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On this episode of Rehash, we speak with Kaitlyn Smith, Chief Strategy Officer of Bankless, about common mistakes web3 teams make in hiring, the business case for building diverse teams, human centered design, and much more. Bankless is a crypto media organization that’s trying to help the next billion people go bankless.
Kaitlyn was nominated by me, Diana Chen, and voted onto the podcast by Zayi Reyes, LDF, Justin Conley, Aaron Soskin, triumph, and me.
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On this episode of Rehash, we speak with Kaitlyn Smith, Chief Strategy Officer of Bankless, about common mistakes web3 teams make in hiring, the business case for building diverse teams, human centered design, and much more. Bankless is a crypto media organization that’s trying to help the next billion people go bankless.
Kaitlyn is an ops queen who - prior to working in web3 - worked at BlackRock, Ernst & Young, and obtained her MBA from Georgetown. She has a wealth of experience in the hiring and team building space and brings a grounded and sophisticated perspective to the often disorganized and chaotic world of web3.
Hiring is an extremely important topic because the people you hire determine the culture and success of your organization, and how happy and motivated you’re able to keep your employees after they’re hired also contributes to that end state as well.
However, it’s rarely discussed in web3 and perhaps the reason why we see such high turnover in this space and easily avoidable hiring mistakes taking place regularly. One example Kaitlyn mentions is companies hiring Twitter personalities for roles that don’t exist and probably don’t need to exist within their organization.
This episode wouldn’t be complete without a brief conversation about mountaineering - something both of us love to do. Kaitlyn shares some of her biggest adventures, misadventures, and learnings, which include learnings on why we need more diversity not just in web3 but in the mountaineering world as well.
Kaitlyn is equal parts analytical and empathetic, and her balanced approach to her work and her life, combined with her clear communication style, makes this an extremely digestible and actionable episode.
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