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Offbeat On Air

Offbeat On Air

Lavinia Mehedintu & Milica Sapic

We are on a mission to break our L&D bubble! We want to connect to people trying to achieve similar goals to ours, but in other circumstances, with different skills, and tools. We’ll learn how scientists solve problems, how professional athletes think of performance, and how surgeons approach the learning process. All of this to infuse new perspectives into our lives as learning professionals.
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We have all encountered journalism in one way or another. It might have been print, it might have been digital, it might have been for the good, or with the purpose of persuasion. But oftentimes we don't hear the stories behind the written piece. Cristian Lupșa took us on a ride of a lifetime and opened up about his early beginnings with journalism, how his craft was polished in time, and the intersections he sees between learning & storytelling. We explored:

  • The difference between opinion pieces and telling stories about people;
  • Why empathy and trust-building are important in crafting the best stories;
  • How we can use storytelling to promote learning within organizations;
  • How can we intentionally design gatherings to reach our purpose-and how he did it with The Power of Storytelling.

It was an amazing, honest conversation. We wandered outside of L&D, into acting, to learn from a practice that might be almost mystical to us, but can provide so much inspiration. Hope you'll enjoy it!

Our sponsor

This new season of Offbeat On Air is sponsored by Sana. Sana is an AI-powered learning platform that empowers organizations to find, share, and harness the knowledge they need to achieve their missions. Backed by some of the world’s leading investors, operators, and founders, Sana has raised $54M to date. The company's headquarters are in Stockholm, Sweden, with offices in London and New York.

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We’re Lavinia & Mili, and we hope this episode brings you at least one idea you can use in your own practice. If you want to share it with us, feel free to reach out on our LinkedIn profiles, which you can find below.

Lavinia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laviniamehedintu/

Milica: https://www.linkedin.com/in/milicasapic/

Cristian: https://www.linkedin.com/in/syruslowe/

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Offbeat On Air - Welcome to Offbeat On Air
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09/26/22 • 1 min

There are so many interesting professions out there. Behavior scientists, fitness instructors, performance coaches, surgeons, ballet performers, cinema directors, astronauts, and landscape architects just to name a few. At a first glance, it might seem they have nothing to do with L&D. But we beg to differ! We’ve found the connecting dots - and we would like to explore them further.


In conversations with professionals from the most diverse backgrounds, we will delve from an entirely new standpoint into key concepts that occupy the L&D world. In each episode, we will sit down with a guest from a new exciting discipline to shine a different light on the topic, and connect it back to how we work.


Read about the why, the who, and the how right here.

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Yoga is more than just a practice; it's a journey into the self, a discipline that synchronizes the body, mind, and spirit. In our latest podcast episode, we were happy to listen to the insights of Editha Satara, a PowerYoga Teacher, who guided us through the transformative powers of yoga on mental wellbeing.

Here's a glimpse into the discussion we had:

  • Unveiling the layers: Editha shared how yoga transcends physical benefits, acting as a balm for the mind, easing stress, and fostering a sanctuary of calm within.
  • The grounding force: We delve into practices and routines that help maintain a connection to the present moment, highlighting how being grounded can enhance our daily lives.
  • The art of balance in teaching: Editha discussed the delicate equilibrium between meticulous preparation and the intuitive ability to read and respond to the energy of a yoga class.
  • The synergy of wellness: The conversation took us through the complementary relationship between yoga and other pillars of health, such as breathwork and nutrition, underscoring the holistic nature of this ancient practice.

Join us as we navigate the serene paths of yoga with Editha Satara, understanding how this age-old discipline can cultivate an enduring sense of peace and self-discovery. Tune in to this soulful exchange and perhaps find a key to unlock your own journey into inner tranquility. We hope you find inspiration and a moment of peace in this episode.

