Full Interview: “Can Culture Save L&D?” (35 min)
🎧 Really enjoyed this conversation w/ Adam Lacey on "The Assembly" by Assemble You.
We dug into some of my favorite topics + a few of my foundational POVs on L&D:
(1) Learning Culture as an extension of Brand Culture
(2) Why every company needs a Learning Philosophy
(3) How L&D can evolve from a traditional support function into Culture Amplifiers 🚀
2:45 - 5:55 | My Backstory | How I moved from a 12-year singing career to L&D, and what that performance background brings to the work.
6:30 - 9:30 | The Role of Learning Culture | What learning culture is, why it matters, and how a Learning Philosophy can guide it.
9:30 - 10:30 | Culture As It Scales | What happens to culture when companies grow, and why explicit guardrails matter.
10:30 - 12:30 | Signature Brew: The DAY|WON Approach | Human x Strategic x On-Brand: the framework that guides everything we do.
12:30 - 16:30 | What This Looks Like In Practice | Sign-up experiences, strategic alignment, and how learning shows up across the employee journey.
16:30 - 20:00 | Brand | Why brand matters in L&D, and how learning amplifies (or dilutes) what makes a company distinctive.
20:00 - 22:00 | Human | Making learning relevant, accessible, and genuinely useful for how adults learn.
22:30 - 23:00 | Strategic At All Costs | Why strategic alignment isn't optional.
23:00 - 24:30 | Development Opportunities Within These Realms | How to think about growth and development when you're working human, strategic, and on-brand.
24:30 - 25:30 | A Call Out To CEOs: L&D Are Culture Amplifiers | Why founders and CEOs should see L&D as a lever for culture, not just training.
25:30 - 28:30 | When L&D Gets Sidelined | What to do when your L&D work isn't valued or supported at the leadership level.
29:00 | What I'm Doing Now | DAY|WON, the work I'm doing with founders and teams, and where I'm focused.
30:00 | Three Pieces of Advice | Get clear on your core values. Master the fundamentals (5 books + community). Zoom out.
Adam, it was great to meet you and Richard Ward at Offbeat Fest this summer. Thanks for the invite, thoughtful questions + the space to share!
