June 6, 2023

114 - Q Hamirani (Chief People Officer, Paper) on building Airbnb's 'Live & Work Anywhere' program & his new Chief People Officer role

Q Hamirani (Chief People Officer, Paper) joined us on The Modern People Leader. 

We talked about the Live and Work Anywhere Program from his time at Airbnb, how he navigates moments of uncertainty, and how he’s approaching his first 90 days as Chief People Officer at Paper.

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Timestamps:

(2:36) Good news stories

(6:03) Q’s journey: Engineering student —> consultant —> global strategy & ops —> HR consulting —> MBA —> People Ops —> Chief People Officer

(15:00) What Paper does

(15:49) Why we should be jealous he gets to work at Paper

(17:30) How Live and Work Anywhere came about at Airbnb

(26:56) The four pillars of the Live and Work Anywhere program

(32:30) The definition of global mobility changed during the pandemic

(38:18) How he operates in moments of uncertainty

(44:50) What attracted him to Paper

(46:55) How he’s going to approach his first 90 days as Chief People Officer

(50:30) Rapid fire questions 

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