Hi, I'm Rod Beach.

I'm the founder and president of Liberate, a global learning and education consultancy I've been running since 2010. Over the past seventeen years we've partnered with some of the world's largest manufacturing, aviation, financial services and government organisations across multiple continents - building powerful custom learning and performance support experiences that stand the test of time.

My thirty-year journey has taken me from content generation through to knowledge governance, and that hands-on experience is the foundation of everything I do. I'm known around the world for driving innovation in learning and technology, and I've been fortunate enough to be recognised as a thought leader in the L&D sector along the way.

The recognitions have included being voted a "Top 50" Business Leader, being named Learning Leader of the Year & L&D Professional of the Year (FAITD), a Lifetime Achievement Award (Asia Pac ILP), and a Distinguished University Alumnus. Recent award highlights include being a 2025 Best Ed Tech Solution Finalist (AITD), 2025 Best Gamification / Simulation (AITD), Most Valuable L&D Product in the World - Stevies Award, 2024 Best Blended Learning Solution (AITD) and 2024 Best eLearning Project (Diamond LearnX).

Rod's Daily Digest is my way of keeping my own thinking sharp every morning - scanning the globe's leading news, articles and learning-tech publications, then turning the signal into a short, sharp audio briefing. It's the kind of update you can listen to over your first coffee. No churnalism, no filler - just the stuff that actually matters for L&D leaders, instructional designers and learning-tech founders.

Each episode is generated with a custom pipeline: research happens overnight, AI distils the takeaways, and I review and narrate the result. If you'd like to chat, share a story, or tell me I missed something, the best way to reach me is the phone - old fashioned, I know.