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Moderna merges HR and IT, the price of office politics, and is sustainable scaling achievable?

Moderna merges HR and IT, the price of office politics, and is sustainable scaling achievable?

Update: 2025-06-05
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In this episode, we explore three critical workplace strategy topics: how effective leaders can minimize office politics through transparency, accountability, and encouraging diverse viewpoints—strategies that seem obvious yet many workplaces still struggle to implement; Moderna's innovative approach to merging their tech and HR departments under a single "chief people and digital technology officer" role, complete with over 3,000 custom GPTs, representing a thoughtful years-long integration rather than a knee-jerk AI adoption; and the challenges of scaling a business sustainably, where the advice to build systems for 10x capacity sounds great in theory but often conflicts with the reality that HR infrastructure typically lags behind growth, creating a delicate balance between building too little too late versus over-engineering for your current stage.


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Stacey Nordwall on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/staceynordwall/


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Moderna merges HR and IT, the price of office politics, and is sustainable scaling achievable?

Moderna merges HR and IT, the price of office politics, and is sustainable scaling achievable?

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