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Join your host Andrew Barry, the Founder and CEO of Curious Lion, as he interviews learning leaders practicing the cultivation of Learning Culture; experts who tease out critical theoretical components of this idea; and shares learning nuggets from real-world experiences, and our own research and writing.By following along, you’ll learn:• How a shared vision sets the tone for a Learning Culture. • How shared assumptions determine our current reality. • How shared stories foster commitment to a Learning Culture. • How shared experiences, or Cohort Learning Experiences to be specific, instill the practice of a Learning Culture.Stay curious, my friends.

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Good to Great ICs with Meganne Brezina

May 28, 2026 • Andrew Barry

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What does it really take to grow from a good individual contributor to a great one? In this special edition of The Learning Culture Podcast, Andrew Barry sits down with talent leaders for short, sharp conversations about the mindset shifts, hard-won lessons, and small moves that separate ICs who plateau from those who keep climbing. ICs matter more than ever as AI reshapes how work gets done, and these episodes are built for anyone navigating that path or helping others walk it.

In this episode, Meganne Brezina shares the presentation day that reshaped how she thinks about preparation, why she believes knowing when to leave an organization is one of the most underrated skills in a career, and how self-advocacy separates the ICs who get noticed from those who quietly do great work.

If you're building your career as an individual contributor or shaping the ones around you, this episode is for you.