People and Performance Podcast
The People and Performance Podcast offers insights into the strategic competencies, behaviors, and results needed to increase the performance of employees. From attraction and recruitment through onboarding and measuring all the way to succession planning, each episode will take a deep dive into the stages of workforce planning you need to master in order to guarantee long-term success in a rapidly changing world of work. Hosted by Chris Bjorling, Bill Banham and others, each interview is around 15-20 minutes and supported by super impressive guest industry experts.
People and Performance Podcast
The Formula for Employee Learning and High Performance
In this episode of the People and Performance show, Dani Saadu, Head of People and Culture at Wavemaker, joins Bill and Chris to share some key strategies behind transformative workplace learning.
Dani is co-author of The CAPEX Formula for Learning and Performance: Mega-Trends Driving the New World of Work, Learning, Skills, and HR.
With over 15 years of experience as a people and culture, talent management, and organisational development professional, Dani is an expert in developing practical and sustainable programs that align with business goals and deliver measurable returns on investment.
Prior to joining Wavemaker, Dani held several director-level People roles in multiple sectors spanning retail, recruitment, pharmaceuticals and travel.
Questions for Dani Include:
- Give us an overview of your book, CAPEX Formula for Learning and Performance
- You discuss future-proofing organizations—what are the first steps companies need to take?
- CEOs often demand ROI for L&D investments. Why has this been so elusive, and how can we change that in 2025?
- If readers take one thing away from this book, what should it be?
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Talking About Ways To Improve Company Culture and People Performance
The People and Performance Podcast is a show that dives into all things related to raising performance in the working world around us. We investigate how technology and HR processes are inextricably linked to the employee experience and the bottom line.
Chris Bjorling, Co-host
Christopher Bjorling is President at Fidello Inc., a consulting and services firm specializing in improving human performance.
For over 30 years Chris has led Fidello in creating unique talent management solutions. Through the products and services he and his team have created over the years, his organization has helped clients design, develop, implement and integrate talent management processes and systems.
Bill Banham, Co-host
Bill Banham, Publisher at The HR Gazette, Host of the popular HRchat Podcast and Organizer of events such as DisruptHR London.
Bill has worked with lots of business tech and HR-focused brands in the UK and North America including HRreview, TalentCulture, HRmarketer, Sprigg HR, and Team Fitness Tool.