# LearnOps Leadership Series

## Episode 5: Nick Howe

In this episode, Nick Howe, former Head of Learning at Hitachi and CLO at Area9 Lyceum, discusses the dichotomy of learning outcomes and business outcomes and how to connect them.

### Key Take Aways from this Episode

### Learning and Development Advocacy
More than just creating close working relationships, L&D leaders should rely on business partners to prove and showcase the results of a learning intervention on business KPIs.

### The Purpose of L&D
Learning happens whether you have a training team or not. But formal training teams should aim to be the most effective and efficient means of facilitating learning throughout the organization.

### Instructor-Led Training
No matter how talented your in-person or virtual instructors are, it remains an inefficient method and totally unscalable across enterprise level organizations – particularly when the training is urgent.

### Episode 3: Maria Feay
In this episode, Maria Feay, Director of Learning and Quality Coaching at Quantum Health, discusses how learning teams can improve operational efficiencies.

[Watch Episode](https://cognota.com/learnops-leadership-episode-3-maria-feay)

### Episode 4: David Barone
In this episode, David Barone, Learning and Talent Management Consultant at The Josh Bersin Company, chats about the time and place for creativity in L&D.

[Watch Episode](https://cognota.com/learnops-leadership-episode-4-david-barone)