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Welcome to Skilled, the podcast where we sit down with remarkable L&D and HR leaders to uncover the stories, strategies, and skills behind their success.
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Signup to Generate a PitchWelcome to Skilled, the podcast where we sit down with remarkable L&D and HR leaders to uncover the stories, strategies, and skills behind their success.
Skilled is hosted by Growthspace. The show has published 34 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "From traffic cop to coach: How Chick-fil-A develops frontline leaders who lead with generosity" (8 October 2026, 25 minutes), "From traffic cop to coach: How Chick-fil-A develops frontline leaders who lead with generosity" (8 October 2026, 25 minutes), and "The biggest social challenge of our lifetime: Accenture LearnVantage's Tim Toomey on keeping people at the center of AI" (6 October 2026, 44 minutes).
Skilled publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 35 minutes across 34 episodes.
Booking probability for Skilled is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Skilled requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Skilled's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Skilled are Business & Professional Training and Business & Management Consulting. Skilled has a business audience.
Growthspace hosts Skilled, a business podcast with 34 episodes published.
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<p>Nick Lawrence, Executive Director of People & Culture, Chick-fil-A local franchise - Indianapolis, on servant leadership, second mile service, and what separates a great culture from a good poster.</p>
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Nick Lawrence, Executive Director of People & Culture, Chick-fil-A local franchise - Indianapolis, on servant leadership, second mile service, and what separates a great culture from a good poster.
Tim Toomey, Managing Director and Americas Lead for Accenture LearnVantage, on the death spiral of AI investment, why humans must stay in the lead, and what the skills economy owes the next generation of workers.
<p>Tim Toomey, Managing Director and Americas Lead for Accenture LearnVantage, on the death spiral of AI investment, why humans must stay in the lead, and what the skills economy owes the next generation of workers.</p>
<p>Adam Hickman, VP, Employee Development, Talent Management, and HRIS, Partners Federal Credit Union, serving The Walt Disney Company, on listening for talent, why beliefs determine whether training lands, and what it...
Adam Hickman, VP, Employee Development, Talent Management, and HRIS, Partners Federal Credit Union, serving The Walt Disney Company, on listening for talent, why beliefs determine whether training lands, and what it...
<p>Misha Santa Barbara, VP of Technical Skills and Learning at Kyndryl, joins Skilled to talk about piloting AI-powered learning at scale. </p><p>She breaks down Kyndryl's experiment with AI avatars for sales training...
Misha Santa Barbara, VP of Technical Skills and Learning at Kyndryl, joins Skilled to talk about piloting AI-powered learning at scale. She breaks down Kyndryl's experiment with AI avatars for sales training, the hard...
<p>Cisco's Chief Learning Officer Marci Paino on building a skills intelligence engine for 86,000 employees, and why job titles can't keep up with how fast skills change.</p><p>In this episode of The Skilled Podcast...
Cisco's Chief Learning Officer Marci Paino on building a skills intelligence engine for 86,000 employees, and why job titles can't keep up with how fast skills change. In this episode of The Skilled Podcast, Marci...
<p>What does it mean to lead HR like a business driver, not an order taker? Kelli Ezell of BMI breaks down the three-legged stool of HR execution, AI adoption done right, and the career advice she wishes she'd heard...
<p>Julie Stone, Chief Learning Officer at TTEC, leads AI-powered learning for 65,000+ employees across six continents. </p><p>In this episode, she shares why she stopped a fully self-paced program from launching — and...
<p>What does it actually take to walk into an iconic American brand as a new CHRO and build culture, values, and an HR strategy from scratch?In this episode of the Skilled Podcast by Growthspace, Omer Glass and...
<p>In this episode, Ron Storn, CHRO, Truckstop, shares what 20 years of building people-first HR actually looks like: why engagement scores are a symptom, not a strategy; what Mark Zuckerberg taught him about hiring...
<p>How Moody's measures whether learning actually sticks — and why most L&D teams are tracking the wrong thing. Paul Tiesler, SVP, Talent Development, joins Skilled to talk about his unconventional career path into HR...
<p>Ben Putterman, VP of Learning & Talent Development at HubSpot, has a bold claim: leadership development has actually gotten worse over the last 20 years. In this episode, he breaks down why. Ben also shares the...
<p>Jon Caldwell, CPO of Valvoline, on building "Vamily" culture through a massive corporate transformation, hypergrowth goals and the people strategy it'll take to get there, and why culture is the real competitive...
<p>In this episode, we sit down with James Killian to explore the intersection of HR, learning, and performance. James shares practical insights on coaching, skills development, and building a growth mindset in the...
<p>Irina Novoselsky presents a leadership model designed for speed, trust, and relevance. At Hootsuite, social intelligence informs decisions across marketing, customer experience, and HR. Talent decisions prioritize...
<p>Liz Volk is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Longo Brothers Fruit Market (Longo’s), a Canadian grocery chain rooted in the Greater Toronto Area.</p><p>With two decades inside the organization, she has shaped...
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Vice President of Learning, Organizational and Cast Development, Partners, a Walt Disney Company
Accenture LearnVantage
Kyndryl
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