{"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 storytelling matters more than content in learning","slug":"why-storytelling-matters-more-than-content-in-learning","published_at":"2026-03-12T19:18:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capability-edge-7085966/why-storytelling-matters-more-than-content-in-learning","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/capability-edge-7085966","url":"https://talentcollective.org/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/f9f13167-1348-493f-970a-8c2efcc407fe.mp3","summary":"For years, learning and development has focused on content. More courses. More platforms. More information. But information isn’t the problem anymore. In this episode, Candice speaks with learning leader Ajay to talk about what actually helps people learn, grow, and change their behavior at work. Ajay shares his journey from discovering e-learning early in his career to working across the UK and Europe in corporate L&D. Along the way, he began noticing something important: the moments people remember most in learning aren’t slides or modules — they’re stories. This conversation explores why storytelling is one of the most powerful tools in learning and development, why the industry may be focusing on the wrong problem, and what organizations need to rethink if they want learning to actually work. If you work in L&D, leadership, HR, or anyone responsible for helping people grow at work, this conversation will give you a lot to think about. What you'll get from this episode Why information alone doesn’t drive learning The role storytelling plays in behavior change What many organizations misunderstand about learning content Why human connection still matters in the age of AI How L&D can move from content delivery to real impact Get to know Ajay: Ajay Jacob is an L&D professional and Storyteller. After 20 years of L&D roles across multiple countries, he founded Tell More Stories to help individuals and teams use storytelling principles to increase their impact. His work also involves working with L&D teams to integrate Story more deeply into learning design to drive better engagement and results. Connect with Ajay: LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/ajaytj Course: https://www.udemy.com/course/storytelling-foundations-unlocking-the-power-of-storie…","meta_description":"For years, learning and development has focused on content. More courses. More platforms. More information. But information isn’t the problem anymore. In…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3568,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/capability-edge-7085966/episodes/why-storytelling-matters-more-than-content-in-learning/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-storytelling-matters-more-than-content-in-learning.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}