world of learning. We won't be speaking with the usual suspects, instead will be speaking with innovative players in the learning space, as well as those who are new to it. In addition to this podcast, we also have a Community aimed at learning professionals to collaborate and share best practice. You can join the Community by registering here: www.thelearningeffect.co.uk/communityregistration You can understand a bit more about The Learning Effect here: www.thelearningeffect.co.uk Roll The Intro by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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7 days ago
7 days ago
Welcome to this episode of the Learning Reinvented podcast, brought to you by The Learning Effect Team.
In this episode, host James Poletyllo is joined by Panos Siozos to explore how learning can be used as a powerful driver of business growth. Panos, co-founder and CEO of LearnWorlds, has spent over 25 years shaping the e-learning landscape, helping more than 11,000 organisations deliver impactful education. Find out what he’s learned from customers around the world, why speed now matters more than perfection, and how AI is transforming the way teams create, share and scale learning.
The Learning Reinvented Podcast aims to bring a variety of new and different voices to talk about the current and future state of learning at work. We want our conversations to be though provoking, useful and real world. We appreciate your thoughts and feedback to help achieve this.
About The Learning Effect
The Learning Effect’s vision is to help companies create purposeful, consumer grade learning experiences which help you deliver your business goals and your team realise their potential. If you are looking to change your companies learning or for new learning technologies we should be your first call.
About the Host - James Poletyllo
James is one of the founding director's of The Learning Effect.
With over 20 years experience of leading learning functions in a variety of industries he is now focused on helping organisations create consumer grade learning experiences which deliver results and performance.
He is passionate about making a difference and is on a mission to change the future of learning at work for the good of every employee.
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You can follow and connect with James via:
LinkedIn: James Poletyllo - LinkedIn
Website: https://www.thelearningeffect.co.uk/
Email: james.poletyllo@thelearningeffect.co.uk
About the Guest – Panos Siozos
Panos is a fourth-generation educator turned SaaS CEO who started LearnWorlds as a post-doc passion project with his two best friends. Today, that passion project has evolved into a global elearning platform reaching over 23 million learners around the world.
With a PhD in educational technology and a background in software R&D and EU policy, Panos brings a rare mix of academic depth, product thinking, and proven business acumen. He believes learning is humanity’s defining superpower—the engine of progress. And he built LearnWorlds so that every individual and business can become a creator and multiplier of that progress.
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You can follow and connect with Panos via:
LinkedIn: Panos Siozos | LinkedIn
Website: To find out more about Learnworlds click here
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Wednesday Aug 27, 2025
Wednesday Aug 27, 2025
Welcome to this episode of the Learning Reinvented podcast, brought to you by The Learning Effect Team.
In this episode we follow up our last episode where we experimented by producing the episode using AI. In this episode we share what we learnt through the experiment and the the additional questions the experiment triggered. This episode provides an insight in how AI tools can be used to support content development. The uses go far beyond learning.
The Learning Reinvented Podcast aims to bring a variety of new and different voices to talk about the current and future state of learning at work. We want our conversations to be though provoking, useful and real world. We appreciate your thoughts and feedback to help achieve this.
About The Learning Effect
The Learning Effect’s vision is to help companies create purposeful, consumer grade learning experiences which help you deliver your business goals and your team realise their potential. If you are looking to change your companies learning or for new learning technologies we should be your first call.
About the Host - Katie Godden
Katie is one of the founding directors of The Learning Effect.
With over 10 years experience in the learning industry within a number of different sectors, Katie is now focused on helping organisations transform their learning offering.
She is passionate about creating learning journeys in the workplace which replicate how we learn in our lives outside of work.
CONTACT METHOD
You can follow and connect with Katie via:
LinkedIn: Katie Godden - LinkedIn
Website: https://www.thelearningeffect.co.uk/
Email: katie.godden@thelearningeffect.co.uk
About the Host - James Poletyllo
James is one of the founding director's of The Learning Effect.
