In this episode, I sat down with my friend Heather Burright, who runs the Learning for Good podcast, and we got into our own career journeys, how we've invested in our own growth, and what it actually takes to build confidence and find your voice as an ID or L&D professional. If you've ever felt like you're doing great work, but still struggling to get a seat at the table, this one's for you.

👉 Mentioned Resources:

• Connect with Heather
• Learning for Good Podcast
• Fusion AI Workshop
• DevLearn
• Transcript

👉 Recommendations:

• 🙌Collaborating and Building Relationships with SMEs course
• 📚So, you want to become an instructional designer?
• 📙 My Book

👉 Connect with me:

• LinkedIn
• Confessions of a Learning Nerd
• YouTube
• Learning Nerd Group

👉 Support the Channel!

• Check out my favorite LMS: Brightspace

AI isn't just a technology problem in higher education — it's a people problem. From enthusiastic early adopters to deeply skeptical faculty, institutional leaders are navigating a wide spectrum of AI engagement across their campuses, and figuring out how to bring everyone along is where the real work begins.

In this episode, we dig into practical, people-centered strategies for leading AI implementation in higher ed. How do you support faculty at different stages of readiness? How do you reduce resistance without dismissing legitimate concerns? And how do you build a roadmap that's both responsible and sustainable? Grounded in change management principles and shaped by the realities of higher education culture, this conversation gives leaders the tools to stop reacting and start leading with intention.

👉 Mentioned Resources:

• Transcript
• Generative AI for Managers
• Fusion AI Workshop
• AI and Instructional Design Survey

👉 Recommendations:

• 🙌Collaborating and Building Relationships with SMEs course
• 📚So, you want to become an instructional designer?
• 📙 My Book

👉 Connect with me:

• LinkedIn
• Confessions of a Learning Nerd
• YouTube
• Learning Nerd Group

👉 Support the Channel!

• Check out my favorite LMS: Brightspace

How can we improve workforce learning?

This is the main theme for our episode today with Dr. Tessa Forshaw. She's a cognitive scientist, faculty chair of the workforce and workplace learning concentration, and director of the workforce learning and innovation initiative at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

In this episode, we talk about the basics of learning, common mistakes designers make, keeping up with AI, shifting from content production to performance, and why learning myths still persist.

👉 Mentioned Resources:

• Certificate in Workforce Learning and Innovation
• Transcript
• Fusion AI Workshop
• AI and Instructional Design Survey

👉 Recommendations:

• 🙌Collaborating and Building Relationships with SMEs course
• 📚So, you want to become an instructional designer?
• 📙 My Book

👉 Connect with me:

• LinkedIn
• Confessions of a Learning Nerd
• YouTube
• Learning Nerd Group

👉 Support the Channel!

• Check out my favorite LMS: Brightspace