
The Mind Tools L&D Podcast
Hosted by Ross G and Ross D and Ross Garner and Gemma Towersey and Ross Dickie and Cammy Bean and Gemma and Matt Mella · Mind Tools Ltd
4.7from 39 ratings
- 521
- Episodes
- 131
- Transcribed
- 39
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
- 17M
- YouTube views
About The Mind Tools L&D Podcast
The Mindtools L&D Podcast is a must-listen for anyone involved in Learning and Development or Human Resources. The weekly show features regular appearances from the Mind Tools team plus special guests to get right to the heart of issues affecting the L&D and HR communities. From learning needs analysis and evidence-based practice through to the impact of technology on work and hot topics at industry conferences, you'll get critical insights into the world of work, performance and learning.
- Publisher
- Mind Tools Ltd
- Category
- business · business
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 17 May 2016
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
131 of 521 episodes have a transcript.

6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
516 — Is AI turning us into idiots?

29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
515 — Is performance the real cause of burnout?

22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
514 — Learning design was never about building courses
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516 — Is AI turning us into idiots?
Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Well done. That's excellent. Now let's talk about what you learned and how that lifted you to another plane rather than push you down into the sump of not being able to understand or do anything more around that. Yeah, I think this is such a moment, such an inflection point. But we've got to get this right, I believe. I may be slightly more pessimistic than you are, but I came up with five ways that AI is making us dumber. So one is that we default to using it without thinking through the actual problem that we're trying to solve. Second one, we accept its outputs. because it looks on the surface like it's high quality and it's actually quite hard to disentangle which parts of it are not high quality. […]
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- Nigel Paine
- Rabih El Khodr
- Tim Slade
- Claire
- Dr Anna
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- YouTube views
- 17,082,511
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 20 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 19 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 96 / 100
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- Quality
- 99
- Social presence
- 94
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 95
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Who hosts The Mind Tools L&D Podcast?
Ross G and Ross D and Ross Garner and Gemma Towersey and Ross Dickie and Cammy Bean and Gemma and Matt Mella host the show. Published by Mind Tools Ltd.
How often do new episodes come out?
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Does The Mind Tools L&D Podcast take guests?
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