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#95: Level Up Your Culture w Rachel Wilson Rugelsjøen

Author
Sri
Published
Wed 16 Jul 2025
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Sri takes the show to Oslo, Norway 🇳🇴, where he and Rachel Wilson Rugelsjøen talk all things culture and leadership through the lens of Human Resources. 

🙉 They have the realest debate on psychological safety you'll find anywhere. 

Plus everyone's favorite topic: cold plunges 🥶

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Rachel is the founder and managing director of LevelUp HR, which "help[s] global corporates, SME’s and scale-up’s achieve, through your most valuable asset - your people."

Her experience spans over 20 years leading human capital at top-tier companies like Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, the Norwegian Oil Fund, Cognizant, and Barclays Capital — where she and Sri overlapped without knowing it! 

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highlights

"The leadership game has changed."

  • How founders can build an effective culture
  • Role of values in leadership
  • Amazon's leadership principles
  • Ownership and accountability
  • Norwegian vs. UK vs. American perspectives on ownership
  • Human nature and leadership challenges
  • The evolution of leadership through history
  • How to navigate instability 
  • Nuances of team dynamics
  • Cold showers and dopamine regulation
  • Psychological safety: just a buzzword? 
  • Trust as the foundation 

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