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Melissa
Fiske
What learning changes once people get back to work
Melissa asks learning leaders how they build capability in real organizations, where operational pressure, changing roles, and people’s time all matter.
Melissa Fiske
Host and producer, NovoEDTalks · NovoEd
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Melissa and Chris Chappell examine leadership development across Weis Markets’ 23,000-person workforce. Their discussion puts the ability to use a skill ahead of simply consuming training, and considers how curiosity and continuous improvement fit alongside day-to-day operational demands.
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Melissa and Chris Chappell examine leadership development across Weis Markets’ 23,000-person workforce. Their discussion puts the ability to use a skill ahead of simply consuming training, and considers how curiosity and continuous improvement fit alongside day-to-day operational demands.
Original-source summaryChris Chappell · Director of Learning and Development
Original on NovoEd ↗NovoEDTalks
With Monica Anderton
Melissa and Monica Anderton discuss workforce shortages, knowledge transfer and leadership development during organizational change at DS Smith. The conversation connects leadership personas with the practical challenge of helping learning stay useful through a major acquisition.
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Melissa and Monica Anderton discuss workforce shortages, knowledge transfer and leadership development during organizational change at DS Smith. The conversation connects leadership personas with the practical challenge of helping learning stay useful through a major acquisition.
Original-source summaryMonica Anderton · Guest
Original on NovoEd ↗NovoEDTalks
With James Lavis
Melissa interviews James Lavis of Kubota Canada about involving learning teams early, designing for workplace behavior and using AI to support a small team without replacing its judgment.
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Melissa interviews James Lavis of Kubota Canada about involving learning teams early, designing for workplace behavior and using AI to support a small team without replacing its judgment.
Original-source summaryMelissa Fiske · host / James Lavis · guest
Original on NovoEd ↗NovoEDTalks
With Becca Hammer
Melissa and Becca Hammer examine the practice, coaching and sales-manager reinforcement needed to turn training into skills that sellers use.
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Melissa and Becca Hammer examine the practice, coaching and sales-manager reinforcement needed to turn training into skills that sellers use.
Original-source summaryMelissa Fiske · host / Becca Hammer · guest
Original on NovoEd ↗NovoEDTalks
With Irina Cavescu
Melissa and Irina Cavescu discuss self-awareness, cultural intelligence and psychological safety as global teams adapt to AI and constant change.
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Melissa and Irina Cavescu discuss self-awareness, cultural intelligence and psychological safety as global teams adapt to AI and constant change.
Original-source summaryMelissa Fiske · host / Irina Cavescu · guest
Original on NovoEd ↗NovoEDTalks
With Kari Borroel
Melissa and Kari Borroel explore accessible learning, decision-making and AI experimentation in a complex, highly regulated organization.
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Melissa and Kari Borroel explore accessible learning, decision-making and AI experimentation in a complex, highly regulated organization.
Original-source summaryMelissa Fiske · host / Kari Borroel · guest
Original on NovoEd ↗THE RECORD
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Application is the test of learning
Chris Chappell in conversation with Melissa Fiske
Melissa and Chris Chappell examine leadership development across Weis Markets’ 23,000-person workforce. Their discussion puts the ability to use a skill ahead of simply consuming training, and considers how curiosity and continuous improvement fit alongside day-to-day operational demands.
Discussion prompt
What would show that someone used the skill during their next shift or team conversation?
Passing experience between generations
Monica Anderton in conversation with Melissa Fiske
Melissa and Monica Anderton discuss workforce shortages, knowledge transfer and leadership development during organizational change at DS Smith. The conversation connects leadership personas with the practical challenge of helping learning stay useful through a major acquisition.
Discussion prompt
Which experience could be lost during the transition, and how will colleagues pass it on?
Bring learning into the business decision early
James Lavis in conversation with Melissa Fiske
James Lavis argues that learning teams belong at the beginning of a business initiative. In Melissa’s interview, he connects that early involvement to just-in-time resources and assessments that show what people can actually do. Course completion becomes a weak substitute for the behavior the organization needs to change.
Discussion prompt
What behavior should change, and is the learning team involved early enough to help design for it?
Sales practice needs a manager after the course
Becca Hammer in conversation with Melissa Fiske
Becca Hammer describes a combination of continuous practice, coaching and leadership support. Her conversation with Melissa puts the sales leader inside the learning process: new skills need reinforcement in the work itself. AI may help sellers move faster, but the account still places human judgment, connection and practice at the center of performance.
Design for an experience people will use, not just finish
Sara Loncka’s perspective on experiential leadership development, discussed with Melissa
Sara Loncka discusses experiential learning and personal motivation with Melissa. Their conversation questions whether making a leadership program convenient is enough to produce lasting behavior change. The emphasis is on learning by doing and preparing people to navigate disruption. For a learning team, the useful question becomes what participants will experience and apply, alongside how easily they can complete the program.
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Host and producer, NovoEDTalks
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Connect on LinkedIn ↗Melissa Fiske hosts and produces NovoEDTalks for NovoEd. She brings learning leaders into practical conversations about what happens after training: a sales manager reinforcing a new skill, a manufacturer changing how people work, or a grocery business developing leaders across a large frontline workforce. Her guests include Chris Chappell at Weis Markets, Monica Anderton at DS Smith, James Lavis at Kubota Canada and sales-enablement specialist Becca Hammer.
Her own writing follows the design choices behind learning programs. At Takeda, that means small groups rehearsing coaching conversations. At Stanford Ignite, it means starting venture ideas and team formation before participants reach campus. Her Perkins account looks at a two-person team extending educator training through observation, feedback and reflection. The interviews and articles give readers concrete ways to examine how learning turns into work.
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From Answers to Questions: How Takeda Earned a 2026 Novie Award for Building a Global Coaching Culture
Melissa’s account of Takeda’s practice-based coaching program looks at small learning circles, rehearsal and reflection before leaders use new skills with their teams.
Read the original ↗NovoEd · By Melissa Fiske · Sep 29, 2026One Continuous Journey: How Stanford Ignite Earned a 2026 Novie Award for Best Blended Learning Experience
Melissa follows how Stanford Ignite uses venture ideas, early team formation and a shared learning platform to connect preparation with limited on-campus time.
Read the original ↗NovoEd · By Melissa Fiske · Aug 20, 2026Scaling Access, One Educator at a Time: How Perkins School for the Blind Earned a 2026 Novie Award for CVI Training
Melissa examines how a two-person Perkins team built educator training around observation, feedback and reflection, then used shared workflows to extend its reach.
Read the original ↗NovoEd · By Melissa Fiske · Aug 10, 2026Designing for the AI Era: How IDEO U Earned a 2026 Novie Award for Human-Centered Learning
Melissa explores IDEO U’s common course-quality standard and how it introduces AI while keeping the learning experience consistent and usable.
Read the original ↗NovoEd · By Melissa Fiske · Aug 31, 2026Believing in Potential: How Fidelity Investments Earned a 2026 Novie Award for Expanding Financial Opportunity
Melissa traces Fidelity’s combination of scholarships, mentorship and personalized financial education, focusing on students often overlooked by traditional scholarship programs.
Read the original ↗NovoEd · By Melissa Fiske · Aug 13, 2026Learning by Doing, Together: How UVA Darden Executive Education Earned a 2026 Novie Award for Collaborative Leadership Development
Melissa describes how Darden combines flexible independent work with live case discussions, giving working professionals both time to reflect and peers who challenge their decisions.
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