The Learning Reinvented Podcast - Episode 75 - Embedding Volunteering into Your Learning Offer - Kirsti Godson & Mike Davies

Welcome to another edition of the Learning Reinvented podcast, brought to you by The Learning Effect Team. In this episode host James Poletyllo is joined by Kirsti Godson and Mike Davies to look at how a change in government policy has acted as a catalyst to embed volunteering into the  people and learning strategy at Thales. Embracing volunteering has produced multiple benefits and Kirsti and Mike join us to share their story. 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 Guest – Kirsti Godson With over 30 years in learning and development in numerous settings, Kirsti, is a true advocate of life-long learning. Passionate about creating opportunities for those more marginalised from the traditional education system, has taken her from science teacher, MD of a commercial training business, CEO of a charity, to heading up Social Impact at Thales UK. Kirsti works with her colleagues to create interventions to champion science and engineering as career destination for all, from primary school to ‘career switchers’, with the aim to diversify our talent pipeline. Championing the value volunteering as a means of cultural change, promoting learning, inclusion and diversity and increasing employee engagement, providing benefits to the business, employees and the local community.   CONTACT METHOD LinkedIn: (1) Kirsti Godson | LinkedIn   About the Guest – Mike Davies Mike has worked in Learning for more than 30 years, but hasn’t lost an ounce of his passion for finding ways to help people grow. He tries to look at the whole person when thinking about learning design, how can individuals grow knowledge, behaviours and their own well-being. Having worked on three continents and many different countries he understands and works with the personal and development needs of people from different cultures. He feels that the use of experiential learning and volunteering in learning activities has benefits at many levels. CONTACT METHOD LinkedIn: (1) Mike Davies | LinkedIn   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: [email protected]