Spotify’s take on mental health and emotional wellbeing A couple of weeks ago, we launched a new long-term strategy and plan for mental health and emotional wellbeing. We call it “Heart & Soul” and we do it to support a culture where employees look out for themselves and each other so that everyone can thrive […]
It’s hard work but it’s heart work! On April 17th, we opened the fourth annual Spotify Inclusion Summit in a Stockholm where spring had finally kicked in. There was light and sun and hope and more than one of us spent a couple of minutes thinking about how far this event has come over these […]
Two weeks into my new role as Spotify’s APAC Head of HR, I was asked to present at the 2017 Sydney HR Innovation and Tech Fest conference, where HR leaders and innovators from a wide range of industries come together to share knowledge, experience and HR innovation. This event was a great opportunity to start […]
Three changes that made a difference to how we do HBCU student outreach A year ago, we shared the news of our first conference for students who are attending Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU). The conference we named The Opening Act || HBCU Conference is back for an encore. This year, we came to the […]
New year, new inclusion steps to be taken! To make sure we put our focus where it needs to be, our starting point is the result from the Spotify Inclusion Survey. 2017 was the second year we ran the survey and we can’t wait to dig in where the data says it will count the […]
A heart-first approach to student outreach When we launched our U.S. student outreach & campus recruiting strategy in Summer 2016, I remember combing through the multitudes of data, school reports and rankings, market analysis on what the best approach would be for a tech company. This school had this specific course or that institution yielded […]
The topic company culture and hiring as a company scales is heavily discussed. Many things have been said about developing a great company culture, but I’ve been thinking about how it can differ from a European perspective. 1) Find your EVPs Talent is scarce and European companies can’t, or don’t believe in, competing financially with […]
