Sophie has perfected the art of treading the tightrope between day to day firefighting and building for the future. Find out how she does it and how this has helped build a resilient company culture.

Sophie is widely recognised in Europe for her innovative influence on how Human Resources works in technology companies and startups, earning her a spot in UK's Top 20 Women in Software. Sophie’s previous roles include Group Chief People Officer at Revolut, and Global Head of HR at 11:FS. She has a wealth of experience to share with those of us who are determined to build great company cultures from the outset.

JooBee is a trained Systems Engineer with a PhD in Organisational Psychology. Her expertise is in decoding relationships between people, processes, structures, systems and ways of working to implement strategies and tangible actions that help start-ups grow.

Nic has created a company culture where people truly live the values. In this episode, he shares his secrets on how to: develop an internal recognition system centred around company values; bring teams together from different functions and locations in a remote world; support your people during a time of challenging market conditions and a cost of living crisis.

Daniel shares his experience of what it’s like to join a company with a truly exceptional culture and then be responsible for not messing it up as they grow! His story is one of trying to balance the need for consistency, efficiency and fairness in people processes, with a desire for personalisation, flexibility and consensus-driven decisions that’s kept the company culture so strong.

Laura generously shares her story, including: her lessons learned through scaling and downsizing, the challenges of startup V corporate life, the importance of internal comms and of being commercially minded, why growing your business means changing your culture, her top tip if you’re thinking of refreshing your company values and how to get everyone’s voice heard when you’re spread across locations and time zones.

In this episode Bee interviews Simon Hill, Founder and CEO of Wazoku. Wazoku builds idea management software and as you might expect – ideas are central to the way things work at the company. Listen to hear how enabling people to share and act on their ideas has driven the evolution of Wazoku’s culture through it’s early growth and now a major acquisition.

In this episode Bee interviews Helen Killingley, Head of People and Values at the National Emergencies Trust. Helen shares how NET essentially created a culture from scratch as they grew from 3 to 80 people in a matter of weeks during the coronavirus pandemic.

In this episode Bee interviews Tamara Littleton, founder and CEO of The Social Element. Tamara saw an opportunity to help brands create online communities before social media was a thing. And unlike the swanky offices of the social media giants nowadays, remote working was the only viable option for her bootstrapped business. As the business grew, Tamara focused on giving people choice in how they work – seeing this as a key element in creating a healthy culture.

An interview with Nicola Murphy, founder and CEO of The River Group – a content marketing agency. Nicola knows what it’s like to create a business from scratch, sell it and buy it back again. In this interview she graciously shares the lessons she’s learnt about leadership, people and culture along her journey.