What is Learning? - The Science Behind Learning with Natalie Wood

SAP Learning Insights

In this episode, David Chaviano welcomes Natalie Wood to talk about how humans learn and what conditions best support our acquisition and retention of skills and knowledge. Natalie started her career as a teacher, then joined the corporate world where she spent close to 20 years. She has a degree in the psychology and neuroscience of mental health and has become an expert in how human beings work at their best. She is the founder of Engage to Evolve, where she shares knowledge and practices about how to optimise brain functioning for health and performance, self-development, workplace wellbeing and much more.

And at the end of this episode, Natalie shares some final words of wisdom with you.

Engage to Evolve: www.engage2evolve.com
Natalie Wood on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-jane-wood/

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Chapters

1. Start (00:00:11)

2. Introduction Natalie Wood (00:00:48)

3. Wellbeing and mental health (00:02:02)

4. The role of leadership (00:09:41)

5. From learning to modified behavior (00:12:18)

6. Making skill aquisition more effective (00:18:42)

7. Learning on the fly - in the flow of daily work (00:26:31)

8. Learning under stressful conditions (00:30:57)

9. Understanding and memorization (00:38:23)

10. Learning and sleeping (00:43:43)

11. Knowledge retention (00:49:04)

12. Extraordinary things and final words of wisdom (00:51:10)

13. Engage to Evolve (00:54:07)

14. Good Bye (00:54:56)