Ep070 – Jason McPherson (Chief Scientist – Culture Amp) on the science of culture

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Ep070 – Jason McPherson (Chief Scientist – Culture Amp) on the science of culture October 10, 2017 rohitbhargava Podcast My guest for Episode 70 of The Startup Playbook Podcast is Jason McPherson, Chief Scientist at Culture Amp. Prior to Culture Amp, Jason was a lecturer, researcher and consultant at the University of Adelaide, where he also completed his PhD with his thesis titled: Development and Assessment of Computer-Game-Like Tests of Human Cognitive Abilities After seeing school kids hating cognitive assessments, even the computerised versions, I developed computer-game software prototypes and demonstrated their ability to predict performance on commonly used and validated cognitive tests. combining computer programming with his main area of research in psychology. After his PhD, Jason had several corporate roles before applying his experience and expertise in the startup space, joining Culture Amp in August 2011 as it’s very first employee. Culture Amp has since grown to close to 150 staff, with offices across Melbourne, SF, New York and London and earlier this year, Culture Amp closed a $20M series C round of funding. In this interview we talk about: – How to measure company culture – Hiring from an early employee perspective – The transition and lessons going from 1 to 150 people – How to approach getting the first customer for your SaaS product PLAYBOOK MEDIA – Growth through Data-Driven Storytelling Show notes: – Culture Amp – Didier Elzinga – Make A Wish (Australia) – Pinterest – Airbnb – Jason McPherson (email) – Jason McPherson (Twitter) Feedback/ connect/ say hello:  [email protected] @playbookstartup (Twitter) @rohitbhargava7 (Twitter – Rohit) Rohit Bhargava (LinkedIn) Credits: Intro music credit to Bensound Other channels: Don’t have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Stitcher & Soundcloud http://traffic.libsyn.com/startupplaybook/Playbook_Ep070.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=text]::-moz-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=url]::-moz-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=email]::-moz-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form textarea::-moz-placeholder { color: #4d4d4d; } .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=text]::-webkit-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=url]::-webkit-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=email]::-webkit-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form textarea::-webkit-input-placeholder { color: #4d4d4d; } .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=text]:-ms-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=url]:-ms-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=email]:-ms-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form textarea:-ms-input-placeholder { color: #4d4d4d; } Copyright © 2015 - Live Composer The post Ep070 – Jason McPherson (Chief Scientist – Culture Amp) on the science of culture appeared first on Startup Playbook.