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ATD Accidental Trainer is an ATD podcast, sponsored by Hogan Assessments, featuring bimonthly interviews with industry experts who share stories and tips about how to grow your training career. Hosted by Alexandria Clapp, ATD Accidental Trainer covers trends, strategies, and actionable information for talent development professionals.

Dec 21, 2022

Jake Gittleson, Senior Expert of Learning Design at McKinsey & Company and Co-Host of the Learning Geeks podcast, joins ATD Accidental Trainer to share a modern approach to apprenticeship. We discuss how to use cognitive apprenticeship for everyday learning and Jake describes how to create a culture that encourages...


Dec 7, 2022

JD Dillon, chief learning officer at Axonify and founder of LearnGeek,  joins Accidental Trainer to share how L&D teams can support their workplace through disruption. We discuss several topics inspired by his new book, The Modern Learning Ecosystem, including: how a mindset shift is the critical first step to...


Nov 23, 2022

This week, Shannon Martin, former director of communications at Podbean, joins Accidental Trainer to discuss the growing popularity of podcasting. Shannon shares how podcasting is changing the L&D landscape and why you should jump on the trend if you haven’t already. Tune in for tips on how to get started,...


Nov 10, 2022

Jeremy Utley, director of executive education at Stanford’s d.school, joins the podcast to share how anyone can innovate by building their ability to be creative. Jeremy reveals misconceptions about creativity, defines “Ideaflow,” and how your team can achieve it. He shares strategies to discern good ideas from...


Oct 26, 2022

Nicole Papaioannou Lugara, founder of Your Instructional Designer, joins the podcast to discuss social learning. She describes how advocating for better needs-analysis with stakeholders and clients led her to social learning solutions. Nicole shares an easy-to-understand definition of social learning and describes...