Our sponsor

This new season of Offbeat On Air is sponsored by ⁠⁠Sana⁠⁠. ⁠⁠Sana⁠⁠ is an AI-powered learning platform that empowers organizations to find, share, and harness the knowledge they need to achieve their missions. Backed by some of the world’s leading investors, operators, and founders, Sana has raised $54M to date. The company's headquarters are in Stockholm, Sweden, with offices in London and New York.

Your hosts

We’re Lavinia & Mili, and we hope this episode brings you at least one idea you can use in your own practice. If you want to share it with us, feel free to reach out on our LinkedIn profiles, which you can find below.

Lavinia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laviniamehedintu/

Milica: https://www.linkedin.com/in/milicasapic/

Editha: https://www.poweryogainstitute.de/ueber-uns/lehrer/edita-satara/

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Offbeat On Air - Leadership Development in the Australian Army
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10/20/22 • 46 min

Episode 2: Leadership Development in the Australian Army

How do other organizations prepare for the future of work? How do they look at leadership development? Why is this episode special you wonder? Because we are going to dive into a totally new space - the army. Joining us on this exploration is Jamie Martin, Director of the Centre for Australian Army Leadership.
Jamie has an incredible story! He has led teams of up to 2,000 as a Helicopter Force commander and pilot. As the Commanding Officer of the 5th Aviation Regiment in the Australian Army, he led missions across the SW Pacific and Australia deployed on security missions, amphibious operations, and national disasters like floods and bushfires. Now, in his new role, Jamie is developing programs to grow the leaders of 2040.
We talk all about his experience of becoming a leader at an early age, how the Australian Army thinks in terms of leadership development now and for the future, and the lessons he's learning along the way.
Our sponsor
Joining us for this episode as a sponsor is Innential. Innential makes it easy for HR and L&D teams to automate their talent development workflows like onboarding, personal development plans, and leadership development. They do so through their platform’s flexible learning path system, a diverse content library curated uniquely to your company’s needs, and the ability to upload internal company content like PDFs and videos. Dozens of companies are already using them to level up their talent development workflows, so if that’s something you’re interested in, book a call with them from their website, mention Offbeat On Air, and their founders will happily get in touch with you. Your hosts


We’re Lavinia & Mili, and we hope this episode brings you at least one idea you can use in your own practice. If you want to share it with us, feel free to reach out on our LinkedIn profiles, which you can find below.
Lavinia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laviniamehedintu/
Milica: https://www.linkedin.com/in/milicasapic/
Erica: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericaspiegelman/

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Offbeat On Air - Improving L&D’s impact through Service Design
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02/29/24 • 37 min

Join us as we explore how integrating Service Design principles into our L&D work can improve the way we cater to our internal customers. Together with Simone Anne Slaviero we discussed:

  • The definition of Service Design as a way to view the entire customer journey and evaluate all backstage processes, systems, and teams that make a service successful.
  • The role and importance of a Service Designer, with aspects such as their involvement in business, project or product management, and UX.
  • The challenge of customer research and user access as a critical part of the process.
  • A step-by-step process of service design, describing issues such as problem definition, stakeholder engagement, and prototyping.

If you're curious about how to best serve your internal customers, you will find this conversation useful and filled with practical tips.

Our sponsor

This new season of Offbeat On Air is sponsored by ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sana⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sana⁠⁠⁠⁠ is an AI-powered learning platform that empowers organizations to find, share, and harness the knowledge they need to achieve their missions. Backed by some of the world’s leading investors, operators, and founders, Sana has raised $54M to date. The company's headquarters are in Stockholm, Sweden, with offices in London and New York.

Your hosts

We’re Lavinia & Mili, and we hope this episode brings you at least one idea you can use in your own practice. If you want to share it with us, feel free to reach out on our LinkedIn profiles, which you can find below.

