Why ‘People & Culture’ Isn’t Enough: Rethinking HR for Start-Ups
Welcome to The Plumm Pod, where we dive into the human side of work. This week Georgia sits down with senior people leader Kayleigh Davies to unpack how HR has moved from dusty personnel files to data-driven people experience and why start-ups can’t afford to keep treating culture as a perk wall.
Kayleigh’s journey from ancient-history graduate to AI-sector HR strategist gives her a unique lens on:
- Moving from compliance-heavy personnel to outcome-focused people experience
- The limits of the Ulrich model and the rise of subscription-style employee journeys
- Why “seat at the table” means asking sharper commercial questions, not simply attending the meeting
- Practical ways to diagnose people priorities when the business has none
- Swapping beanbags for measurable impact, turning onboarding scores into revenue wins
Chapters
00:00 The Importance of a People Strategy
02:32 The Evolution of HR
11:13 Navigating the Post-COVID HR Landscape
21:17 Understanding Business Goals
23:01 The Role of People Experience in HR
30:33 Advice for Future HR Leaders
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Here’s what you can expect:
– Real talk on workplace wellbeing and HR
– Practical advice for how to navigate the HR space
– Lessons from HR professionals and who’ve seen it all
– Honest stories about what it’s really like behind the scenes at work
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- No. of episodes: 25
- Latest episode: 2025-06-12
- Business Management
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