Speexx Exchange Podcast – Episode 18:
Adding Analytics & Insights to Training for Better-Performing Business with Guy Wilmshurst-Smith
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Episode 18
Welcome to the Speexx Exchange podcast! What can the L&D industry learn from the railway industry? Quite a lot, apparently! In this episode of the Speexx Exchange podcast, Donald Taylor talks to Guy Wilmshurst-Smith, Head of Professional Development and Training at Network Rail. With years of valuable experience coaching leadership, educational and professional development, Guy explores how an organization can use analytics to produce provable links between training and performance.
About Donald Taylor
Chairman of the Learning and Performance Institute since 2010, his background ranges from training delivery to managing director and vice-president positions in software companies. Donald took his own internet-based training business from concept to trade sale in 2001 and has been a company director during several other acquisitions. Now based in London, he has lived and traveled extensively outside the UK and now travels regularly internationally to consult and speak about workplace learning.
About Guy Wilmshurst-Smith
Guy Wilmshurst-Smith is the Head of Professional Development and Training at Network Rail. He is also a highly capable leader with experience of managing complex infrastructure, people development and engineering programs in the UK and abroad. Proven track record of building large teams, driving change and exceeding outputs, on time and within cost.
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