Julie Dirksen is the author of two bestselling books for learning professionals—Design for How People Learn and Talk to the Elephant: Design Learning for Behavior Change. With more than 80,000 copies sold, her work has helped shape the way people think about designing effective, human-centered learning.
As a expert learning strategist, Julie specializes in making behavior change stick. She works with a wide range of organizations—from Fortune 500 companies to startups to global research initiatives—bringing behavioral science, design thinking, and practical tools into the learning process.
She holds an MS in Instructional Systems Technology from Indiana University, has taught as adjunct faculty at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and is a proud Guildmaster with The Learning Guild.
She’s most in her element when she’s exploring new ideas—and helping others do the same.
Where’s Julie?
Upcoming workshops and talks
Check out Julie’s Current Offerings here https://usablelearning.com/current/
Featured appearances:
Watch the recording of the book launch for Talk to the Elephant: Design Learning for Behavior Change, featuring special guest, Cammy Bean. They had a good time talking about books.
Listen to this episode of The eLearning Coach Podcast where Julie was interviewed by host, Connie Malamed. Learn more about Julie’s new book, Talk to the Elephant. They discuss a behavior change model, COM-B, and walk through a scenario to demonstrate its use.
Check out this interview by Peter Shea, founder of the Instructional Design in Education Facebook Group and Director of Professional Development at Middlesex Community College in Bedford, MA. The conversation delved into lots of aspects of Julie’s new book, Talk to the Elephant.
Watch the recording of the Design Learning for Behavior Change Webinar, taught by Julie and hosted by A New Spring’s Learning Innovator. The webinar is based on Julie’s new book, Talk to the Elephant: Design Learning for Behavior Change. During the session you’ll find out how to use frameworks and strategies from behavioral science to help you research and analyze challenges, feel more confident that you’re solving the right problem, and design and test solutions that can help people with difficult behavior changes.
Other podcast appearances:
- Professor Game Podcast: Julie Dirksen Goes Beyond Learning For Behavior Change
- Game Thinking Podcast Episode S10E04: Behavior Change with Julie Dirksen
- Ed Up Podcast 140: Unlocking Learning Potential: Julie Dirksen on Behavioral Change and Instructional Design
- Learning for Good Podcast: L&D Expert Julie Dirksen Exposes the Real Reason Your Training Flops
- Fluid Hive Design Thinking 101: Episode 131 with Julie Dirksen
- Product Agility Podcast: How to Shift Mindsets: The Art of Influence with Julie Dirksen
- People Business Podcast: Designing Learning for Behavior Change w/ Julie Dirksen
- The Customer Education Lab CELab Ep. 125: Designing Learning for Behavior Change
- Leading Learning Podcast: Design Learning for Behavior Change with Julie Dirksen
- Sponge Learning | PODCAST: Changing behaviours – with Julie Dirksen.
- The Mind Tools L&D Podcast: 371: Talk to the Elephant (cause the rider ain’t listening)
Videos:
View the playlists on Julie’s Usable Learning Youtube channel.