

#95: Level Up Your Culture w Rachel Wilson Rugelsjøen
Sri takes the show to Oslo, Norway 🇳🇴, where he and Rachel Wilson Rugelsjøen talk all things culture and leadership through the lens of Human Resources.
🙉 They have the realest debate on psychological safety you'll find anywhere.
Plus everyone's favorite topic: cold plunges 🥶
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Rachel is the founder and managing director of LevelUp HR, which "help[s] global corporates, SME’s and scale-up’s achieve, through your most valuable asset - your people."
Her experience spans over 20 years leading human capital at top-tier companies like Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, the Norwegian Oil Fund, Cognizant, and Barclays Capital — where she and Sri overlapped without knowing it!
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highlights
"The leadership game has changed."
- How founders can build an effective culture
- Role of values in leadership
- Amazon's leadership principles
- Ownership and accountability
- Norwegian vs. UK vs. American perspectives on ownership
- Human nature and leadership challenges
- The evolution of leadership through history
- How to navigate instability
- Nuances of team dynamics
- Cold showers and dopamine regulation
- Psychological safety: just a buzzword?
- Trust as the foundation
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