Learning Uncut

Elevate 49: Gari Yala - Speak the Truth | Indigenous Employment and the L&D Responsibility

Jul 13, 2026

It will take 118 years, at the current rate of change, before an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person can go to work without hearing a racial slur. This is not history. This is what is happening in Australian workplaces right now.

In this Elevate episode, Michelle Parry-Slater speaks with Professor Nareen Young...

187: Recognition as a Learning Tool Sarah McVanel & Lisa Anstey

Jun 29, 2026

Recognition is often written off as a "nice to have." In this episode, Michelle Parry-Slater speaks with Sarah McVanel, Canada's recognition expert and founder of Greatness Magnified, and Lisa Anstey, manager of Medical Device Reprocessing at Waterloo Regional Health Network, to make the case that recognition is not...

Elevate 48: Eight Years of Learning Uncut – Michelle Ockers

Jun 15, 2026

Eight years. Nearly 200 episodes. One consistent heartbeat.

In this special Elevate episode, Michelle Parry-Slater sits down with Learning Uncut founder Michelle Ockers to reflect on eight lessons from eight years of the podcast.

From community as the engine that started it all, to the quiet discipline of showing...

186: Building L&D from Scratch – Elyse Toomey

Jun 1, 2026

The brief was simple: we need an L&D function. Go and start one. In this episode, Michelle Parry-Slater speaks with Elyse Toomey, Head of Learning and Development at Ironbark Financial Group, about what it really takes to build an L&D department from nothing in a fast-moving financial services business, from coaching...

185: Learning as Investment, Not Cost – Tina Schust Robinson & LaTanya Foster

May 18, 2026

Most leadership programs start with the how; the workshop, the elearning, the coach. The business case often comes later, if at all.

In this episode, Michelle Parry-Slater speaks with Tina Robinson, founder of WorkJoy and author of Developing Your Business Leaders, and her client, LaTanya Foster, VP of People at...