Arun Krishnakumar
Author of 'Restaup: A Founder's Guide to Crisis Navigation'
An Oxford- and LSE-educated fintech influencer, named a top 100 social leader and one of the top 100 Asians in UK tech. He is the author of 'Restaup: A Founder's Guide to Crisis Navigation' and shared best practice for managing crisis during the Twitter layoffs coverage.
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Episodes (2)
EP 13 · 22 November 2022
How to Support Your Team Through Redundancy: Lessons from the Twitter Layoffs (Part 2 of 2)
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Their segments in this episode (12)
- a different approach identifying voluntary leavers before layoffs
- candice s bombshell twitter may not recover
- leanne s story being made redundant in 2015
- lessons for other organisations stripe lyft meta
- lessons learned what founders get wrong and the mental toll on leaders
- practical steps advice from candice and the experts
- survivor syndrome and the cultural impact on remaining employees
- the scale of the twitter layoffs and broader tech industry context
- transparency and honesty in layoffs
- twitter vs stripe the distinction that matters in layoffs
- updating your cv and final thoughts
- what the science says about redundancy and the brain s response
EP 12 · 15 November 2022
What Led to Twitter's Layoffs? Uncovering the Truth (Part 1 of 2)
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Their segments in this episode (16)
- a critical lens on the layoffs
- big tech is nursing wounds the wider economic picture
- can twitter s culture survive
- dr candice s unique perspective as employee wellness lead
- how elon went about it cringeworthy or calculated
- how layoffs should be done stripe vs twitter
- if employees know it s coming what s the psychology
- putting the layoffs in context the scale of the numbers
- setting the scene what actually happened at twitter
- the brand threat of going private
- the consensus this was not handled well
- the heartbreaking reality of twitter s culture
- the human story vs the business reality
- the ripple effect on remaining employees
- twitter s unique challenge a product struggling to monetise
- what united our guests the importance of honesty