4min chapter

80,000 Hours Podcast cover image

#36 - Tanya Singh on ending the operations management bottleneck in effective altruism

80,000 Hours Podcast

CHAPTER

The Struggles of Being the Only Ops Person in an Organization of 20 People

The only constant of my role is sort of working as Nick's EA. I take an input on organizational priorities and then try to push our projects, which are important for FHI given that we were going through the spirit of churn. For five, six months, I was the only ops person around. Now we again have almost four people, like the fourth due to join in a month or so, four people, ops team in place. It's hard because you're directly responsible for making sure that these people who are working towards this cause area can do their work very efficiently.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode