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About Offbeat On Air

Offbeat on Air is here to infuse new perspectives into our lives as learning professionals. 

Great minds think alike.

We all heard this one before. Of course, it’s wonderful to share views and experiences with like-minded peers. It makes us feel good, it makes us feel like we belong. But it can also be a trap. Because listening only to the people who look and think like us it's an easy way to nurture confirmation bias.

But we're living in a bubble.

Now, we’d like to tell you L&D is a different story. But the truth is, it’s not. We definitely spend a lot of time digging deep into our own field, finding new perspectives, and making sense of them. It is then only natural that at the end of the day there’s little time to go outside L&D. That’s why our struggles might seem pretty niched and unique. But are they? We bet they’re not!

Connecting to great minds in order to think differently.

That’s why we created Offbeat on Air. We are on a mission to break our bubble and go beyond L&D borders. We want to connect to the outer world and seek inspiration from different people. People trying to achieve similar goals to ours, but in other circumstances, with different skills, tools, and mindsets. 

Do you know someone
who could be a guest?

We're always looking for new minds to explore! So we know someone who's outside L&D (e.g. chefs, musicians, doctors, actors) and would like to join us as a guest, we're excited to chat!

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Our most recent episodes

We want to connect to the outer world and seek inspiration from different people. People trying to achieve similar goals to ours, but in other circumstances, with different skills, tools, and mindsets.

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The anatomy of a Chief People Officer

In this episode, together with Anna, we explore the role of the Chief People Officer.
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Future possibilities in L&D and beyond

Join us in exploring foresight and the future of L&D together with Steph Clarke.
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Applying Experience Design in L&D

In this episode we break down the essentials of experience design and its application in L&D.
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Guiding change in organizations

Join us as we chat with change management expert ⁠Paula Anastasiade⁠ about the nuts and bolts of change.
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Exploring AI in L&D through curiosity and experimentation

Is the AI hype real or not - and what can L&D do about it if it is.
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Improving L&D’s impact through Service Design

Can Service Design help us improve the way we serve our internal customers?
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From Full-Time to Freelance: Tales from the L&D Space

An honest conversation about freelancing in the L&D & People Space.
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The benefits of yoga for the mind

A journey into calm and inner discovery with Editha Satara
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Can storytelling be a learning tool?

Lessons learned about journalism and storytelling from Cristian.
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Drama-Based Learning

Wandering into acting to feed our facilitation practice.
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What we've learned from Season 2? A reflection.

A reflection of how season 2 went and what we can expect from season 3.
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Stand-Up Comedy Secrets for L&D Professionals

We laughed. We were serious. But moreover, we learned a lot from Tom about stand-up comedy practices.
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Neuroscience and Learning & Development

Exploring our beautiful, yet intricate brains together with Elliott Jardin to improve learning design.
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Navigating Squiggly Careers & The Future of Learning

We spent some time getting to know Jon and we're bringing to you the story of his career and views of future of learning.
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A Chef's Recipe for Career Progression and Collaboration

No matter how far away we go from L&D, we still find things to inspire us - this time, it was Ed's turn!
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Lessons Learned about Community Building

We were joined by Alex Hilleary, Community Lead at ChartHop to explore all things community building.
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An Art Director’s take on Creativity & Learning

For our first episode of this new era, we're diving right into the creative space, together with Miia Goodwin, Art Director.
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What we've learned from Season 1? A reflection.

We took some time to what we've learned from Season 1 of Offbeat On Air before jumping into Season 2.
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Welcome to Season 1 of Offbeat On Air

How we decided to start the podcast, why do we feel the need to go beyond L&D borders, and who we are.
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Exploring Addiction & Recovery

A conversation about the struggles of addiction, the tactics of recovery, and what L&Ds can learn about it.
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Leadership Development in the Australian Army

How do other organizations prepare for the future of work? How do they look at leadership development?
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Introduction to Behavior Science & Nudges

In this new episode, we go back to exploring behavior change, from another angle. Our guest? Nurit Noble!
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Exploring Growth Marketing Tactics

What else could we borrow from marketing? Miruna helps us answer the question.
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Coaching Practices from the world of Lacrosse

Exploring the fascinating world of coaching & development in Lacrosse together with Anne.
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What do L&D and architecture have in common?

Venturing outside of our comfort zone, into sustainable architecture & construction.
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Your hosts

Offbeat on Air is a project born out of a thought partnership of Lavinia and Milica, both coming from a L&D world, both looking for more. 

Milica Sapic

Milica has spent the last 5 years figuring out the world of adult learning in practice. This journey led her to believe that there are as many ways to approach challenges as there are people in the world. And that led to her understanding that only by staying curious, by listening, observing and asking inviting questions, we can change perspectives and therefore, grow.

From here, her career as Learning and Development Manager, mostly in the Berlin tech scene, allowed her to nurture her curiosity and expand knowledge on the topics of learning experience design, performance consulting and strategic project management in learning.

She is a proud mom of a little Emilia and a schnoodle furball Lana del Reis. Either in nature, among friends or mind-mapping while sipping her coffee from a colorful mug -  this is where you’ll find her most in her element.

And yes, Milica doesn’t like to write about herself in 3rd person.

Lavinia Mehedințu

Lavinia has been designing learning experiences and career development programs for the past 9 years both in the corporate world and in higher education. As a Co-Founder and Learning Architect at Offbeat she’s applying adult learning principles so that learning & people professionals can connect, collaborate, and grow.

In her spare time you can find her either geeking about Formula 1 or crocheting bunnies and giraffes while listening to biographies or historical romance novels. She has a passion for people with passions and she loves hearing the stories of those that moved mountains for their dreams. It inspires her and pushes her to move forward with her own, building a place where learning professionals can embrace themselves, their learning journeys, and their peers.

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