PX Espresso☕with Luke O'Mahoney

Luke O'Mahoney

Luke O'Mahoney is a former start-up Head of People turned creator, entrepreneur, and innovator in the start-up and scale-up People and HR scene. Luke created SapienX as a platform of content, courses and community for the post-HR generation, with the focus on turning People teams into Product teams and People Leads into Product Leads. As well as leading in the innovation and adoption of product-led PX (People Experience), Luke is also bootstrapping SapienX to £1Million AR and will share wins, fails, and learns about that journey along the way too. PX Espresso ☕is for People Leaders who think like Product Leaders. It's also for employees who think like entrepreneurs, those who want to break free from traditional 9-5 employment to build something of their own.  So, if you are People Leader seeking out new ways of thinking and working inspired by product & GTM, you are in the right spot! Equally, if you are thinking about, just starting-out, or already deep in your own entrepreneurial adventure, you will find plenty of honest reflections and insights on that front too!  Oh, and at the start of every episode you will also get a little insight into the world of speciality coffee☕... combine your passions and work becomes play!  ✅Product-led thinking ✅Progressive People Ops ✅Scaling Start-ups ✅Speciality Coffee We got you covered! Enjoy!

  1. 01/28/2025

    034 - Sarah Power - Building a People-First Culture in a Fully Remote Org

    Send us a text In this episode, Sarah Power, Head of People and Operations at Vable, shares her journey of building a thriving remote-first culture in a high-growth environment. From operationalising company values like kindness and ownership to balancing parenting with work, Sarah offers practical advice and personal stories that highlight the importance of transparency, flexibility, and psychological safety. Discover how Vable fosters advocacy through positive employee experiences, values-based hiring, and progressive People Experience (PX) practices. A must-listen for anyone navigating the intersection of culture, leadership, and remote work! ------------------------------------------------- Support for this episode of the PX Espresso Hour comes from: Sana - an AI company transforming how organizations learn and access knowledge 🧠 Take a look👀: Unlocking knowledge with AI | Sana PayFit - Payroll and HR software that powers your business and its people -  See it in action! 👀 ------------------------------------------------- Contact Luke: Email: luke@sapienx.co.uk LinkedIn: Luke O'Mahoney | LinkedIn Website: Sapienˣ | People First Product Led (sapienx.co.uk) Contact Sarah: sarah@vable.com LinkedIn: Sarah Power | LinkedIn If you like the podcast, you may want to sign up to the PX Espresso Newsletter ☕ the weekly newsletter for People people who think like Product people. Music by Rockot from Pixabay

    1 hr
  2. 11/25/2024

    032 - Dart Lindsley - What if we thought about Work as a Product?

    Send us a text This week, Luke chats with Dart Lindsley, strategic advisor of People Experience @ Google and Co-founder of 11fold, a company formed to help companies design, build and deliver work that makes employees feel alive. Dart has over 25 years of experience in HR, business architecture, and PX product design, and is leading the charge on transforming how organisations think about work and the employee experience 🌟 This conversation is packed with actionable insights for People Leaders looking to take PX to the next level! Some of the Key Themes: Reframing employees as customers and work as a product 🚀 Dart shares why the traditional HR model is broken and how seeing employees as customers who “buy” work as a product transforms the way we approach PX. The manager’s role as designer and broker of work 💡 Luke and Dart explore how managers can be equipped to design meaningful work experiences and balance the needs of the business with those of employees. Why the “cost” of work matters as much as its value 🗣️ Understanding the trade-offs employees make to work with your organisation is key to creating experiences that attract, engage, and retain top talent. Scaling PX in high-growth and large organisations 🤝 Dart shares his practical, scalable framework for aligning work experiences with individual needs A seriously good conversation which goes deep! Enjoy! Catch you next time! ✌️ ------------------------------------------------- Support for this episode of the PX Espresso Hour comes from Sana - an AI company transforming how organizations learn and access knowledge 🤖🧠 Take a look👀: Unlocking knowledge with AI | Sana (sanalabs.com) ------------------------------------------------- Contact Luke: Email: luke@sapienx.co.uk LinkedIn: Luke O'Mahoney | LinkedIn Website: Sapienˣ | People First Product Led (sapienx.co.uk) Contact Dart: dartlindsley@gmail.com LinkedIn: Dart Lindsley | LinkedIn Website: 11fold HBR Work as a Product Article: Reimagining Work as a Product If you like the podcast, you may want to sign up to the PX Espresso Newsletter ☕ the weekly newsletter for People people who think like Product people. Music by Rockot from Pixabay

    1h 23m
  3. 08/24/2024

    031 - Alice Burks - 🎙️ep. 031 - Alice Burks - Scaling PX in a Global + Fully Remote scale-up in Hypergrowth

