{"podcast":{"title":"Learning Uncut","slug":"learning-uncut-430075","podcast_index_feed_id":430075,"rss_url":"https://learninguncut.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://learninguncut.global/podcast/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/f/e/b/f/febf61d634eeb39c/Learning_Uncut_Logo_with_Tagline_Square.png","author":"Michelle Parry-Slater","episode_count":282,"summary":"Learning Uncut is about real conversations around real learning solutions and real experiences with real advice from real people. We're all about keeping it \"real.\" Here's an overview of our approach: Strategy and tactics. We want to unpack the strategy and how-to's of creating great learning solutions, frameworks and teams. CONVERSATIONS, NOT SCRIPTED DISCUSSION Our podcasts are professional but not so edited and polished that they lose their authenticity. We want our audience to hear real people having real conversations and sharing real examples and advice. PROGRESSIVE We want to showcase the \"unsung L&D heroes\" out there doing great work, being brave and trying new things. PRACTICAL We invite our guests to share tips and strategies to help listeners take their solutions to the next level. We aim to provide actionable takeaways for our listeners through show notes, links and downloads wherever possible.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-30T06:20:05.857606+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-uncut-430075"},"episode":{"title":"186: Building L&D from Scratch – Elyse Toomey","slug":"186-building-l-d-from-scratch-elyse-toomey","published_at":"2026-06-01T15:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-uncut-430075/186-building-l-d-from-scratch-elyse-toomey","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-uncut-430075","url":"https://learninguncut.libsyn.com/lu_186","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/learninguncut/LU_186.mp3?dest-id=720224","summary":"The brief was simple: we need an L&D function. Go and start one. In this episode, Michelle Parry-Slater speaks with Elyse Toomey, Head of Learning and Development at Ironbark Financial Group, about what it really takes to build an L&D department from nothing in a fast-moving financial services business, from coaching coaches to become trainers and launching peer-to-peer onboarding at scale, to doubling LMS engagement, growing a team of six, and learning to lead with a strategy that bends with the business. A story for anyone who has ever been handed a blank page and told to get on with it. Transcript and related resources: learninguncut.global/podcast/186/ Podcast information and more episodes: learninguncut.global/podcast/","meta_description":"The brief was simple: we need an L&D function. Go and start one. In this episode, Michelle Parry-Slater speaks with Elyse Toomey, Head of Learning and…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2761,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/learning-uncut-430075/episodes/186-building-l-d-from-scratch-elyse-toomey/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/learning-uncut-430075/186-building-l-d-from-scratch-elyse-toomey.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}