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GMoLS7E44 AI Learning and the Global South

Recorded live at Online Educa Berlin, this episode of Great Minds on Learning explores AI and the Global South through history, hard lessons, and contemporary debate. John Helmer and Donald Clark examine early techno-utopian experiments, the ethics wars around AI, and newer perspectives rooted in language, power, and lived experience. From Negroponte and Mitra to…

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LH #121 A Make Or Break Year? 2025 in review with Myles Runham

2025 was billed as a “make-or-break year” for L&D. But what actually happened? To make sense of a turbulent twelve months in learning, talent and HR, John Helmer speaks with Myles Runham of Fosway Group, Europe’s leading analyst firm. They explore AI’s real impact, shifting buying patterns, skills intelligence, evaluation, and whether L&D is heading…

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LH #120 Agent Provocateur with Dr. Ashwin Mehta

How AI agents are reshaping learning workflows and the L&D ecosystem “Agentic AI” is the buzzword of the moment. But how many people fully understand what it really means—or how it will change learning and work? Dr. Ashwin Mehta, Chief AI Strategist at the Learning & Performance Institute and founder of Mehtadology AI, joins John…

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LH #119 Learning To Love America with Christian Ray Flores

From refugee to rockstar to life coach — the making of a modern American.

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LH #116 How L&D Gets Leverage, with Lori Niles-Hoffman

Systems, skills and the eight levers of learning transformation.

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LH115 Meet Your New Math(s) Teacher: a Robot Dog, with Jan Liphardt

Stanford bioengineer on AI, robotics & the future of learning

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