Training That Works
Training That Works is the podcast for sales leaders who are tired of programs that don't move the number. Host Rustin Schroeder sits down with directors, VPs, and Chief Learning Officers to unpack what actually drives performance — from onboarding and sales enablement to leadership development and coaching at scale.
Every episode is a real conversation with someone who has built and run training inside companies you know. No theory, no buzzwords, no recycled frameworks. Just the strategies, mistakes, and breakthroughs that separate training that checks a box from training that changes results.
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Training That Works
The Hackathon Method with Achal Channarasappa
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In this episode of Training That Works, Rustin Schroeder talks with Achal Channarasappa, Head of Solutions Engineering at Superblocks, about what happens when training moves from theory to touching the real thing.
Achal shares how his team discovered a faster, smarter way to onboard by throwing out the endless video libraries and replacing them with live, 90-minute hackathons. The result? Reps and customers reach their “light-bulb moment” in hours instead of weeks. But getting there took some bold moves… including turning failed LMS training into a hands-on system that scaled across technical and customer teams.
He also reveals why empathy, not technology, drives the best training results and how a single mindset shift turned frustrated users into raving fans. If you’ve ever wondered how to make people actually care about the training you build… this conversation shows you exactly how he did it.
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