How do you thoughtfully design and deliver a truly inclusive coaching, leadership and culture-change programme that fits a friendly, values-driven organisation — one where staff care deeply about their work, EDIB, and the clients they serve, but sometimes find accountability, difficult conversations, and stress hard to navigate? 1AM Talks speaks with Luna Ali and Aurora Arista from Spiral Learning. #LearningAndDevelopment #ProgrammeDesign #CultureChange #Accountability #OrganisationalDevelopment #WorkplaceWellbeing #YouthDevelopment #EDIB #InclusiveDesign #YouthEmpowerment #YoungAdults

This 15-minute episode takes you inside the impact of a real culture-change journey at Spiral Learning. You’ll hear how clearer boundaries, honest conversations, and steady relationship-based work have helped the team build a more sustainable and positive workplace culture. After 18 months of development with Spiral, we see how staff have created healthier ways of working and made intentional space for younger and more culturally diverse leadership to grow. At the heart of the episode is Luna’s leadership story. A British Black woman working in a youth-focused organisation, her journey shows how identity, culture and experience shape leadership. We hear how she steps into new leadership roles, grows alongside younger learners, and finds a more grounded sense of personal power.

This two-minute trailer offers a glimpse into a powerful 15-minute episode about real culture change — how an organisation found clearer boundaries, a more sustainable office culture, and space for younger and more culturally diverse leadership to thrive. In the full episode, you’ll hear Luna’s leadership story. It’s compelling — a British Black woman stepping into new leadership identities in a youth-focused organisation, growing alongside younger learners, and finding a more grounded sense of personal power. If you want to hear more, head to the full episode. Thanks for your support. Listen. Share. Rate.

How do you thoughtfully design and deliver a truly inclusive coaching, leadership and culture-change programme that fits a friendly, values-driven organisation — one where staff care deeply about their work, EDIB, and the clients they serve, but sometimes find accountability, difficult conversations, and stress hard to navigate? 1AM Talks speaks with Luna Ali and Aurora Arista from Spiral Learning. #LearningAndDevelopment #ProgrammeDesign #CultureChange #Accountability #OrganisationalDevelopment #WorkplaceWellbeing #YouthDevelopment #EDIB #InclusiveDesign #YouthEmpowerment #YoungAdults

How do you help staff engage, grow and make confident career decisions when they’re stretched and not yet ready to focus? Episode 2 of 1AM talks shares how a coaching and workshop programme at South London NHS Mental Health Trust helped staff speak up, make clear career decisions and grow — and what L&D, OD leads, coaches and facilitators can learn from it. 📧 andrymcfarlane@gmail.com 📱 @pod1amtalks #WorkplaceCoaching #LearningAndDevelopment #CareerDevelopment #CoachingCulture #PsychologicalSafety #1AMtalks

1AM talks hosts speak with Karen Nelson and Amanda Cummins from South West London & St George’s Mental Health Trust, exploring how co-design, delivery and taking part in inclusive coaching and communication programmes helped staff find calm, build confidence in themselves and their work, and develop their careers within a dynamic, lived-experience workplace culture.

A team with lived experience of mental health collaboratively commissioned a coaching and workshop programme to boost confidence, wellbeing & voice. Ep 1 of 1AM talks also explores getting a team on board & psychological safety. 📧 andrymcfarlane@gmail.com 📱 @pod1amtalks #LearningAndDevelopment #HRCommunity #CoachingCulture #OrganisationalDevelopment #PsychologicalSafety #WellbeingAtWork #1AMtalks #LeadershipDevelopment #InclusiveLearning

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1AM Talks shares bite-sized, real stories about what actually works in learning and organisational development. Each 20-minute episode takes a 360° look at one real programme — through the eyes of the commissioner, the facilitator and the participant.