With over 20 years experience of leading learning functions in a variety of industries he is now focused on helping organisations create consumer grade learning experiences which deliver results and performance.
He is passionate about making a difference and is on a mission to change the future of learning at work for the good of every employee.
CONTACT METHOD
You can follow and connect with James via:
LinkedIn: James Poletyllo - LinkedIn
Website: https://www.thelearningeffect.co.uk/
Wednesday Aug 13, 2025
Wednesday Aug 13, 2025
Welcome to this episode of the Learning Reinvented podcast, brought to you by The Learning Effect Team.
In this episode, the team experiment with AI tools to see if regular hosts, James and Katie, can be cloned and replaced. This episode provides an insight in how AI tools can be used to support content development. The uses go far beyond learning.
The episode showcases tools at their most raw rather than highly polished and edited. Let us know which host you prefer the real James and Katie or their clones?
The Learning Reinvented Podcast aims to bring a variety of new and different voices to talk about the current and future state of learning at work. We want our conversations to be though provoking, useful and real world. We appreciate your thoughts and feedback to help achieve this.
About The Learning Effect
The Learning Effect’s vision is to help companies create purposeful, consumer grade learning experiences which help you deliver your business goals and your team realise their potential. If you are looking to change your companies learning or for new learning technologies we should be your first call.
About the Host - Katie Godden
Katie is one of the founding directors of The Learning Effect.
With over 10 years experience in the learning industry within a number of different sectors, Katie is now focused on helping organisations transform their learning offering.
She is passionate about creating learning journeys in the workplace which replicate how we learn in our lives outside of work.
CONTACT METHOD
You can follow and connect with Katie via:
LinkedIn: Katie Godden - LinkedIn
Website: https://www.thelearningeffect.co.uk/
Email: katie.godden@thelearningeffect.co.uk
About the Host - James Poletyllo
James is one of the founding director's of The Learning Effect.
With over 20 years experience of leading learning functions in a variety of industries he is now focused on helping organisations create consumer grade learning experiences which deliver results and performance.
He is passionate about making a difference and is on a mission to change the future of learning at work for the good of every employee.
CONTACT METHOD
You can follow and connect with James via:
LinkedIn: James Poletyllo - LinkedIn
Website: https://www.thelearningeffect.co.uk/
Email: james.poletyllo@thelearningeffect.co.uk
Wednesday Jul 30, 2025
Wednesday Jul 30, 2025
Welcome to this episode of the Learning Reinvented podcast, brought to you by The Learning Effect Team.
In this episode, James and Katie tackle the challenge of "Why don’t people change, even when they want to?"
The Learning Reinvented Podcast aims to bring a variety of new and different voices to talk about the current and future state of learning at work. We want our conversations to be though provoking, useful and real world. We appreciate your thoughts and feedback to help achieve this.
About The Learning Effect
The Learning Effect’s vision is to help companies create purposeful, consumer grade learning experiences which help you deliver your business goals and your team realise their potential. If you are looking to change your companies learning or for new learning technologies we should be your first call.
About the Host - Katie Godden
Katie is one of the founding directors of The Learning Effect.
With over 10 years experience in the learning industry within a number of different sectors, Katie is now focused on helping organisations transform their learning offering.
She is passionate about creating learning journeys in the workplace which replicate how we learn in our lives outside of work.
CONTACT METHOD
You can follow and connect with Katie via:
LinkedIn: Katie Godden - LinkedIn
Website: https://www.thelearningeffect.co.uk/
Email: katie.godden@thelearningeffect.co.uk
About the Host - James Poletyllo
James is one of the founding director's of The Learning Effect.
With over 20 years experience of leading learning functions in a variety of industries he is now focused on helping organisations create consumer grade learning experiences which deliver results and performance.
He is passionate about making a difference and is on a mission to change the future of learning at work for the good of every employee.
CONTACT METHOD
You can follow and connect with James via:
LinkedIn: James Poletyllo - LinkedIn
Website: https://www.thelearningeffect.co.uk/
Wednesday Jul 16, 2025
Wednesday Jul 16, 2025
Welcome to this episode of the Learning Reinvented podcast, brought to you by The Learning Effect Team.
