Bring Your Whole Self To Work

  On today’s episode, I talk with Kelly Palmer.  Kelly is the Chief Learning Officer at Degreed and Co-Author of the brand new book, The Expertise Economy, How The Smartest Companies Use Learning to Engage, Compete, and Succeed. Prior to that, she was the VP of Learning at Yahoo and Chief Learning Officer at LinkedIn.   Kelly’s passionate about shaking up the antiquated models of learning and development in the corporate world and is an advocate of using technology to support an environment that fosters growth in an adaptable and modern way.   Key Takeaways: [3:12] One of Kelly’s first experiences of seeing people bring their “whole self” to work was while she was at LinkedIn as the Chief Learning Officer. [3:55] Kelly’s love for, and background in, education, leadership, and technology led her to blend them into creating a modernized method of how people seek out and receive curated content. [5:42] Many forward-thinking learning leaders of today came from the business world and apply business principles to t