{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Future is People Ops with John Wetzel, Gather","description":"Imagine a world where every person in a company is understood. They have engaging 1:1s with managers where their voices are heard, and consistent opportunities to connect with their peers\u2014whether they work together or not. This is the future people ops products are building; and, it\u2019s the same future John Wetzel is defining as CEO & co-founder of Gather. He explains how people ops is transforming companies, how product leaders in the space can get necessary feedback, and most importantly, how Gather strives to get people ops leaders at early-stage companies \u201coff their islands\u201d to deliver a better employee experience.  Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter to see the latest in Better Product, a show part of the Better Product Community powered by Innovatemap. The community is the connection point for product leaders & practitioners to learn and share what it takes to design, build, market, and sell better products. Learn more at betterproduct.community. Takeaways:  People ops is owning more and more of what HR once covered.  The best outcomes of people ops products happen in real life.  Effective people ops leaders think like product managers.    Things To Listen For: [2:00] How Gather got started, with inspiration from 2019  [3:00] John\u2019s past experiences in hardware and software before founding Gather [5:00] How John defines \u201cpeople ops,\u201d and how the category differs from HR  [5:15] The three functions of traditional HR: talent acquisition, logistics, people operations (a.k.a culture, communications, DEI)   [6:00] The reality: people operations is owning \u201cmore and more\u201d of HR  [6:15] Is people ops going to become the \u201cnew HR,\u201d or something else?  [7:00] Explaining how the Gather product automates people ops work  [8:30] How Gather integrates with Slack as a \u201cworkflow builder\u201d [9:00] Why Gather leverages & automates HRIS, the \u201cCRM\u201d of people ops  [10:00] Exploring Gather\u2019s unique product features, like the onboarding buddy  [11:30] The best outcomes of Gather happen in real life, not through automation [13:00] Why John & Gather believe \u201cthe future is people ops\u201d  [14:00] How marketing a people ops product relates to category creation [15:30] Why does the world need people ops?  [16:00] How John pairs his personal brand with Gather\u2019s in marketing people ops [17:00] How the Great Resignation is affecting people ops products  [19:00] People ops is about harnessing the small moments in the workplace [20:00] For people ops leaders, their product is the employee experience  [24:00] Community can give you early feedback on your product and priorities      ","author_name":"Better Product","author_url":"https:\/\/betterproduct.community","html":"