A company’s culture is something that can make or break their employee/customer experience. When building a company or working to transition cultures, what are some of the most important factors to focus on? In this episode, Alex sits does with Uhriel Bedoya, an Operations Executive at Fintech, who has dedicated his career to helping startups grow and establish their own company culture. Uhriel outlines the mindset a leader must have when approaching this problem and how the most important aspect to making a change starts with the leaders approach to their people.
Discussed in this Episode:
1:00 Who is Uhriel Bedoya?
4:00 Uriel’s experience with Lime Scooters
6:00 Working with Startups
6:50 Miami Mayor Suarez changing the technology industry in Miami with one simple question: How can I help?
14:00 How do you balance the flexibility of starting something new with having a plan?
14:30 What big companies can learn from the startup mindset
16:40 “We are not here to see through people but to see people through” - Uhriel Bedoya
19:20 Learning the intentions of others so you can see people through as a leader
31:00 What are the foundational aspects to building, transitioning, and recognizing company culture?
34:30 How does diversity and inclusion impact startups?
35:30 Diversity is about more that bringing people into the room but also given them a seat as the decision making table
38:40 What kind of mentality does a leader need to have when approaching recruitment and diversity?
