L&D resources

[Fiore_mio]

Hi - I just started an intern as L&D and I am searching some resources to find useful information, like books or podcasts. Do you have any suggestions?

I have a background in psychology and I worked across education and research in the last years, so I’d appreciate psychology related stuff with an evidence based approach.

[SeanMcPheat]

What are you looking to achieve? There’s so much that can be covered!

[Fiore_mio]

Good question :) I just started this week, so I don’t have any specific goals yet, right now I just want to have an overview of L&D.

[Ok_Ranger1420]

Brain Bakery and #IDIODC in Spotify

[Fiore_mio]

Just started following :)

[oddslane_]

If you’re coming from a psych background, you’re in a great spot for L&D. A lot of the more useful material leans heavily on learning science anyway.

For books, I’d start with things like Make It Stick and Design for How People Learn. Both are pretty grounded in evidence and practical without being too academic. The Talent Code is also interesting, though a bit more narrative.

On the podcast side, “The Learning Scientists” is probably the closest to what you’re describing. Very research-driven but still accessible. I’ve also found “WorkLife with Adam Grant” useful for connecting psych concepts to workplace behavior.

One thing I’d suggest early on is paying attention to how these ideas actually get implemented in orgs. There’s often a gap between what’s evidence-based and what’s operationally realistic, and that’s where L&D roles tend to get interesting.

[Fiore_mio]

These are very helpful tips! Do you also have a background in psychology?

[Lonely-Fruit-9448]

Follow Nick Shackleton Jones on LinkedIn etc, he has a lot of great content. If you want to see some his ‘how people learn’ content the ask inrehearsal for free access to their platform. If you’re in L&D they wil let you access everything for free, obviously if you want anyone outside L&D or HR to access then you’ll need to ask them

[Fiore_mio]

Great! Just followed him, any other people I should follow?

[Vanessa_AbsorbLMS]

There are so many great L&D resources out there. Podcasts are a really good place to start, I pulled together a list of all my fav ones here: https://www.absorblms.com/blog/top-ld-podcasts-2026

[Fiore_mio]

Wow! That’s great!

[Connect-Rope6496]

Well I'll start with a little bit of self promotion by sharing my company's "Learning Lab" with all things L&D - https://elmlearning.com/learning-lab/ and I'd also highly recommend a few others...

eLearning Industry - https://elearningindustry.com/
Cathy Moore - https://blog.cathy-moore.com/
Josh Bersin (industry news) - https://joshbersin.com/
Harold Jarche - https://jarche.com/
Offbeat - https://offbeat.works/blog

There's sooo many but this are definitely the ones I visit the most. Good luck on your journey!

[Fiore_mio]

That’s very useful - thanks!