I Love it Here

It feels like I've found my forever home with Chris Skinner

August 12, 2022 Caleb Foster, Paul Westlake, Jonathan Cooper Season 1 Episode 8
I Love it Here
It feels like I've found my forever home with Chris Skinner
Show Notes

Chris Skinner, Learning & Development Specialist at Spotify and self-proclaimed 'Weird Person' joins us on the podcast.

He confesses he feels like he's found his forever home at Spotify after making lots of mistakes and learning from them. He advocates experiencing lots of roles to be able to find out what fits with you and the organisation and talks about an environment that supports failure to continue to learn.

Chris encourages an approach of failing fast, learning from it, trying stuff and if it doesn't work learn and don't get hung up about things.

We talk about psychological safety, being vulnerable and the shadows that leaders cast to make or break culture in an organisation. Chris explains his views on what culture is and how he's experienced a great remote onboarding, which revolves around having great conversations.

Links
Range by David Epstein: https://books.apple.com/gb/audiobook/range/id1468094986
Strategic Coach: https://www.strategiccoach.com
Spotify: https://www.lifeatspotify.com/being-here/work-from-anywhere
Spotify HR Blog: https://hrblog.spotify.com/
Kolbe Assessment: https://www.kolbe.com
Energize by Simon Alexander Ong: https://books.apple.com/gb/audiobook/energize/id1592091464

Connect
If you'd like to connect with us or influence the conversations we have, reach out and connect with us:
Slack Community: https://iloveithere.slack.com
Paul Westlake: https://www.linkedin.com/in/westyphotography/
Caleb Foster: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebafoster/
Jonathan Cooper: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonmc/
Chris Skinner: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisskinner86/

Connect with our hosts
If you'd like to connect with us or influence the conversations we have, reach out and connect with us:
Slack Community: https://iloveithere.slack.com
Paul Westlake: https://www.linkedin.com/in/westyphotography
Caleb Foster: https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebafoster
Jonathan Cooper: https://www.linkedin.com/in/unlearningcoach