{"podcast":{"title":"Capability Edge","slug":"capability-edge-7085966","podcast_index_feed_id":7085966,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/capability-edge/","website_url":"https://talentcollective.org/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/6cb74acc-5a26-4ae5-ba6c-8604846fd302/Capability-Edge-POD-cover-1.png","author":"Candice Mitchell","episode_count":122,"summary":"What it really takes to build a career and life you're proud of, told by the people who've actually done it. The Capability Edge is real career stories from leaders across every industry. The pivots nobody posts about. The failures that turned out to be the whole point. The fetal position moments that are way more common than anyone admits. And the decisions that actually built the career they have now — not the cleaned-up version, the real one. Hosted by Candice Mitchell, founder and CEO of Talent Collective, USA Today bestselling author of Choose You: For the People Who Refuse to Disappear, and a practitioner with nearly 20 years inside People functions. Solo episodes cover talent strategy, people capability, and meeting this moment, because AI is rewriting the rules and the organizations that bring their people along are the ones that will still be standing. This is not a highlight reel. This is the hallway conversation, out loud, on purpose. New episodes every Friday. Previously published as Development Nerds. Subscribe: talentcollective.org | Follow Candice on LinkedIn","last_synced_at":"2026-09-23T02:18:14.503786+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capability-edge-7085966"},"episode":{"title":"Nolan Hout: The Billable Hour Is Dying","slug":"nolan-hout-the-billable-hour-is-dying","published_at":"2026-07-24T10:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capability-edge-7085966/nolan-hout-the-billable-hour-is-dying","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capability-edge-7085966","url":"https://talentcollective.org/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/29b93d2d-0f63-41d7-9dc6-51ca35751e37.mp3","summary":"Nolan Hout has spent 15 years at InfoPro Learning without ever doing the same job twice. In this episode we talk about the culture that made that possible, the shift happening right now in consulting as AI kills the billable hour model, and why chasing a job title might be the wrong move entirely. If you work in talent development, L&D, or any kind of people consulting, this one will change how you think about pricing your own value. Meet your host, Candice Mitchell Candice Mitchell is a Talent Development Strategist, CEO of Talent Collective, and USA Today bestselling author of Choose You: For the People Who Refuse to Disappear. With nearly two decades of experience building and leading capability functions inside global and Fortune 500 organizations, she founded Talent Collective, a premium capability-building firm for L&D, HR, Change, and People leaders in high-growth companies. Your host, Candice Mitchell, can be found online at: Website: https://talentcollective.org/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/candicemitchelltc/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/candice_mitchell_msc/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@candice_mitchell_msc Talent Development Academy: https://courses.talentcollective.org/bundles/talent-development-academy Choose You book: https://chooseyoubook.com/ Original music composed by: Paul DeHaven pauldehavenmusic.com","meta_description":"Nolan Hout has spent 15 years at InfoPro Learning without ever doing the same job twice. In this episode we talk about the culture that made that possible…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3406,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/capability-edge-7085966/episodes/nolan-hout-the-billable-hour-is-dying/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capability-edge-7085966/nolan-hout-the-billable-hour-is-dying.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}