People- Recruitment, Company Culture & AI

How do organisations really find, keep, and get the best out of their people? In this episode of StartUp & Down, host Eoghan Curtin (Founder of CloudPeople) sits down with two guests who live and breathe people and performance.David Mescal is Head of People & Organisational Development at Aerogen, the Galway-headquartered medical device company known worldwide for its vibrating mesh nebuliser technology. He leads people strategy across a global business of 500+ employees, with a background spanning Tesco, Diageo and ICON plc.Eamonn Molloy is Network Manager at Galway Executive Skillnet, driving leadership development and talent transformation across the West of Ireland. He's also a rugby coach educator for World Rugby and, now in his 13th season, a rugby analyst and commentator with TG4.Together with Eoghan, they tackle three essential questions:The honest experience of the hiring ecosystem — agencies, LinkedIn, CVs — does any of it still work, and what would the ideal process look like?The most common and consequential mistakes organisations make when bringing in new people — and can you turn a "bad" hire into a good one through training, mentorship and direction?The key differences between companies 10–15 years ago and today — and where they're heading in the next 5–10 years.A candid conversation about hiring, culture, leadership and the future of work — from two people who've built high-performing teams in business and in sport.Topics covered: hiring, recruitment, talent, organisational culture, leadership, people management, employee retention, medical devices, Aerogen, Skillnet, learning and development, high performance, sport and business, Galway, Ireland, the future of work.StartUp & Down is a CloudPeople production. Two guests with special expertise. Three essential questions. One unforgettable conversation.Listen, follow and share at cloudpeople.ai