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Episode 54: Growing Your HR Career With Purpose and...

People Leader Accelerator Podcast ·

2026/10/06

How should you think about your HR career when salary, learning, job title, employer brand, and long-term opportunity are all pulling in different directions?In this episode of the People Leader Accelerator Podcast, Andrew Bartlow and Jess Yuen take a practical look at career growth for HR professionals - from choosing your next role to deciding which forms of professional development are actually worth your time and money. Andrew shares a framework that has influenced his career since his first HR

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Ep 53: Why Hypergrowth Playbooks Fail Without...

People Leader Accelerator Podcast ·

2026/09/29

What happens when hypergrowth demands immediate action, but the familiar playbook does not fit? Michael Welsh, Head of People Programs & Strategy at OpenAI, joins the podcast to explore why effective people leadership starts with understanding an organisation’s distinctive reality rather than importing solutions that worked elsewhere.The challenge is to move quickly without skipping the diagnosis. Michael explains how people leaders can combine business context, quantitative evidence and

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39:53

Episode 52: Leading with Human Judgment in the Age of...

People Leader Accelerator Podcast ·

2026/09/22

What does effective leadership look like when AI expands individual scope, compresses teams and disrupts familiar career paths? Yue Zhao joins the podcast to explore how leaders can navigate this shift without losing sight of human judgment, strong relationships and intentional career choices.The challenge is not simply adopting more technology. Organizations must decide where AI creates genuine leverage, where expertise remains essential and when pressure to consolidate roles risks undermining

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45:44

Episode 51: Scaling with Purposeful Urgency - with...

People Leader Accelerator Podcast ·

2026/09/15

How can an early-stage company move at exceptional speed without creating the organisational problems that later slow it down? Matt Hoffman, Partner & Head of Talent at M13, joins Andrew and Jess to explore the leadership and people decisions that help companies scale with focus, adaptability and the right level of structure.The central tension is not structure versus freedom. Early-stage organisations need enough discipline to support fair decisions, effective execution and sustainable growth,

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41:16

Episode 50: How HR Can Turn AI Capacity into Business...

People Leader Accelerator Podcast ·

2026/09/08

AI is arriving faster than many organizations can absorb it, often with pressure for immediate efficiency gains. Joseph Clay joins Andrew and Jess to examine why this compressed timeline creates a leadership challenge for HR - and why treating AI as another technology rollout risks missing its deeper impact on work, skills, and the operating model.The conversation makes the case for greater discipline: define the organizational problem first, clarify the intended value, and decide how any capacity

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38:40

Episode 49: Accessing Global Talent Without Global...

People Leader Accelerator Podcast ·

2026/09/01

What does it take to access global talent without creating global chaos? Arif Khimani, President & COO at MobSquad, joins the podcast to explore why workforce geography has become a strategic leadership decision - and why neither office-bound hiring nor unrestricted work from anywhere offers a complete answer.Global workforce planning involves a difficult trade-off. Organisations want broader access to critical skills and greater flexibility, but operating across too many countries and time

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42:35

Episode 48: Designing Better Decisions Under...

People Leader Accelerator Podcast ·

2026/08/25

Why do smart, experienced leaders still make predictable mistakes - and why does knowing about cognitive bias rarely prevent them? In this episode, Matt Mulford, Capstone Project Director at TRIUM Global Executive MBA, explores how leaders can make better decisions under uncertainty by designing stronger decision processes.Matt explains why our minds turn observations into simple causal stories and then search for evidence supporting the first explanation. Under pressure - or when

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Episode 47: Designing HR for Greater Strategic Impact...

People Leader Accelerator Podcast ·

2026/08/18

HR’s strategic influence depends not only on what the function delivers, but on how its leaders design the team, systems and personal capacity behind the work. In this episode, Brian Kuchcicki, SVP, People + Culture at Visiting Media, shares a practical approach to creating greater leverage: build a complementary senior team, experiment with AI around genuine employee needs, retain human accountability for every output and develop working practices that reflect how you actually operate.Brian

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18:12

Episode 46: The HR Career Journey That Came Full...

People Leader Accelerator Podcast ·

2026/08/11

Welcome to the People Leader Accelerator Podcast, where we go behind the curtain on building high-performing organisations with honest conversations between experienced leaders.In this episode, we take a break from the traditional guest interviews and invite you into an informal conversation between hosts, Jess Yuen and Andrew Bartlow. Instead of sharing the spotlight with a guest, they dive into their own lived experiences and perspectives as people leaders, exploring what leadership, culture, and

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9:33

Episode 45: Speaking the Language of Business as an...

People Leader Accelerator Podcast ·

2026/08/04

Welcome to the People Leader Accelerator Podcast, where we go behind the curtain on building high-performing organisations with honest conversations between experienced leaders. In this episode, we take a break from the traditional guest interviews and invite you into an informal conversation between hosts, Jess Yuen and Andrew Bartlow. Instead of sharing the spotlight with a guest, they dive into their own lived experiences and perspectives as people leaders, exploring what leadership, culture, and

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20:48

Episode 44: Building Executive Presence From The...