In this episode, James and Katie discuss whether the established approaches and practices are actually helping organisations reach their goals or are they part of the problem?
The Learning Reinvented Podcast aims to bring a variety of new and different voices to talk about the current and future state of learning at work. We want our conversations to be though provoking, useful and real world. We appreciate your thoughts and feedback to help achieve this.
About The Learning Effect
The Learning Effect’s vision is to help companies create purposeful, consumer grade learning experiences which help you deliver your business goals and your team realise their potential. If you are looking to change your companies learning or for new learning technologies we should be your first call.
About the Host - Katie Godden
Katie is one of the founding directors of The Learning Effect.
With over 10 years experience in the learning industry within a number of different sectors, Katie is now focused on helping organisations transform their learning offering.
She is passionate about creating learning journeys in the workplace which replicate how we learn in our lives outside of work.
CONTACT METHOD
You can follow and connect with Katie via:
LinkedIn: Katie Godden - LinkedIn
Website: https://www.thelearningeffect.co.uk/
Email: katie.godden@thelearningeffect.co.uk
About the Host - James Poletyllo
James is one of the founding director's of The Learning Effect.
With over 20 years experience of leading learning functions in a variety of industries he is now focused on helping organisations create consumer grade learning experiences which deliver results and performance.
He is passionate about making a difference and is on a mission to change the future of learning at work for the good of every employee.
CONTACT METHOD
You can follow and connect with James via:
LinkedIn: James Poletyllo - LinkedIn
Website: https://www.thelearningeffect.co.uk/
Wednesday Jul 02, 2025
Wednesday Jul 02, 2025
Welcome to this episode of the Learning Reinvented podcast, brought to you by The Learning Effect Team.
In this episode, James and Katie discuss the importance of first jobs and the platform they set for individual's careers. They can set the foundations of a good work ethic and customer focus or reinforce poor working behaviours.
The Learning Reinvented Podcast aims to bring a variety of new and different voices to talk about the current and future state of learning at work. We want our conversations to be though provoking, useful and real world. We appreciate your thoughts and feedback to help achieve this.
About The Learning Effect
The Learning Effect’s vision is to help companies create purposeful, consumer grade learning experiences which help you deliver your business goals and your team realise their potential. If you are looking to change your companies learning or for new learning technologies we should be your first call.
About the Host - Katie Godden
Katie is one of the founding directors of The Learning Effect.
With over 10 years experience in the learning industry within a number of different sectors, Katie is now focused on helping organisations transform their learning offering.
She is passionate about creating learning journeys in the workplace which replicate how we learn in our lives outside of work.
CONTACT METHOD
You can follow and connect with Katie via:
LinkedIn: Katie Godden - LinkedIn
Website: https://www.thelearningeffect.co.uk/
Email: katie.godden@thelearningeffect.co.uk
About the Host - James Poletyllo
James is one of the founding director's of The Learning Effect.
With over 20 years experience of leading learning functions in a variety of industries he is now focused on helping organisations create consumer grade learning experiences which deliver results and performance.
He is passionate about making a difference and is on a mission to change the future of learning at work for the good of every employee.
CONTACT METHOD
You can follow and connect with James via:
LinkedIn: James Poletyllo - LinkedIn
Website: https://www.thelearningeffect.co.uk/
Tuesday Jun 17, 2025
Tuesday Jun 17, 2025
Welcome to this capability-focused episode of the Learning Reinvented podcast, brought to you by The Learning Effect team.
In this episode, James and Katie explore how learning teams can cut through the noise and focus on what truly matters — enabling capability, not just delivering training. They unpack the difference between skills and capabilities, discuss how to stay relevant in a constantly shifting environment, and challenge the traditional assumptions about learning’s role in the organisation.
Whether you’re leading an L&D team or working to align learning with business impact, this episode is full of practical insight and honest reflections.
