Today is International Women's Day and we're celebrating it in partnership with Working Chance, a UK-based charity set up to help women with criminal convictions to find jobs. Today on The Mind Tools L&D Podcast, Gemma and Nahdia talk to Helen Sweet, Head of Employability at Working Chance. We discuss:
To go directly to Working Chance's BIG GIVE campaign for International Women’s Day, please visit workingchance.org/IWD You can also find out more about Working Chance via its social media channels: instagram.com/working_chance
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Nahdia's discovery about our changing sleep patterns came from "The forgotten medieval habit of 'two sleeps'" article from the BBC. You can read it by following this link bbc.com/future/article/20220107-the-lost-medieval-habit-of-biphasic-sleep
Gemma's bog factoid came from the Scottish Wildlife Trust's 50 for the Future publication. The 'Peatland blanket bogs' article is online at scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/2015/10/50-for-the-future-peatland-blanket-bogs/
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300 — Celebrating live from London!
299 — How can we embed learning in our workplaces?
298 — How can L&D promote an anti-racist workplace?
297 — Can gamification level up our learning?
296 — Effective hybrid working
295 — How do we prevent burnout
294 — Developing a digital mindset (for non-digital folks)
293 — How to grow your people
292 — Choosing the right intervention
291 — What's the value of values?
290 — The world of learning has changed
289 — Live from the Metaverse: VR for learning
288 — Who needs learning outcomes, anyway?
287 — What will be hot in workplace L&D in 2022?
286 — Can you grow your curiosity?
285 — How do we 'mine for stories'?
283 — How does nudge theory support workplace learning?
282 — What is the purpose of education?
281 — Does your team need a re-brand?
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