    Send us a text Boooooom 💥Back once again with the ill behaviour 😎 This week, Luke chats with Alice Burks, Director of People Success at one the fastest growing global People Tech scale-ups, Deel 🚀... in fact, not just in People tech; Deel is one of the the fastest-growing start-ups in history 😱 Meet Alice 🌟Prior to Deel, Alice was Global Head of Learning at DICE and Global Leadership Development Partner at Trustpilot... Safe to say, this conversation is packed with actionable PX insights for People Leaders in high-growth companies! The challenges of scaling fully remote global teams🚀 Alice shares some of the challenges and benefits of managing a fully remote, globally distributed workforce, particularly within the context of a rapidly scaling company like Deel. How Deel approach global and remote onboarding💡 Luke and Alice discuss the importance of structured onboarding and how Deel approaches this focusing on both operational and experiential aspect. The role storytelling plays in People Practices🗣️ From a background in advertising, PR and TV Production, Alice knows all about the power of storytelling and the role of storytelling in HR and people practices, particularly in communicating the value of initiatives and aligning them with company culture, and end user “language fit”. Deel’s approach to values-based hiring🤝 Hiring is hard at the best if times, but, fully remote and global makes this particularly challenging for companies like Deel. Alice speaks about how Deel place the emphasis on values-based hiring and the importance of cultural (behaviour, motivation, working preferences etc) alignment when recruiting for a rapidly growing, remote-first company. Enjoy! Catch you next time! ✌️ ------------------------------------------------- Support for this episode of the PX Espresso Hour comes from Sana - an AI company transforming how organizations learn and access knowledge 🤖🧠 Take a look👀: Unlocking knowledge with AI | Sana (sanalabs.com) ------------------------------------------------- Contact Luke: Email: luke@sapienx.co.uk LinkedIn: Luke O'Mahoney | LinkedIn Website: Sapienˣ | People First Product Led (sapienx.co.uk) Contact Alice: LinkedIn: Alice Burks | LinkedIn Website: If you like the podcast, you may want to sign up to the PX Espresso Newsletter ☕ the weekly newsletter for People people who think like Product people. Music by Rockot from Pixabay

    1h 8m
  4. 08/12/2024

    030 - Jeet Mukerji - Product Management lessons for People Teams

    Send us a text This week, Luke chats with Kinfolk co-founder, Jeet Mukerji. As a former Product Manager and current co-founder building HR Tech, Jeet has a TON of valuable insights to share about how People Teams can leverage Product Management principles to be more strategic and drive value + growth. Meet Jeet 🌟 Band Manager turned Product Manager, turned People Tech Co-founder... Jeet brings a depth of knowledge from Product to the People space which not many others can!  Product Management Lessons for People Teams🚀 From Double Diamond design, user-centric solutions focus, to prioritisation of work - There are so many great tactical and practical insights shared by Jeet which People Leads can carry straight into there work in PX product design.    The Application of Tech and AI in HR 🤖  Luke and Jeet explore the wealth of HR / People Tech in the market right now and what People Leads need to be aware of when assessing and selecting what Tech to utilise to solve specific problems... oh, and AI. Obviously there is some AI chat too 🤪 People Data integrity, accuracy and ethicacy💡The key to leverage tech effectively ultimately resides in the quality of data we feed it. Jeet shares a little about the importance of focusing in the integrity and accuracy of People data and of course, how to remain ethical with how you are using People data to make decisions. Enjoy! Catch you next time! ✌️ ------------------------------------------------- Support for this episode of the PX Espresso Hour comes from Sana - an AI company transforming how organizations learn and access knowledge 🤖🧠 Take a look👀: Unlocking knowledge with AI | Sana (sanalabs.com) ------------------------------------------------- Contact Luke: Email: luke@sapienx.co.uk LinkedIn: Luke O'Mahoney | LinkedIn Website: Sapienˣ | People First Product Led (sapienx.co.uk) Contact Jeet: Email: jeet@kinfolkhq.com LinkedIn: Jeet Mukerji | LinkedIn Website: Kinfolk: People Enablement. Automated. (kinfolkhq.com) If you like the podcast, you may want to sign up to the PX Espresso Newsletter ☕ the weekly newsletter for People people who think like Product people. Music by Rockot from Pixabay

