Calling Operator with Laura Nicol
de Laura Nicol
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Ep 57. Leading Across Different Stages & Contexts—Laura Warden
Ep 57. Leading Across Different Stages & Contexts—Laura Warden
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Join Laura Nicol (your host) as she dials into the stories of startup operators in the trenches of building and scaling companies. Together, we master the art of ‘building the plane while flying it', drawing on insights from leaders and rising stars at companies like Tracksuit, Canva, Culture Amp, Atlassian, me&u, Airwallex, Eucalyptus, and more.
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- Ep 57. Leading Across Different Stages & Contexts—Laura Warden · 55 minAfter 19 conversations with some of the sharpest operators around, I’m closing the year** with someone who rewired how I think about building process: Laura Warden (…
- Ep 56. The Multi-Domain Operator with Kai Crow · 57 minEvery great founder has a small Avengers team turning vision into operational reality. This episode shines a light on someone running marketing, customer and revenue operations…
- Ep 55. Anna Prell on Building Forage, Being Acquired and Building Again · 51 minLaura Nicol dials into Anna Prell, VP Operations at Ivo. Anna reminds us why being an operator is a) so damn exciting and b) the ultimate leadership testing ground: "In a…
- Ep 54. Betting On People with Mahesh Muralidhar · 1 h 11 minLaura Nicol dials into Mahesh Muralidhar. From day one, Mahesh has been obsessed with making a difference. He was early in Sydney’s startup scene in the 2010s post-MBA—first…
- Ep 53. Savannah Black on Range, Hypergrowth & ADHD · 1 h 2 minLaura Nicol dials into Savannah Black. For Savannah, being a startup operator is about making the company work in the real world. All the forward planning, mission, and vision…
- Ep 52. Operational Leadership with Alexey Mitko · 59 minLaura Nicol dials into Alexey Mitko. Alexey’s career has been all about operational leadership. Finance, HR, legal — he’s held the keys to the gritty, foundational work that lets…
- Ep 51. Falling in Love with Startups and Running—Phoebe Pincus · 55 minLaura Nicol dials into Phoebe Pincus, COO at Startmate and Co-Founder at Cheeky Run Club. We cover a lot. Learning to lead when you've never had female leadership role models…
- Ep 50. Emer McCann on Building People Functions & Scaling Orgs · 56 minLaura Nicol dials into Emer McCann, Head of People & Chief of Staff at Simply Wall St. Emer scaled Deputy’s people and culture through hypergrowth (70 to 350 employees) before…
- Ep 49. Liani Strauss on Keeping Tracksuit on Track · 1 h 2 minLaura Nicol connects with Liani Strauss, Chief of Staff at Tracksuit. Liani’s background in industrial engineering gave her structure. Startups gave her speed. Today, she works…
- Ep 48. Paul Redfern on Growth, Scale and Staying Human · 54 minLaura Nicol connects with Paul Redfern, Chief Operating Officer at Big Picture Medical. He’s someone who’s spent most of his career toggling between product and operations, and…
- Ep 47. The Water Cooler Chat with Gaby Howard & Laura Nicol · 55 minLaura Nicol connects with today's co-host: the wonderful Gaby Howard, Head of Growth and Operations at Carted. Gaby’s no stranger to the podcast—she first appeared on Ep 23. Gaby…
- Ep 46. Operators and Burnout with Laura Nicol—Solo Reflections · 56 minToday, I’m turning the mic inward for my first-ever solo episode of Calling Operator. I’m Laura Nicol, your host and Chief of Staff at Co Ventures—and in this conversation, we’re…
- Ep 45. Scale and Soul: Anitta Krishan on Leading People and Culture Transformation at trivago, Grab, TikTok & Hoogly AI · 1 h 12 minLaura Nicol connects with Anitta Krishan, Chief Culture Officer at Hoogly AI. We begin with a breath—a literal nervous system–balancing pause—followed by people-first…
- Ep 44. Scaling Hnry with Karan Anand—Inside the Chief Strategy Officer Role, His Operating Philosophy, Abductive Logic · 1 h 7 minToday, I'm connecting with Karan Anand, Chief Strategy Officer & Managing Director, Australia at Hnry. We trace his journey from 13 years in consulting to becoming Hnry’s first…
- Ep 43. Sophie McKay on Launching Tech Brands Across Asia-Pacific—Qualtrics to Notion · 46 min**Join us at our first-ever podcast meetup in Sydney. Info below ** Today, I'm connecting with Sophie Mckay, Head of Marketing, Asia Pacific and Japan at Notion. Sophie’s career…
- Ep 42. Culture Drivers with Olivia Panzic—Leading Marketing Communications and Building High-Performing Teams at TikTok ANZ · 48 min**Join us at our first-ever podcast meetup in Sydney. Info below ** Today, I'm connecting with Olivia (Liv) Panzic, Head of Marketing Communications at TikTok ANZ. A core part of…
- Ep 41. Rach Matters on Turning OCD Anxiety into Her Superpower and Scaling to Senior Program Manager at Linktree · 45 minToday, I'm connecting with Rach Matters, Senior Program Manager at Linktree. Rach’s sweet spot is joining fast-growing organizations with a blank job description, and she’s had…
- Ep 40. Shipra Mahindra: From Software Engineer to Canva’s First PM and Product Leader at Octopus Deploy · 47 minToday, I'm connecting with Shipra Mahindra, Principal Product Manager at Octopus Deploy. Let’s just say—Shipra’s peers can’t stop raving about her. She made her mark as the first…
- Ep 39. Harry Uffindell on Scaling Partly, The ONE Thing and Lessons from the Climb · 49 minToday, I'm connecting with Harry Uffindell, Chief People Officer at Partly. Harry’s worn just about every startup hat—founder, growth, bizops, revops, people, culture—you name…
- Ep 38. Alice Hehman on Being a Glue Person—From Facebook to Quip to Glue Club · 53 minConnecting with Alice Hehman, a "SWAT team" startup leader who’s built recruiting and operations playbooks for some of Silicon Valley’s biggest names. An under-the-radar…
