Our first guest is Erin Huizenga. Erin is Co-Founder and CEO of Desklight, an innovation company that specializes in designing learning experiences. Erin and the Desklight team have partnered with organizations such as McGraw Hill, Smithsonian, and the American Marketing Association. Her work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Crain’s Chicago Business, and Fortune, and she has been included on Chicago Inno’s list of “Women Founders in Chicago Tech.” Erin has taught at nine universities including Northwestern University and the Institute of Design graduate program at Illinois Institute of Technology. She recently published Amazon #1 New Release "Learning in the Wild."

linkedin.com/in/erinhuizenga

desklightlearning.com

Sharon Green is a people change profession and founder of, Chiara Consultancy, her own company. She is a lifelong learner, connector, people tech lover and fan of taking pictures; especially of doors! Sharon works as a professional interim, qualified coach and sometime consultant, helping clients, change, innovate and enable people. She’s worked across sectors and in different businesses from ones that make games (Candy Crush) and represent You Tube influencers, to the Dept. of Health and a Private Bank. Her work focuses on  three areas: people change and transformation, delivering people tech, and people experience (brand, comms, EVP, employee development and engagement). One of Sharon’s passion project, side-hustles is co-founding and leading a global Linked In community the HR Interim Networking Group for people professionals working as interims, coaches, consultants and freelancers.

Twitter URL https://twitter.com/SharonGChiara &  SharonGChiara on Instagram.

Linked In profile url https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharongreenchiara/ 

Dr Kinga Petrovai is a learning consultant and podcaster. She brings research informed solutions to workplace learning and develops learning organizations. Combining her multidisciplinary background in engineering, finance, and education research, as well as her international experience, she has a well-rounded approach to designing and developing learning and evaluation strategies. Kinga created The Art & Science of Learning podcast in which she interviews global leaders and thinkers in learning.

The Art & Science of Learning https://www.theartandscienceoflearning.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kinga-petrovai-phd-30b7a539/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/KingaPetrovai

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Episode Links:

How To Incorporate Artificial Intelligence Into Learning And Development

Learning management system

Learning in the Wild: 21 ways to make learning a daily habit and avoid getting caught in the wild without the skills to survive

Purposeful use of education technologies

Law of the instrument

6.2 A short history of educational technology – Teaching in a Digital Age

Gartner hype cycle

The Learning Ideas Conference

A short guide on the use of technology for learning

9 Reasons To Use More Technologies In Learning And Development

Women in Tech – A FutureLearn Perspective

How to fuel girls enthusiasm for tech at a young age

Women in tech statistics: The hard truths of an uphill battle

Women In Technology: The Problematic Statistics & The Change Required