Below the Surface: How the best people leaders build high-performing teams
Joelle EmersonBelow the Surface is a show about what the world's best companies are doing right now to build high-performing teams. Each episode, Joelle Emerson (co-founder and CEO of Paradigm) talks with a leader who's rethinking people, talent, and culture. Conversations consider how AI is reshaping work, what hiring should look like as organizations evolve, and how to create the conditions for performance. M... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 12 | Founded | 4 months ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | ManagementBusinessEntrepreneurship | |||
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Peter Fasolo, Johnson & Johnson's longtime CHRO, believes HR is not about HR. It is about linking people practices to the value a company is trying to create. That belief shaped how he built J&J's people data science team, reorganized the HR function... more
Patrick Martin, Chief Talent Officer at Moody’s, believes AI transformation is a people challenge, not just a technology one. That is why Moody’s put its AI enablement team on the people team. It is also how a company built on caution has moved quick... more
Hannah Pritchett, Chief People Officer at Anthropic, believes the ability to learn starts with ambition. Her test for whether a company is truly set up to learn is simple: are people encouraged to think expansively, take meaningful risks, and pursue ... more
Ask a CEO to name their hardest problem and they will rarely call it a people problem. Beth Karlsson will take that bet every time. From her seat at Lightspeed she watches dozens of the fastest-scaling companies in the world figure out talent in real... more
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High-level discussions center on how leading organizations design and manage talent, culture, and operating systems in AI-enabled workplaces. Episodes frequently explore hiring transformation, structured processes, culture as an operating system, rapid experimentation, and leadership approaches to scale teams without sacrificing humanity. Notable throughlines include AI augmentation of work, remote-first culture, and data-informed hiring decisions, all grounded by voices from senior HR, talent, and people-operations leaders in technology. The show often features practical frameworks, real-world war stories, and actionable takeaways for building high-performing, adaptable organizations. A standout aspect is the host's emphasis on human-centr... more
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