Spotify: Spot On!: Recent Episodes
Spotify: Spot On!
Conversations on the intersection of great leadership and diverse backgrounds, which lead to unique and often surprising ways that we interact with the world. Hosted by Preeti Singh, Spotify’s Head of HR for Global Units, and featuring inspiring leaders from across different businesses, industries, activism, arts and beyond.
Olly Alexander is a multi-platinum singer, actor, and cultural vanguard who can be seen in his leading role in Channel 4/HBO Max’s drama ‘It’s A Sin’, as trailblazing pop star Years and Years, or as a voice of his generation on discussions around mental health and issues affecting the LGBTQ+ community. In this episode, Olly and Preeti talk about mental health, growing up in the LGBTQ+ community, and using his platform to inspire authenticity.
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Katelin Holloway is currently a Founding Partner at Alexis Ohanian’s venture capital firm Seven Seven Six, where she manages some of the firm’s most groundbreaking programs including the 2% Growth & Caregiving Commitment and the Operator in Residence Program. In this episode, Preeti and Katelin talk about reimagining HR in the venture capital industry, closing the wealth gap, and how to do the "deep culture" work right at the beginning.
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Bing Chen, President and Co-Founder of Gold House and Co-founder of AUM Group, is an entrepreneur and community builder dedicated to enabling more authentic representation and societal equity for Asians & Pacific Islanders. This week, Preeti and Bing chat about his origins as a “third culture kid”, maintaining a sense of wonder and playfulness, and how to empower authenticity and self expression to build strong communities.
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Heidi O’Neill serves as President, Consumer and Marketplace at Nike, responsible for all Nike’s stores, e-commerce, and apps globally. She also oversees Nike’s Marketplace Partners organization, and since joining Nike in 1998 has held many leadership roles throughout the business. In this episode, Preeti and Heidi dive in on her 23 year tenure at Nike, how to continuously rewrite your job description, innovating during the Covid-19 pandemic, and how Nike maintained an authentic and groundbreaking brand through it all.
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AD Thomason is a speaker, poet, award winning filmmaker, and author of his most recent book, Permission to be Black: My Journey with Jay-Z and Jesus. In this episode, Preeti and AD explore how to use empathy and forgiveness to make change, infusing spirituality with hip hop, and how humanity shatters the boxes life tries to put on us.
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Caroline Casey is an award-winning social entrepreneur and founder of the Valuable 500 - a campaign to get businesses to commit to putting disability inclusion on their leadership agendas. Tune in to hear Caroline’s tips for how to break the silence on disability, the intersection of head and heart, and her vision of mobilizing 20 billion employees to drive change in this space.
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Jason Mayden is a CEO, Creator, Designer, and Modern Dad who is on a mission to use his talents for good and help today’s youth discover their own passions. Jason was the former Senior Global Design Director for Jordan Brand, was founder of Super Heroic, and is now the CEO and Founder of Trillicon Valley. Listen in as he and Preeti talk about design as immersive empathy, servant-leadership, and the intersection of innovation and performance.
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Valeisha Butterfield Jones serves as Co-President of the Recording Academy. In the first episode of Season 2 of Spot On! Preeti Singh sits down with Valeisha to talk about her experience growing up with two parents in civil service, her strong bias for action, and the importance of “saying it even when your voice shakes”.
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Introducing the second season of Spotify: Spot On!
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Isa explores mental well-being, imagination and personal values with Vic Mensa.
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In this episode Isa, talks about the transformative power of music and the humanity within self-identity with Dr Ahmed Sarmast.
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Isa and her guest, Arlan Hamilton, dive into the subject of identity, authenticity and vision and determination.
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Isa hears all about conflict resolution, empathy, passion and compassion from Ambassador Jan Eliasson.
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Isa discusses identity, self-doubt and leadership with Padma Warrior.
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In this episode, Isa explores identity, family and finding our voices with Valerie Jarrett.
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Hear from season one's host, Isa Notermans, about the podcast.
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