Lavinia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laviniamehedintu/

Milica: https://www.linkedin.com/in/milicasapic/

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We're seeing a wave of L&D Professionals thinking about freelancing or just starting their freelance journeys. So we decided to speak to those who've done it and see what wisdom they have to share. We were joined by:

  • Sarah Cannistra, L&D Career, Executive & Business Coach and Fractional Chief Learning Officer & Head of Learning
  • Luke O'Mahoney, Founder @ Sapienx
  • Liam Moore, Executive Coach, Supervisor & Facilitator

We explored A LOT, but here's a summary of what you can expect:

  • How did they decide on going solo? What drove them? What questions did they ask? What would they advise others?
  • What drove their decisions about their services and offerings? Spoiler alert: it's about doing what gives you energy!
  • What are the hurdles of running your own show? How do they navigate all the feelings that come with the role?
  • What's a flywheel and how does Luke use it to drive growth?
  • What did Liam learn from his father, an entrepreneur himself?
  • How does Sarah look at her business through the lens of her life stages?

Prepare for a rich discussion, full of nudgets of wisdom! If you're considering running your own company, being a solopreneur, or freelancing in the L&D and People Space, or just want to hear the exciting adventures of those who do, join us!

Our sponsor

This new season of Offbeat On Air is sponsored by ⁠⁠⁠Sana⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠Sana⁠⁠⁠ is an AI-powered learning platform that empowers organizations to find, share, and harness the knowledge they need to achieve their missions. Backed by some of the world’s leading investors, operators, and founders, Sana has raised $54M to date. The company's headquarters are in Stockholm, Sweden, with offices in London and New York.

Your hosts

We’re Lavinia & Mili, and we hope this episode brings you at least one idea you can use in your own practice. If you want to share it with us, feel free to reach out on our LinkedIn profiles, which you can find below.

Lavinia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laviniamehedintu/

Milica: https://www.linkedin.com/in/milicasapic/

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Offbeat On Air - Exploring Growth Marketing
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11/17/22 • 45 min

We've been curious about marketing in L&D for so long! Exploring personas, and learning as much as we can about our audience, among others. But there's more that we can borrow from marketing! In this episode, our guest, Miruna Dragomir, CMO at Planable, walks us through the AARRR growth funnel, how we should go about creating campaigns, and also works with us for a particular use case, sharing how she would approach marketing a leadership development program.

Our sponsor
Joining us for this episode as a sponsor is Innential. Innential makes it easy for HR and L&D teams to automate their talent development workflows like onboarding, personal development plans, and leadership development. They do so through their platform’s flexible learning path system, a diverse content library curated uniquely to your company’s needs, and the ability to upload internal company content like PDFs and videos. Dozens of companies are already using them to level up their talent development workflows, so if that’s something you’re interested in, book a call with them from their website, mention Offbeat On Air, and their founders will happily get in touch with you. Your hosts

We’re Lavinia & Mili, and we hope this episode brings you at least one idea you can use in your own practice. If you want to share it with us, feel free to reach out on our LinkedIn profiles, which you can find below.
Lavinia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laviniamehedintu/

Milica: https://www.linkedin.com/in/milicasapic/

Miruna: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mirunadragomir/

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No matter how far away we go from L&D, we still find things to inspire us. In this episode, we talked to Ed Leach, Well-Being Specialist and Head Chef at La Cantina @Blinkist, someone whose career journey could be an inspiration to anyone. We explored:

  • Ed's squiggly career journey: from engineering to designing, plumbing, and finally cooking;
  • The way he has an impact on people's lives, our planet's health, and Blinkist's productivity thank to La Cantina's planet-based concept;
  • How he gathers feedback through all his senses to inform what's on the menu every day;
  • The similarities he sees between working with renowned Head Chefs and a corporate manager.

Our sponsor

This new season of Offbeat On Air is sponsored by Sana. Sana is an AI-powered learning platform that empowers organizations to find, share, and harness the knowledge they need to achieve their missions. Backed by some of the world’s leading investors, operators, and founders, Sana has raised $54M to date. The company's headquarters are in Stockholm, Sweden, with offices in London and New York.

