Jane Hudson Professional Reinvention: Broadway Musician Builds Independent L&D Practice
Jane Hudson turned a career in Australian Broadway productions into expertise in learning and development, building an independent L&D practice from regional Victoria specialising in regulatory training.
Jane shares how the discipline and communication skills from a performing arts career translated into corporate training work, and what prompted her move from organisational employment to running her own practice.
She discusses how she sees the L&D field evolving, what self-employment looks like for an L&D specialist without a large consultancy behind them, and the practical realities of finding clients and delivering training independently.
This first appearance on Wisepreneurs captures the early stage of Jane's independent journey, before she returns 50 episodes later to share what building the practice actually taught her.
Wisepreneurs explores how women over 50 monetize expertise and build sustainable solopreneur practice.
You can find Jane's website here https://www.jbasslearning.com.au/
Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-hudson/
Twitter https://twitter.com/jbasslearning
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Founder JBass Learning, Helping people work, learn and perform better together.
Jane is an experienced learning designer and professional development consultant with thirty years of experience working with local, national, and international organisations across the public, private, and not-for-profit sectors, helping them establish, revive, re-tune, and embed exceptional capability and culture.
This includes twenty years in regulatory learning and development, working with government regulatory agencies to build their capability, culture, and leadership.
Jane’s experience includes:
• Provide strategic learning and development advice
• designing, developing, and delivering customised, practical, experiential learning programs (accredited and non-accredited)
• creating/curating learning materials and resources
• writing/editing learning content
• conducting training needs analysis and learning design reviews
• conducting behavioural aptitude assessments
• facilitating workshops and conferences.
Jane Hudson is a learning and development specialist with over twenty-five years of experience designing and delivering practical learning solutions that build capability, improve performance and drive positive growth.











