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From Doing to Designing: Building Talent That Scales w/ Krista Skalde
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Krista Skalde
Krista’s career has spanned a wide variety of HR and Talent areas, including leadership development, organizational design, change management, and executive coaching She has led or contributed to projects in North America, Brazil, France, Germany, Spain, Japan, China and, most recently, the United Arab Emirates. She studied Political Science and holds a D.E.A. (Master’s equivalent) from the Université de Paris, and a Bachelor’s degree from Laurentian University.
Description
What actually separates companies that scale well from the ones that stall? Krista, Chief Talent Officer and Operating Partner at Inovia Capital, joins Glaze and Jazzy to reframe HR as an architect's job, designing the systems that let good people do great work, rather than layering on programs and perks. Drawing on a career that spans Tokyo, Paris, Abu Dhabi, and the venture world, she unpacks why every early hire reshapes culture, how founders can hire "ahead of complexity" without overpaying, and why the crucial middle-management layer is where retention and change management are won or lost. She also gets candid about AI's impact on how work is designed, the shift toward individual-contributor careers, and the culture-fit bias that still makes her cringe. It's a practical, systems-first playbook for anyone building a high-performance team.
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