{"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":"Why education fails people (and what actually shapes careers)","slug":"why-education-fails-people-and-what-actually-shapes-careers","published_at":"2026-03-20T16:24:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capability-edge-7085966/why-education-fails-people-and-what-actually-shapes-careers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capability-edge-7085966","url":"https://talentcollective.org/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/58dcec87-0a7c-4c50-bb65-a2f8414fd337.mp3","summary":"What if the way we educate people is actively working against how humans actually learn? In this episode, Candice Mitchell sits down with learning strategist, leadership expert, and author Nick Shackleton-Jones to unpack why traditional education and corporate learning miss the mark and what actually creates meaning, growth, and capability. From lecturing psychology, to consulting at global organizations like the BBC, BP, and Deloitte, Nick shares real stories about learning systems, leadership mistakes, and why most development programs fail the people they’re meant to serve. This is a candid conversation about purpose, experience design, and building learning that actually sticks. What you’ll get from this episode: Why education feels empty for so many people What really shapes purpose and career direction How learning became a ritual instead of an experience Why breaking the mold often leads to impact What leaders get wrong about learning and development If you work in leadership, L&D, HR, or simply care about how people grow — this one’s for you. Get to know Nick: Nick Shackleton-Jones is the author of How People Learn, a book which introduces the first general theory of learning & describes how to apply it. An industry revolutionary, he introduced the ‘courses to resources’ mantra & pioneered human-centred learning design (5Di). A track record of shaping future learning approaches for public & private organisations, he is winner of several awards for people development, strategy, innovation, & learning content (including the Learning & Performance Institute’s Award for Services to the Learning Industry, 2017). He is the former CLO at Deloitte UK & now CEO at Shackleton Consulting. Connect with Nick: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in…","meta_description":"What if the way we educate people is actively working against how humans actually learn? In this episode, Candice Mitchell sits down with learning strateg…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3723,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/capability-edge-7085966/episodes/why-education-fails-people-and-what-actually-shapes-careers/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/why-education-fails-people-and-what-actually-shapes-careers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}