In today’s episode we sit down with Jules Carman, Head of Global Strategic Alliances and Digital Transformation at Sage, to talk with us about effective digital transformations and why they are so critical to an organization’s success. We discuss Jules’ background, what exactly is a digital transformation, and what do effective digital transformations look like.

We also discuss:

• Bluewater has a new office!
• Jules’ background and what Sage provides
• What does a good digital transformation look like?
• How to begin to implement digital transformation
• What is the value of digital transformation?
• What is technology debt? 
• How COVID forced companies to transform their digital landscape

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In today’s episode we sit down with Blake Beus, the Vice President of Sales and Business Development at Allen Communications, to discuss how to develop effective content strategies for employee training. We talk about the difficulties of creating compelling compliance training, how to avoid checking boxes, and some recent changes in learning and development technology.

We also discuss:

• Who is Allen Communications? 
• Blake’s approach to content development
• How to avoid overload of technology and content
• How to make learning resources more available
• What are the effects of an effective learning program?
• Recent changes in training and development programs

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In this episode, we are joined by Robert Patteri, the Senior Vice President of Strategy at Connex. Today we discuss with Robert what goes into managing training programs at a global company as well as how remote training has affected their approach.

We also cover:

• A quick goat update from Tiffany
• Robert’s background as a trained actor and how he got into training
• Dealing with small “fires” before they turn into big “fires”
• What is Connex?
• How do you manage global training initiatives?
• The challenge of different cultures in training
• How has remote learning affected training protocols?
• How to handle employee burnout

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On this episode we are joined by Lisa Edstrom, Global HCP Engagement and Compliance Leader at 3M Health Care. We discuss with her the challenges of managing compliance training initiatives from a global perspective as well as changes the COVID has caused in corporate training.

We also cover:

• Who has better state fairs, Texas or Minnesota?
• The challenge of compliance at a global healthcare company
• How to approach learning & development at a very large company?
• Adding entertainment into typical training
• Shifting from classroom to online learning
• Is hybrid training going to be the preferred method going forward?
• Finding technology that meets people’s needs in 2021
• Technology doesn’t fix bad systems

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In our latest podcast episode, we dive into the topic of user experiences in learning & talent management as well as review some steps you can take to make your user experience more engaging without breaking the bank.

We cover:

• The podcast team is officially remote this week
• Bennett does a dog DNA test
• User experience is more than visual!
• Learner accessibility to content is essential
• How to define a user persona and create content based off it
• How important is ease of use?
• How to deal with learner expectations
• Creating powerful UX doesn’t have to be hard or expensive

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In our latest episode, we cover the challenge of recruiting in a post COVID world as well as some steps you can take to make this process go both effectively and smoothly.

We also discuss:

• Bluewater is moving!
• How recruiting is going to change this year
• What does virtualization of recruiting look like?
• Preparing for rehiring as things get ramped back up
• How does technology play a role in recruiting?
• How to reduce recruiting costs
• How to balance people and automation

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In this episode, we discuss how to integrate learning ecosystems & processes and why that might be more complicated than you’d think.  

We also cover:

• Chris’ vacation
• Diving into learning technology integrations
• How to connect separated learning systems
• Why integration is not a simple process
• What are the complexities of a complete integration?
• Why HR managers have been running at 120% capacity this year
• Why assumptions can be so damaging in building an ecosystem

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Today we dive into the topic of decision analytics and why they are so critical to a successful organization.

In our memorable discussion with Bluewater guest Dave Seligsohn, we discuss:

• An introduction to Dave and some sports talk
• What is Decision Analytics?
• What do you have to gain by doing Decision Analytics?
• What are the actual steps that are involved in proper Decision Analytics?
• Finding critical information in your current processes
• The most surprising things we’ve found in Decision Analytics

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In today’s episode, we look into the topic of staff augmentation, when it makes sense to do, and how to best utilize this option.

We also discuss:

• Bennet has a new family member (not a goat)
• How to deal with increased workloads & changes due to COVID
• What is staff augmentation?
• How to handle work cycles
• Why augmentation allows you to be flexible
• Who benefits most from augmentation?
• What are the costs and benefits?
• How quickly can someone get caught up to speed?

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In this episode, we dive deep into compliance training, how it’s changed due to the pandemic, and how to effectively plan ahead for the future.

We also discuss:

• What’s your favorite video game?
• How do games factor into learning?
• How did COVID affect compliance training?
• How do compliance processes need to evolve?
• What kind of business cases can be built from people who handled this pandemic well or poorly?
• How to optimize video for compliance training
• What can augmented reality do to affect training?

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In today’s episode, we discuss how to choose an effective learning and talent technology as well as important questions to ask yourself during this process.

We also discuss:

• Recapping the Texas snowpocalypse
• What do you need to know to effectively choose an LMS?
• Processes versus functionality? It depends!
• How important is looking forward when choosing learning technology?
• What role does analytics play?
• What happens when technology falls short?
• How to start thinking 7-10 years down the road

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Today’s topic has to do with the actual process of evaluating your current learning ecosystem and what that might look like for your organization.

We also discuss:

1. Does Chris only wear one outfit?
2. Mapping out the employee lifecycle to start
3. What does a learning ecosystem require?
4. What does waste in technology systems look like?
5. How do you gather critical data?
6. Don’t solve for the business, solve with the business
7. How to include vendors in the evaluation process
8. What does the timeframe look like?

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Today we dive deep into why evaluating your learning ecosystem is critical to the success of developing your employees.

We also discuss:

1. Chris having an unwanted visitor in his house
2. How roughly 60% of companies are currently reevaluating their learning technology this year
3. Why are people evaluating their learning tech right now?
4. What’s an effective learning ecosystem based on?
5. How do skills gaps effect your evaluation
6. Why there is no such thing as a single solution
7. Why evaluation of your systems are critical

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In this episode, we discuss how to build a technology ecosystem and why that’s a critical part of managing your learning & talent technology.

We also cover the following topics:

• Living life as a ginger in the sun
• What do you do on vacation?
• What is a learning ecosystem?
• What are the goals of an effective ecosystem?
• What do I need to understand in order to start building a learning ecosystem?
• How does this impact career pathing?

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Today we cover how to evaluate your current learning & talent tech when deciding whether to fix it or ditch it. We also touch on the following topics.

• What travel did you miss due to COVID?
• Digging deeper into Fix it or Ditch it
• How do you begin to evaluate your current technology?
• Addressing the 7 key areas of learning & talent technology
• What is your user experience?
• Do you have the right content? Content is king.

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• What does the marriage of technology & engagement look like?
• Using technology for effective recruiting
• How can technology effect employee growth & promotions?
• What are effective strategies to incorporate technology with onboarding?
• What does effective use of management technology look like?
• How does technology impact pay?

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• Adjusting human engagement strategies for COVID
• How to engage virtually
• Where to get started?
• Examples of winning strategies
• Breaking strategies down into manageable steps

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In our inaugural episode, we cover the following topics:

• Meeting the team & setting expectations
• What we are passionate about
• Building relationships via communication & storytelling
• Making organizational impact in a mostly virtual world
• Blending technology and personal touch

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