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.

Lance Robbins

I believe that a flexible modern workplace experience is table stakes. A people-centric culture built on trust and autonomy, distributed to every team member will be the key differentiator for businesses of the future. I'm a change agent for this.

From the inside, I've sat in key human resource/people leadership roles to help design and build workplace experiences optimized for remote and hybrid teams distributed around the globe. As a fractional executive and consultant, I've partnered with executives to create the policies and programs that support a successful modern workplace.

As a keynote speaker and workshop facilitator, I share my experiences with other leaders and teach critical skills for successfully leading teams in a modern workplace. 

Most recently I've been serving as the Head of Human Resources, and a remote member of the leadership team at Provivi, a California-based biotech startup.

You can also listen to the Fractional.fm podcast, where I host other solopreneurs and fractional leaders sharing their stories.

My values are an integral part of how I approach my work. Leading with care, kindness, and character.

Fractional Remote & People Ops Leader, Advisor

I'm a people person 1st. Creating delightful scalable experiences for the talented humans that make businesses thrive is what I'm all about. 



As a consultant and advisor I've led broad remote workplace design and policy developments for enterprise, agency, small startups and non-profits. As an in-house leader I've overseen 3x growth with two companies, taking them from the tens to the hundreds of people. 



With over a decade of HR experience growing distributed organizations, I'm ready to partner with founders to ensure their companies are winning when it comes to attracting, retaining, and serving talented people.

Heyo! New episode of the Fractional Podcast just dropped. This one has been on simmer for a while, so grab your ☕️ and have a listen!

I had the privilege of hanging out with Vito Peleg, CEO at Atarim. Vito is a fantastic storyteller, and he brought out some real gems for aspiring founders and early-stage entrepreneurs. 

Vito and company are also hosting the Web Agency Summit, the largest online summit for digital businesses, April 27-30. Don't miss it!

CEO @ Keel HR | Keynote Speaker 📢 |🎙 Podcast Host | Coach 🏆 | Remote Fractional HR Leader

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