    1h 1m
  5. 07/27/2024

    029 - Lauren Gomes (pt.2) - People Experience as a Product

    Send us a text This is part 2 of my conversation with Lauren Gomes, experienced VP People and pioneer of People Experience as a Product. In part 1 we explored Lauren’s career and the reality of life in the People team in hyper-growth start-ups / scale-ups. In Part 2, we get much more practical and tactical focusing on defining and getting started with PX as a Product 🤘🏻 Meet Lauren 🌟 Lauren is a People Experience leader who honed her craft during ASOS & Booking.com’s remarkable hyper growth phases, before finding her home in scaling start ups. She’s known for growing and transforming People teams; embedding the concept of People Experience as a Product and accelerating the speed of cultural change 5x QoQ. Operationalising PX as a Product 🚀 Lauren talks about the operational aspects of Product-Led PX, sharing her experiences and strategies for integrating product principles into People Operations. She emphasises treating the employee experience as a product and utilising employee / user feedback to shape the PX product to create impactful employee experiences. Team Structure and Role Clarity 🏢 Lauren explains her approach to structuring People teams to support a product-led strategy. She details the differences between traditional people partner roles and her concept of People Experience Design teams. This structure emphasises the importance of dedicated roles for different aspects of people operations, from talent acquisition to employee experience, and the critical role of co-creation with employees. Practical Advice for Implementing Product-Led PX 💡 For those looking to implement a product-led PX approach, Lauren offers actionable advice: Visualize Work and Prioritize: Clearly define and organise your projects based on impact and alignment with business goals.Align with Business Priorities: Ensure your People strategies are in sync with the company’s strategic goals.Co-Create with Employees: Engage employees in the development process to ensure initiatives resonate and are effective.I hope you enjoy listening to this conversation as much as I enjoyed having it! Catch you next time! ✌️ ------------------------------------------------- Support for this episode of the PX Espresso Hour comes from Sana - an AI company transforming how organizations learn and access knowledge 🤖🧠 Take a look👀: Unlocking knowledge with AI | Sana (sanalabs.com) ------------------------------------------------- Contact Luke: Email: luke@sapienx.co.uk LinkedIn: Luke O'Mahoney | LinkedIn Website: Sapienˣ | People First Product Led (sapienx.co.uk) Contact Lauren: LinkedIn: Lauren (Mason) Gomes | LinkedIn  If you like the podcast, you may want to sign up to the PX Espresso Newsletter ☕ the weekly newsletter for People people who think like Product people. Music by Rockot from Pixabay

    1h 2m
  6. 07/20/2024

    028 - Lauren Gomes (pt.1) - Scaling Start-ups & Imposter Syndrome

    Send us a text In this episode Luke chats with Lauren Gomes, experienced VP People and pioneer of People Experience as a Product. Meet Lauren 🌟 Lauren is a People Experience leader who honed her craft during ASOS & Booking.com’s remarkable hyper growth phases, before finding her home in scaling start ups. She’s known for growing and transforming People teams; embedding the concept of People Experience as a Product and accelerating the speed of cultural change 5x QoQ. Life as a People person in a hypergrowth start-ups 🚀 Lauren shares fascinating insights into the realities of being part of, and leading, People functions in a start-ups and scale-ups on the serious come up! From headcount hypergrowth to scaling People ops at pace, I loved hearing Lauren’s career journey and highlights along the way. Career transitions and Imposter Syndrome 🫣 From the outside, looking through the window at someone achieving great things, it can be easy to assume they have it all together and they are supremely confident… Well, that isn’t always the case and Lauren shares vulnerably her own experience of imposter syndrome, specifically focused on her current phase of career transition from in-house VP to Fractional VP. Creating content and Personal Branding ✍️ With Lauren currently dipping her toe into the waters of content creation, Lauren picked my brains on how I got started with creating content on LinkedIn - I shared some tactical and practical advice which helped me out in the early days.  This is pt. 1 of r a 2 part conversation - tune in next week for the second instalment which focuses on the tactical and practical embedding of People Experience as a Product🤘 Catch you next time! ✌️ ------------------------------------------------- Support for this episode of the PX Espresso Hour comes from Sana - an AI company transforming how organizations learn and access knowledge 🤖🧠 Take a look👀: Unlocking knowledge with AI | Sana (sanalabs.com) ------------------------------------------------- Contact Luke: Email: luke@sapienx.co.uk LinkedIn: Luke O'Mahoney | LinkedIn Website: Sapienˣ | People First Product Led (sapienx.co.uk) Contact Lauren: LinkedIn: Lauren (Mason) Gomes | LinkedIn  If you like the podcast, you may want to sign up to the PX Espresso Newsletter ☕ the weekly newsletter for People people who think like Product people. Music by Rockot from Pixabay

    1h 5m

About

Luke O'Mahoney is a former start-up Head of People turned creator, entrepreneur, and innovator in the start-up and scale-up People and HR scene. Luke created SapienX as a platform of content, courses and community for the post-HR generation, with the focus on turning People teams into Product teams and People Leads into Product Leads. As well as leading in the innovation and adoption of product-led PX (People Experience), Luke is also bootstrapping SapienX to £1Million AR and will share wins, fails, and learns about that journey along the way too. PX Espresso ☕is for People Leaders who think like Product Leaders. It's also for employees who think like entrepreneurs, those who want to break free from traditional 9-5 employment to build something of their own.  So, if you are People Leader seeking out new ways of thinking and working inspired by product & GTM, you are in the right spot! Equally, if you are thinking about, just starting-out, or already deep in your own entrepreneurial adventure, you will find plenty of honest reflections and insights on that front too!  Oh, and at the start of every episode you will also get a little insight into the world of speciality coffee☕... combine your passions and work becomes play!  ✅Product-led thinking ✅Progressive People Ops ✅Scaling Start-ups ✅Speciality Coffee We got you covered! Enjoy!