The Learning Reinvented Podcast aims to bring a variety of new and different voices to talk about the current and future state of learning at work. We want our conversations to be thought-provoking, useful and real-world. We appreciate your thoughts and feedback to help achieve this.
About The Learning Effect
The Learning Effect’s vision is to help companies create purposeful, consumer grade learning experiences which help you deliver your business goals and your team realise their potential. If you are looking to change your companies learning or for new learning technologies we should be your first call.
About the Host - Katie Godden
Katie is one of the founding directors of The Learning Effect.
With over 10 years experience in the learning industry within a number of different sectors, Katie is now focused on helping organisations transform their learning offering.
She is passionate about creating learning journeys in the workplace which replicate how we learn in our lives outside of work.
CONTACT METHOD
You can follow and connect with Katie via:
LinkedIn: Katie Godden - LinkedIn
Website: https://www.thelearningeffect.co.uk/
Email: katie.godden@thelearningeffect.co.uk
About the Host - James Poletyllo
James is one of the founding director's of The Learning Effect.
With over 20 years experience of leading learning functions in a variety of industries he is now focused on helping organisations create consumer grade learning experiences which deliver results and performance.
He is passionate about making a difference and is on a mission to change the future of learning at work for the good of every employee.
CONTACT METHOD
You can follow and connect with James via:
LinkedIn: James Poletyllo - LinkedIn
Website: https://www.thelearningeffect.co.uk/
Wednesday Jun 04, 2025
Wednesday Jun 04, 2025
Welcome to this Learning Technologies focused episode of the Learning Reinvented podcast, brought to you by The Learning Effect Team.
This is one of 5 episodes to help listeners navigate their learning technology journey successfully. This covers everything from how to make the most out of attending learning exhibitions, through to how to navigate the choice of solutions and make the right choices for you. We also look at how to embed the technology into your business and get the best return on your investment.
In this episode James and Katie share their expertise around selecting and making the most of learning technology and how to do this without the need to attend big conferences and exhibitions. Whether you are attending Learning Technologies or not this episode is full of useful hints and tips.
The Learning Reinvented Podcast aims to bring a variety of new and different voices to talk about the current and future state of learning at work. We want our conversations to be though provoking, useful and real world. We appreciate your thoughts and feedback to help achieve this.
About The Learning Effect
The Learning Effect’s vision is to help companies create purposeful, consumer grade learning experiences which help you deliver your business goals and your team realise their potential. If you are looking to change your companies learning or for new learning technologies we should be your first call.
About the Host - Katie Godden
Katie is one of the founding directors of The Learning Effect.
With over 10 years experience in the learning industry within a number of different sectors, Katie is now focused on helping organisations transform their learning offering.
She is passionate about creating learning journeys in the workplace which replicate how we learn in our lives outside of work.
CONTACT METHOD
You can follow and connect with Katie via:
LinkedIn: Katie Godden - LinkedIn
Website: https://www.thelearningeffect.co.uk/
Email: katie.godden@thelearningeffect.co.uk
About the Host - James Poletyllo
James is one of the founding director's of The Learning Effect.
With over 20 years experience of leading learning functions in a variety of industries he is now focused on helping organisations create consumer grade learning experiences which deliver results and performance.
He is passionate about making a difference and is on a mission to change the future of learning at work for the good of every employee.
CONTACT METHOD
You can follow and connect with James via:
LinkedIn: James Poletyllo - LinkedIn
Website: https://www.thelearningeffect.co.uk/
Wednesday May 21, 2025
Wednesday May 21, 2025
Welcome to this Learning Technologies focused episode of the Learning Reinvented podcast, brought to you by The Learning Effect Team.
This is one of 5 episodes to help listeners navigate their learning technology journey successfully. This covers everything from how to make the most out of attending the exhibition or other exhibitions, through to how to navigate the choice of solutions and make the right choices for you. We also look at how to embed the technology into your business and get the best return on your investment.
