Episodes: 413
Rating: 4.7/5.0
Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000
Gender skew: Neutral
Listener location: USA
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Madeline Safsten - Co-host of Built By People, where she interviews executive leaders about leadership, people strategy, and organizational performance.
Kimball Payne - Co-host and publisher of Built By People, an executive podcast focused on leadership and workplace strategy.
Oscar Perez - People Operations, Recruiting Strategy, Executive Communication, Startup Leadership, Learning From Failure, And Making Thoughtful Recommendations Without Being The Subject-matter Expert.
Ken Sobaski - Leadership Development, Talent Building, Market Redefinition, Customer-centricity, Trust, Business Scaling, And Process Improvement.
Shannon Russo - Strategic Hiring, Leadership, Technology Adoption, Salesforce, AI, Process Automation, Data Analytics, And Team Performance.
Jennifer L. Tabiza - Entrepreneurship, Business Resilience, Scaling, Team Building, Communication, Personal Branding, And Leadership Behaviors.
Whitney Badoer - Workforce Planning, AI Integration, Employee Engagement, Workplace Communication, And Supporting Caregivers.
Communication Is So Underestimated | Sophia Okeke
October 09, 2026
Sophia Okeke is Executive Vice President and Chief People & Culture Officer at The Center for Family Support. She worked in news before moving into HR, then spent seven years building HR for country offices in Sub-Saharan Africa, including a first town hall in Togo before she could speak French. She and Maddie talk about why communication is the skill leaders underestimate, how she measures whether a training program worked, and what she's focused on now: hiring for hard-to-fill care ...
Don't Police, Partner | Nicole Buck
October 07, 2026
SummaryNicole Buck is Head of People & Culture at Black Rifle Coffee Company. She started her career as a graphic designer, found her way into recruiting at a staffing firm, and joined Black Rifle as a recruiter in 2019. She and Kimball talk about why she tells her team "don't police, partner," what she's learned moving off Workday, and how she got started with AI by asking the AI what it could help her with. She also tells the story of hiring her own boss, who became he...
You Don't Have to Be the Expert | Oscar Perez
September 30, 2026
SummaryOscar Perez spent 8 years building DEI recruiting at Meta, then became the first people hire at Equilibrium Energy, a startup. Before HR, he taught 10th grade English with Teach For America. He and Maddie talk about the executive who walked out of a pitch Oscar's team spent weeks preparing, then approved all of it over email a few days later. They also cover what the classroom taught him about people who show up with really big feelings, and why he thinks failure should be somethin...
Built By People is hosted by Madeline Safsten and Kimball Payne. Its publicly listed emails are support@previ.com, hello@previ.com, and tanner.green@previ.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.
The publicly listed emails for Built By People: support@previ.com, hello@previ.com, and tanner.green@previ.com.
Podseeker estimates Built By People reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.
Built By People typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: CEOs, retired CEOs, HR and people-operations executives, founders, business coaches, and senior leaders with substantial experience in organizational strategy, workforce management, talent, or business growth. Common among recent guests: Executive leadership of companies or major business functions; Experience building or transforming people and talent operations; Successful entrepreneurship, organizational scaling, or business growth. Recent guests include Oscar Perez, Ken Sobaski, and Shannon Russo.
Medium. Guests usually need solid credentials in the topic and an idea that fits the show.
Recent episodes cover Business, Leadership, Human Resources, Employee Engagement, and Talent Acquisition. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.
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