Season 2 How to Build a Movement, Not Just a Company With Didier Elzinga

Humanity Works

In the first episode of Humanity Works Season 2, Craig Forman sits down with Culture Amp Co-Founder and CEO Didier Elzinga to talk about his alternative approach to compensation, how to build a movement and his personal journey striving to build an anti-racist and equitable organisation.

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Listen to this episode now to discover: 

  • What inspired Didier to create Culture Amp, a culture-first company 
  • How he landed the role of CEO at just 26 years old 
  • The career trajectory that led Didier to Culture Amp
  • The importance of storytelling in effective leadership 
  • Why Didier didn’t offer commission-based salaries to his sales team for quite a few years after launching Culture Amp (and why he’s changed his mind now)
  • Hear Didier’s thoughts on compound privilege, diversity and learning what he's doing to build an inclusive culture
  • Didier discusses the role privilege has played in his own career 
  • Discover the biggest challenges in building a culture first company
  • Plus so much more!  

 

Show Notes: 

Primed to Perform: How to Build the Highest Performing Cultures Through the Science of Total Motivation, Lindsay McGregor and Neel Doshi 

Culture First - https://culturefirstglobal.cultureamp.com/

Culture Amp – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - https://www.cultureamp.com/platform/solutions/diversity-inclusion

Be Anti-Racist - https://www.ibramxkendi.com/ 

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Credits

Host: Craig Forman

Writers: Alessia Campagna and Craig Forman

Producer and Editor: Alessia Campagna

Technical Producer: Anthony Watson www.luma.city 

Executive Producers: Leonie Rothwell and Marcus Worrall 

Marketing & Promotion: Valerie Saindon and Sophie Callahan

We would like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which the podcast is taking place today. We pay our deep respects to all Elders past, present and emerging.  We would also like to extend that respect to any Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples listening today.

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