CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BEST TA LEADERS
Unicorn Whisperer Podcast
Featured Episode: Imole Ashogbon
Imole Ashogbon is the founder of Luminous Consulting and a former HR leader at Coca-Cola, recognized globally for transforming HR from a transactional function into a strategic business driver. His 50,000-plus LinkedIn followers look to him for visually concise lessons on leadership, organizational strategy, and workforce transformation. His approach combines deep business acumen, people analytics, and relentless curiosity to help HR leaders connect insights to executive decisions. In this episode, he shares the mindset and methods that turn HR professionals into strategic partners shaping business outcomes..
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Connect with Imole on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/imolemi/
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Strategic Influence in HR: Lessons from Imole Ashogbon
Imole Ashogbon shares how curiosity, data fluency, and relentless learning transformed his HR career from operations to strategy. Discover the frameworks, metrics, and mindset shifts defining the future of strategic HR.
How Jim Miller Built a Career on Quality, Curiosity, and Disruption
Jim Miller, Head of People & Talent at Ashby, shares how curiosity and craftsmanship built his career from agency recruiter to Google to Ashby. He explains why quality beats quantity, how transparency elevates hiring, and what today’s TA leaders must learn to stay ahead.
Build Better Recruiting Pitches with Katrina Kibben
Katrina Kibben is the founder of Three Ears Media, a recruitment marketing boutique that has trained thousands of recruiters across Unicorns like Zillow, Forever21 and Instacart, on how to write job postings that attract the right candidates.
Mastering AI as a Talent Leader with Michael Brown
Michael Brown, founder of Door3 Talent and former VP of Global Talent Attraction at Snyk, shares how AI is reshaping recruiting. From resume fraud detection to prompt engineering, he breaks down where talent leaders can harness AI to work smarter and deliver better candidate experiences.
From Wall Street to VC Talent: Alex Wu on Scaling Startups with Precision
Alex Wu, SVP of Talent at Left Lane Capital, shares how she helps founders scale smarter. With insights from hundreds of venture-backed companies, Alex breaks down what great recruiting looks like at every stage of scale.
From Coordinator to Unicorn Leader — Lessons from Andrew Cesarz
Learn how Andrew Cesarz scaled talent at top tech companies. We talk intake session discipline and how outbound sourcing still wins. A must-listen for recruiting leaders navigating change and growth.
Cassie Leemans on VC Talent Strategy, Interviewing, and Building Unicorns
Cassie Leemans, VP of Talent at Craft Ventures, shares real stories and frameworks built from Unicorn experience to advise founders on optimizing interviews, and building a high-performing recruiting function
5 Lessons from Darren Bush on Breaking Into and Thriving in Talent Acquisition
Darren walks through his rise to leadership through TA technology at Ericsson, what he’s looking for in the next generation of TA Talent, and his projects to help candidates find their way in this post- AI job market