In this episode hosts Katie Godden and James Poletyllo will look at the best approaches to take when selecting learning technology for your organisation. In this third of three linked episodes, they will focus on the importance of embedding your new learning technology into your business and how to have sustainable impact. They provide their insights and thoughts to help you build ongoing value rather than just an implementation project. These are approaches they have used both in-house and with clients to save time, money and heartache and deliver results and business value.
The Learning Reinvented Podcast aims to bring a variety of new and different voices to talk about the current and future state of learning at work. We want our conversations to be though provoking, useful and real world. We appreciate your thoughts and feedback to help achieve this.
About The Learning Effect
The Learning Effect’s vision is to help companies create purposeful, consumer grade learning experiences which help you deliver your business goals and your team realise their potential. If you are looking to change your companies learning or for new learning technologies we should be your first call.
About the Host - Katie Godden
Katie is one of the founding directors of The Learning Effect.
With over 10 years experience in the learning industry within a number of different sectors, Katie is now focused on helping organisations transform their learning offering.
She is passionate about creating learning journeys in the workplace which replicate how we learn in our lives outside of work.
CONTACT METHOD
You can follow and connect with Katie via:
LinkedIn: Katie Godden - LinkedIn
Website: https://www.thelearningeffect.co.uk/
Email: katie.godden@thelearningeffect.co.uk
About the Host - James Poletyllo
James is one of the founding director's of The Learning Effect.
With over 20 years experience of leading learning functions in a variety of industries he is now focused on helping organisations create consumer grade learning experiences which deliver results and performance.
He is passionate about making a difference and is on a mission to change the future of learning at work for the good of every employee.
CONTACT METHOD
You can follow and connect with James via:
LinkedIn: James Poletyllo - LinkedIn
Website: https://www.thelearningeffect.co.uk/
Wednesday May 07, 2025
Wednesday May 07, 2025
Welcome to this Learning Technologies focused episode of the Learning Reinvented podcast, brought to you by The Learning Effect Team.
This is one of 5 episodes to help listeners navigate their learning technology journey successfully. This covers everything from how to make the most out of attending the exhibition or other exhibitions, through to how to navigate the choice of solutions and make the right choices for you. We also look at how to embed the technology into your business and get the best return on your investment.
In this episode hosts Katie Godden and James Poletyllo will look at the best approaches to take when selecting learning technology for your organisation. In this second of three linked episodes they will focus on the Dos and Don’t when reviewing and engaging with potential learning tech vendors. They provide their insights and thoughts to help you navigate this vast and complex marketplace. These are approaches they have used both in-house and with clients to save time, money and heartache.
The Learning Reinvented Podcast aims to bring a variety of new and different voices to talk about the current and future state of learning at work. We want our conversations to be though provoking, useful and real world. We appreciate your thoughts and feedback to help achieve this.
About The Learning Effect
The Learning Effect’s vision is to help companies create purposeful, consumer grade learning experiences which help you deliver your business goals and your team realise their potential. If you are looking to change your companies learning or for new learning technologies we should be your first call.
About the Host - Katie Godden
Katie is one of the founding directors of The Learning Effect.
With over 10 years experience in the learning industry within a number of different sectors, Katie is now focused on helping organisations transform their learning offering.
She is passionate about creating learning journeys in the workplace which replicate how we learn in our lives outside of work.
CONTACT METHOD
You can follow and connect with Katie via:
LinkedIn: Katie Godden - LinkedIn
Website: https://www.thelearningeffect.co.uk/
Email: katie.godden@thelearningeffect.co.uk
About the Host - James Poletyllo
James is one of the founding director's of The Learning Effect.
With over 20 years experience of leading learning functions in a variety of industries he is now focused on helping organisations create consumer grade learning experiences which deliver results and performance.
He is passionate about making a difference and is on a mission to change the future of learning at work for the good of every employee.
CONTACT METHOD
You can follow and connect with James via:
LinkedIn: James Poletyllo - LinkedIn
Website: https://www.thelearningeffect.co.uk/