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EPISODE · Mar 5, 2026 · 51 MIN

Why a vision on people beats org charts | Frederik Nieuwenhuys (Picnic)

from Make it Work — Conversations about people, work and tech · host Magnet.me

#S1E1 — In this episode, we sit down with Frederik Nieuwenhuys, co-founder of Picnic, one of Europe’s fastest-growing online supermarkets, to explore what it really takes to scale a tech-driven grocery business.We go behind the scenes on Picnic’s AI strategy and their practical build vs buy philosophy, and we unpack the leadership reality of scaling a massive workforce without losing speed or culture.Frederik shares how Picnic thinks about people over structure, how you keep company culture intact while the organization grows, and which founder trade-offs matter most when you’re building for scale.Listen to this episode if you’re interested in AI adoption, tech strategy, scaling culture, organizational design, and leadership lessons.Follow us on ⁠LinkedIn⁠ or visit ⁠https://magnet.me/employers⁠ for more information.

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#S1E1 — In this episode, we sit down with Frederik Nieuwenhuys, co-founder of Picnic, one of Europe’s fastest-growing online supermarkets, to explore what it really takes to scale a tech-driven grocery business.We go behind the scenes on Picnic’s AI...

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