LH #124 Learning Hive: What's the Buzz? with Kinga Petrovai

What if the most powerful learning system in your organisation is already there — hidden in plain sight? In this episode, Dr Kinga Petrovai introduces The Learning Hive: a structured, research-informed model for peer learning that amplifies tacit knowledge, builds community, and accelerates learning transfer. Drawing on her academic background and real-world practice, Kinga explains why informal learning is often undervalued — and how deliberate design can make peer learning both human and effective.

Timestamps

00:02 – Introducing the Learning Hive

00:06 – What makes it true peer learning

00:12 – Origins in academic research

00:19 – Why "hives", not communities

00:25 – Systems thinking and learning design

00:31 – Peer learning, tacit knowledge, and AI

00:41 – Keeping the human at the heart of learning

00:50 – Karaoke closer

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