People Leader Accelerator Podcast ·

2026/07/28

Welcome to the People Leader Accelerator Podcast, where we go behind the curtain on building high-performing organisations with honest conversations between experienced leaders.In this episode, we take a break from the traditional guest interviews and invite you into an informal conversation between hosts, Jess Yuen and Andrew Bartlow. Instead of sharing the spotlight with a guest, they dive into their own lived experiences and perspectives as people leaders, exploring what leadership, culture, and

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41:32

Episode 43: Culture Is Built One Decision at a Time -...

People Leader Accelerator Podcast ·

2026/07/21

Culture is not an HR programme to impose, preserve or package into a set of aspirational statements. It is a commercially relevant operating system: shaped by founder behaviour, grounded in the realities of the business and made credible through the decisions and behaviours leaders consistently reinforce.In this episode, Alex Buder Shapiro, Head of People at Clay, explores what it takes to build an authentic, distinctive culture in a fast-changing company. She explains why senior People leaders

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42:15

Episode 42: Harnessing AI for Leadership Development...

People Leader Accelerator Podcast ·

2026/07/14

Welcome to another episode of the People Leader Accelerator Podcast, where we explore what it really takes to build high-performing organisations. Our guest today is Ben Perreau, Founder and CEO of Parafoil. Ben brings a unique perspective shaped by his diverse background spanning journalism with major media brands, digital transformation, consulting, and organisational change. After two decades of uncovering how teams operate and adapt, Ben now leads Parafoil, an AI-powered platform focused on

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Episode 41: AI Adoption, ROI and Governance (Jess...

People Leader Accelerator Podcast ·

2026/07/07

Welcome to the People Leader Accelerator Podcast, where we go behind the curtain on building high-performing organisations with honest conversations between experienced leaders. In this episode, we take a break from the traditional guest interviews and invite you into an informal conversation between hosts, Jess Yuen and Andrew Bartlow. Instead of sharing the spotlight with a guest, they dive into their own lived experiences and perspectives as people leaders, exploring what leadership, culture,

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42:01

Episode 40: Building Outstanding HR Teams and Board...

People Leader Accelerator Podcast ·

2026/06/30

Welcome to another episode of the People Leader Accelerator Podcast, where we explore what it really takes to build high-performing organisations. Our guest today is Anna Binder, a seasoned HR executive, board member, and investor. With a career that spans leadership roles at startups and global technology companies such as Asana and MuleSoft, Anna offers a nuanced perspective on scaling teams, navigating organisational change, and shaping the board-level agenda. Her experience as both operator

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43:51

Episode 39: Building Trust and Driving Change as an...

People Leader Accelerator Podcast ·

2026/06/23

Welcome to another episode of the People Leader Accelerator Podcast, where we explore what it really takes to build high-performing organisations. Our guest today is L. David Kingsley, Chief People Officer at Illumio. With a background spanning management consulting, HR leadership in public and scale-up technology companies, and service as a Navy Reserve intelligence officer, David brings a disciplined, mission-driven perspective to people leadership. His experience working with founder-led

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42:27

Episode 38: Increasing HR Impact by Aligning People...

People Leader Accelerator Podcast ·

2026/06/16

Welcome to another episode of the People Leader Accelerator Podcast, where we explore the realities of leadership and organizational effectiveness.Our guest today is Cole Napper, the first Chief People Intelligence Officer at HRBench and a recognized leader in people analytics, workforce intelligence, and evidence-based HR strategy. He is the creator of the *People Intelligence Manifesto*, founder of Directionally Correct, LLC, and host of one of the world's leading people analytics podcasts and

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Episode 37 - Prioritization Frameworks To Help People...

People Leader Accelerator Podcast ·

2026/06/09

Welcome to another episode of the People Leader Accelerator Podcast, where we examine the realities of building effective organizations and leading through complexity.In this episode, we take a break from the traditional guest interviews and invite you into an informal conversation between hosts, Jess Yuen and Andrew Bartlow. Instead of sharing the spotlight with a guest, they dive into their own lived experiences and perspectives as people leaders, exploring what leadership, culture, and

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28:25

Episode 36: Navigating Rapid Change and Innovation in...

People Leader Accelerator Podcast ·

2026/06/02

Welcome to the People Leader Accelerator Podcast, where we examine what it genuinely takes to lead, scale, and evolve effective organisations.Our guest for this episode is AJ Thomas, an accomplished executive with a remarkable track record across talent, HR operations, business strategy, and the early-stage venture ecosystem. Having served in pivotal roles at Alphabet’s Moonshot Factory (Google X) and as a founder and general partner at an early-stage venture firm, AJ Thomas brings a rich,

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42:20

Episode 35: AI Meets HR - How OpenAI’s People...

People Leader Accelerator Podcast ·

2026/05/26

Welcome to another episode of the People Leader Accelerator Podcast, where we explore what it really takes to build high-performing organisations. Our guest today is Dylan Vassallo, an engineering leader at OpenAI, where he leads the People Innovation Labs team. Dylan brings a unique blend of technical expertise and a deep passion for people operations, having previously held impactful roles at Khan Academy and Stripe. His background in both engineering management and HR innovation gives him a

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