The Adoption Curve

Welcome to the Adoption Curve podcast.Over the course of this series, we'll dive into what learning and enablement leaders are really doing every day to move beyond reactive training, bridge the gap between leadership vision and frontline needs, and unlock the true value of their technology investments. Join host Sean Adams as he uncovers the frameworks, strategies, and practical approaches that turn technology from a cost center into a competitive advantage.

The Adoption Curve is a business podcast hosted by iorad, with 26 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #30

  Ep. 30: Closing the Training Speed Gap

  Jun 11, 202620 minS1

  <p>Check out iorad's interactive tutorial builder: https://www.iorad.com/Closing the Training Speed GapIn this solo episode of The Adoption Curve, Sean Adams shares a four-part framework for closing the training speed gap: the costly window between when software changes and when your people are actually ready for the new version. Most L&D teams accept this gap as inevitable. It isn't.Sean breaks down why the gap exists (it's a cadence mismatch, not a workload problem), how to get upstream of software changes before they ship, the two-question change triage that tells you exactly what needs training...

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  Ep. 28: How to Scale Behavior Change

  May 14, 202633 minS0

  <p>Check out iorad's interactive tutorial builder: https://www.iorad.com/How to Scale Behavior Change with Eileen MacDonald CookeIn this episode of The Adoption Curve, Sean sits down with Eileen MacDonald Cooke, strategic Talent and Learning leader and former Chief Learning Officer at Amtrak, to discuss how enterprise organizations can build learning systems that accelerate business performance, workforce readiness, and leadership strength.Eileen shares how she led enterprise learning transformation for over 320,000 employees at CVS Health and centralized frontline training for 20,000 operational employees at Amtrak. The conversation explores why behavior change requires more than content delivery and how organizations...

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  Episode #26

  Ep. 26: Make Enablement Matter: How to Cut Noise & Drive Real Impact

  Apr 9, 202638 minS1

  <p>Check out iorad's interactive tutorial builder: https://www.iorad.com</p><p><br></p><p>Make Enablement Matter: How to Cut Noise & Drive Real Impact with Tara MedeirosIn this episode of The Adoption Curve, I sit down with Tara Medeiros, Go-To-Market Enablement Leader at PTC, to break down how enablement teams can cut through organizational noise and align to real business goals using a priority-driven framework.Tara reveals why “everything being a priority means nothing is a priority” and explains how most enablement teams fall into reactive execution instead of driving measurable business impact. We also dive into her Prio...

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  Ep. 24: Why Executives Don’t Value Training (And How to Fix It)

  Mar 19, 202644 minS0

  <p>Check out iorad's interactive tutorial builder: https://www.iorad.com</p><p><br></p><p>Why Executives Don’t Value Training (And How to Fix It): Becky Willis on Executive Buy-InIn this episode of The Adoption Curve, Sean Adams sits down with Becky Willis, Chief Learning Officer and Co-founder of Tractus Learning, to unpack one of the biggest challenges facing learning teams today: why executives often see training as a cost center instead of a strategic driver of business results.Becky shares why many L&D teams struggle to gain executive buy-in—and how shifting from reporting training metrics to d...

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  Episode #22

  Ep. 22: Building Adoption-First Training Programs That Actually Work

  Feb 19, 202636 minS1

  <p>Check out iorad's interactive tutorial builder: https://www.iorad.com</p><p><br></p><p>Building Adoption-First Training Programs That Actually Work: Stephanie Flint on Reducing Attrition Through Interactive TrainingIn this episode of The Adoption Curve, I sit down with Stephanie Flint, VP of Global Training & Learning Development at ResultCX, to discuss how to turn high attrition into measurable adoption using behavior-based training and interactive simulations.Stephanie breaks down how her team identified early drop-off patterns in a large healthcare technology implementation and uncovered the real root cause: lack of confidence using complex systems. She reveals how shifting from...

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