In todays episode, Ben Whitmarsh sits down with Steph Thommen, a People Operations leader. Steph is a seasoned people operations and culture expert, with over 20 years of experience spanning both corporate and high-growth startup environments.

She has been instrumental in helping startups scale effectively, building strong teams, and developing dynamic people operations strategies. Her work focuses on creating the systems that preserve and enhance a company’s unique culture while ensuring rapid and sustainable growth. Having worked with fast-growing startups, she empowers founders to align their business goals with a strong people-first approach, fostering environments where both the team and business thrive.

This podcast should give aspiring people leaders in tech some outstanding insights from somebody who has transformed multiple tech business and created highly effective teams that thrive. There are some good bits in here too for tech founders!

Steph's LinkedIn profile is here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephthommen/

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DevOps Society LinkedIn page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/devops-society/

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