165 - Zapier's CEO & Chief People Officer: Pre-vetting their match, Zapier’s AI Hackathon, & how the people team is building with AI

Zapier’s Wade Foster (Co-Founder & CEO) and Brandon Sammut (Chief People Officer) joined us on The Modern People Leader.  We talked about how they pre-vetted their match in the interview process, why they did a company-wide AI hackathon, and how Zapier’s people team is building with AI. ---- If you’re an HR leader that’s trying to uplevel your managers’ 1x1 meetings, check out Leapsome’s FREE Meeting’s Module: ---- (1:23) Good news stories (7:29) How Zapier found their dream Chief People Officer (12:14) How this CPO pre-vetted the match with his CEO before accepting the offer (15:49) Zapier CEO put all the cards on the table for their Chief People Officer before he took the job (25:04) They swapped their 360 feedback in the interview process (30:33) How they shaped the prioritization of the people team (34:40) Zapier did a company-wide AI hackathon (41:41) What Zapier's People Team is building with AI (44:52) Rapid Fire Questions ---- 📬 Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get key learnings & career advice from Modern People Leaders 💡 Follow The Modern People Leader on LinkedIn 😊 Follow Daniel Huerta on LinkedIn 😊 Follow Stephen Huerta on LinkedIn