Your hosts

We’re Lavinia & Mili, and we hope this episode brings you at least one idea you can use in your own practice. If you want to share it with us, feel free to reach out on our LinkedIn profiles, which you can find below.

Lavinia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laviniamehedintu/

Milica: https://www.linkedin.com/in/milicasapic/

Ed: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ed-leach-0343461a/

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Facilitation is probably one of the most popular skills in L&D right now. We had the amazing opportunity to discuss with Syrus Lowe, CEO of The Communication Practice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Trainer, and Corporate Role Play Actor about his acting studies, his acting career, and all the things he's learned that feed his facilitation practice. We explored:

  • What it takes to become an actor - from tough studies to overcoming the impostor syndrome;
  • Career development outside of the corporate world - the importance of having a strong internal locus of control;
  • How being a leader and being a theatre director are similar - the importance of psychological safety in effective teams;
  • Why role plays can be powerful if done right.

It was an amazing, honest conversation. We wandered outside of L&D, into acting, to learn from a practice that might be almost mystical to us, but can provide so much inspiration. Hope you'll enjoy it!

Our sponsor

This new season of Offbeat On Air is sponsored by Sana. Sana is an AI-powered learning platform that empowers organizations to find, share, and harness the knowledge they need to achieve their missions. Backed by some of the world’s leading investors, operators, and founders, Sana has raised $54M to date. The company's headquarters are in Stockholm, Sweden, with offices in London and New York.

Your hosts

We’re Lavinia & Mili, and we hope this episode brings you at least one idea you can use in your own practice. If you want to share it with us, feel free to reach out on our LinkedIn profiles, which you can find below.

Lavinia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laviniamehedintu/

Milica: https://www.linkedin.com/in/milicasapic/

Syrus: https://www.linkedin.com/in/syruslowe/

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It feels like AI is everywhere and nowhere. It's everywhere because everybody is talking about it. For many of us, it's nowhere because we're not yet using it at full capacity. Ross, Aki, and Rita bring us three different perspectives in this episode: external L&D consultant, internal L&D, and product. Together with them, we explore:

  • Is the hype real, or is AI just another bubble?
  • Are there any organizations or L&D teams already using AI? Spoiler alert, yep, there are!
  • What stands in the way of experimenting and adopting AI? Fear of failure and inaccurate expectations;
  • What will the role of L&D Professional be in the future? Will anything change?
  • What do we need to do, as L&Ds, if we want to be involved in AI adoption and digital transformation in our organizations?

We spent more than an hour dissecting all these points and had an honest, bold, and tough conversation about the intersection between L&D and AI.

Our sponsor

This new season of Offbeat On Air is sponsored by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sana⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sana⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ is an AI-powered learning platform that empowers organizations to find, share, and harness the knowledge they need to achieve their missions. Backed by some of the world’s leading investors, operators, and founders, Sana has raised $54M to date. The company's headquarters are in Stockholm, Sweden, with offices in London and New York.

Your hosts

We’re Lavinia & Mili, and we hope this episode brings you at least one idea you can use in your own practice. If you want to share it with us, feel free to reach out on our LinkedIn profiles, which you can find below.

Lavinia: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laviniamehedintu/

Milica: https://www.linkedin.com/in/milicasapic/

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How many episodes does Offbeat On Air have?

Offbeat On Air currently has 27 episodes available.

What topics does Offbeat On Air cover?

The podcast is about Podcasts and Education.

What is the most popular episode on Offbeat On Air?

The episode title 'Can storytelling be a learning tool? Cristian Lupșa’s explorations of journalism' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Offbeat On Air?

The average episode length on Offbeat On Air is 43 minutes.

How often are episodes of Offbeat On Air released?

Episodes of Offbeat On Air are typically released every 20 days, 19 hours.

When was the first episode of Offbeat On Air?

The first episode of Offbeat On Air was released on Sep 26, 2022.

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