Danny Smith

Consultant

Armakuni

Pole Star EAM

Chief Operations Officer

Oyster®

Consultant - Remote Workplace Design & People Ops

Delocate (acquired by Oyster)

Principal Consultant

RED Academy

VP Technology

Global Curriculum Director, Technology

Lead Instructor

Ada. National College for Digital Skills

Curriculum Designer & Lecturer

CharlieHR

Senior Software Engineer

Sparta Global

I wore *a lot* of hats as we grew from a 3-employee startup to 80+ folks

All Sorts

Royal Air Force Air Cadets

Adjutant, Central Training Team, HQ RAFAC

COO & Consultant | Creating high-performance remote organisations 👨‍💻🌍

I work with leaders to intentionally design remote organisations & ways of working, laying the foundations for rapid scaling, long-term organisational health, and a globally distributed workforce.

I spent 2021 at Oyster, scaling their fully-remote (globally distributed) company from 14 to 500 people (and a $1bn valuation). Which was absolutely wild.

I work mostly at the intersection of system design, human behaviour, remote work & operations. I'm convinced that knowledge work has no borders and the "remote work revolution" has the power to make the world a fairer and more equal place for everyone. Globally distributed companies are the future.  And the remote workplace should be diverse, safe & supportive for all.

I talk about "Organisational Health" a lot because healthy orgs feel calm when ploughing through unknown waters at 1000mph and can operate on the edge of chaos without being chaotic: much better for our people, and our business. Since systemic health problems have a disproportionately large effect on distributed remote teams (and quickly compound with scale), I'm on a mission to help folks be more intentional about how they design & transform remote-first orgs.

➡️ Read more on this → https://danny.is/writing/organisational-health

I love meeting new folks, so hit me up if you wanna chat 🙂☎️

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Wanna learn about remote best practices? 👇

· Oyster Reef → https://oysterhr.notion.site/Welcome-to-The-Reef-Oyster-s-Open-Source-Employee-Guide-fc482e3f107c4afd8c85ed217f1d0c1d
· Some tiny remote working tips → https://danny.is/remote

If you've read this far you *might* be interested to know...

· I've a sporadic sideline in personal coaching and team facilitation.
· I used to be a software engineer, but realised I have a much bigger impact when I help others do their thing better. And now that's my thing. (I still code, but just for fun.)
· Before that I was a blues musician. I still perform and jam lots: music has this weird ability to transcend language and cultural barriers.
· I'm a generalist. Obviously. Sorry not sorry.


In the past, my desire to "make work better for everyone" saw me doing:

· Education → curriculum design, learning design, teaching etc.
· Engineering process → DevOps, architecture etc
· Agile coaching & delivery process (SAFe still gives me nightmares).
· Design systems before they were hip.

🏡 Kim Rohrer

I build cultures worth talking about—where strategy meets storytelling, and people actually want to show up.

I started in theatre as a dramaturg (IYKYK), studying how stories work: motivation, conflict, resolution, and what makes people care. Turns out, that's also how organizations work. Over the past two decades, I've applied a thoughtful lens to leadership, communications, and culture at companies like Google, Pixar, Disqus, Stride, and Oyster. Whether I'm volunteering to launch a corporate library or working with (literal) rockstars in the recording studio, my approach combines creativity and connection.

My comms superpower? Connecting the dots between what leadership wants to say, what employees need to hear, and what the business is actually doing. Whether it's HR strategy, internal comms, employer brand, or executive storytelling—I make the complex clear and the transactional human.

I've built People teams from scratch, navigated hypergrowth, layoffs, and acquisitions, and kept employees aligned during transitions. I've ghostwritten executive communications that actually landed, redesigned employee experiences that reduced regrettable attrition by 90%, and turned "we need better culture" into actionable strategies that moved the business forward. I’ve founded and led multiple HR/People communities, soapboxed about culture and caregiving, and tried and failed and learned…a lot. 

Today, I primarily work as a consultant and advisor, helping leaders clarify strategy, strengthen culture, and communicate with credibility and care.

I'm open to fractional, freelance, and full-time roles at the intersection of People, Culture, and Communications.

You might also know me as: 
🎙️ Co-Host/Producer @ HR Confessions podcast 
🌱 3x Co-Founder (OrgOrg, TendLab, PeakHR) 
💭 Advisor to PeopleTech and FamTech startups 
📝 Writer at icaretoomuch.substack.com 
✨ Berkeley-based mom of 2, neurodivergent, ADHD-powered, and a little bit witchy

Reach out if you want to collaborate, need a sounding board, or just want to connect. kim@patchworkportfolio.com

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PeakHR is a cohort-based training program for the next generation of progressive HR practitioners, elevating the role by empowering the leaders and educating the broader industry. Featuring modern, practical courses from a diverse group of the industry’s leading voices, our programming is intentionally inclusive and radically authentic, creating a new opportunity for practical career education.

I do the talkie talks and the writey writes. Also big, sometimes impractical ideas. And sometimes I break the internet.

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