Emma Crockett dropped ballet and vet school dreams the moment a work experience placement had her setting up IT systems instead of treating animals, and she realised she liked that more. Twenty years later, including seven years as Senior Director of People Analytics at Meta, she joined Atlassian less than two years ago as VP, Head of People Insights, Operations & Benefits, at a company that's changed the game on remote work.

In this episode, Emma shares the unfiltered truth about what those first, disorienting months in a new role really look like, why building your first ten relationships can make or break how fast you onboard, and what the data actually says about remote and distributed work. She gets honest about how her team is experimenting with AI day to day, what actually makes a candidate stand out to her, and one piece of advice about rubber balls and glass balls that might change how you think about your next stressful deadline.

If you're curious about a career at the intersection of data and people, this one is for you.

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Emma Crockett LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-crockett-17769314/

Adair Robins LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adair-robins/

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