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About People Managing People

People Managing People is the world’s most forward-thinking, community-led platform for leaders using AI to rethink work, redefine great leadership, and lead their teams into the future.

We serve those leading from the front—equipping executives and operations leaders driving AI-powered transformation across culture, systems, and outcomes. If you’re reshaping what work needs doing and how people do it to maximize business impact, you’re one of us.
Through bold ideas, practical insights, and a vibrant peer community, we help leaders build the tools, knowledge, and network to turn disruption into lasting advantage.

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Our Vision

To be the world’s most trusted, community-led platform for leaders rethinking work in the age of AI—where technology becomes a catalyst for clarity, adaptability, and human-centered impact. We’re building a home for the doers leading from the front, providing the tools, peers, and perspective to turn disruption into durable advantage.

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Our Mission

Provide the mindset, skillset, and toolset to succeed through trusted content, practical frameworks, community insight, and bold editorial that leads change.

We equip forward-thinking leaders to deliver the future of work with AI—reshaping strategy, scaling systems, enabling thriving teams, and driving human-centered business impact. We serve the executives, operators, and people leaders who aren’t just adopting AI, but leading their organizations through it.

Meet People Managing People’s Editorial Team

The People Managing People is owned and managed by Black & White Zebra, a fast-growing digital media company.

David Rice,
Executive Editor

 

David leads editorial strategy at People Managing People, blending journalism and enterprise design. He ensures PMP’s insights are credible, practical, and people-first—helping leaders navigate the human side of AI-era work.

Phil Gray,
COO

 

Phil drives product operations and systems strategy at PMP. With experience scaling teams and shipping products, he’s building PMP into a platform where modern leaders turn insight into action in the AI-powered workplace.

Ben Aston,
Founder & CEO

 

Ben is a digital media entrepreneur and founder of PMP. With 15+ years leading SaaS and tech teams, he’s fascinated by AI’s impact on management and passionate about helping leaders build stronger, people-first organizations.

Tim Fisher,
VP of AI

 

Tim has 20+ years at the intersection of tech, editorial, and AI. From scaling Lifewire to leading AI operations at People Inc., he builds systems that cut clutter so leaders can focus on what matters: genuine, human-centered leadership.

Finn Bartram,
Editor


Finn is an editor at PMP, focused on building organizations where people thrive and grow with the AI evolution. Off-hours, you’ll find him on the sports field or enjoying time outdoors.

Becca Banyard,
Digital Producer

 

Becca orchestrates content, digital projects, and events at PMP. She’s passionate about leveraging AI for production workflows. Outside of work, she channels creativity into photography, music, and food blogging.

Kim Behnke,
Editor

 

Kim is PMP’s HR Tool Expert, bringing nine years of HR experience across recruitment, onboarding, performance, and analytics. She helps leaders evaluate tools and AI features with clarity, practicality, and people-first insight.

Our Advisory Board

We work with industry thought leaders and practicing HR experts to bring you actionable insights, fresh perspectives on key trends, and hot takes on hot topics.

Darcy Marie Mayfield

Darcy is a Future of Work thought leader, culture architect and remote-first work experience designer who is passionate about eudaimonic well-being and building strong company cultures.

Dr. Gleb Tsipursky

Gleb is the CEO of a future-of-work consultancy called Disaster Avoidance Experts and wrote a best seller after the pandemic, titled Returning to the Office and Leading Hybrid and Remote Teams.

Karen Weeks

Karen is the Global Chief People Officer at Obviously and founder of Shine At Work. A theater geek and HR nerd, she has focused the last 20+ years igniting people’s careers by building amazing work cultures.

Keri Ohlrich

Joey Price

Dan George

Dan is an award-winning HR, People Analytics, and Workforce Planning expert. He is currently the Founder & CEO of Piper Key, a data and analytics consulting firm delivering services to HR, Finance, and Operations teams.

Elena Agaragimova

Elena is the co-founder of Bloom Youth and Bessern. She’s also the author of two books and hosts two podcasts: “Shift with Elena Agar” and “Confessions of a Career Coach.” She’s a believer in the untapped capabilities of the human mind, integrating neuroscience in her practices to maximize effectiveness.

Joanne Lockwood

Joanne is an Inclusive Culture Expert. international keynote speaker, host of the “Inclusion Bites” podcast series, and the founder of SEE Change Happen. Her mission is to promote positive people experiences through consciously inclusive leadership, centered on culture first.

A cross-functional team

A cross-functional team

The People Managing People is made possible by a lean, creative, and passionate team.

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Resources to help you build organizations of the future

Online community

We believe that without conversation and connection, there is no community. Our community exists to help you become a better people leader and a catalyst for healthy company culture. If you’re an owner, founder, “people and culture” person, or HR professional, this is your community.

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Articles from thought leaders

Original, actionable insights from thought leaders and innovators in people & culture, HR, organizational development and leadership. Passionate about sharing your voice and perspective? We’d love to hear from you! We make the writing contribution process simple and fun!

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The People Managing People podcast

Hosted by Becca Banyard, the People Managing People podcast brings guests with diverse leadership backgrounds to inspire people leaders and culture creators with actionable insights into how to build future-proof workplaces.

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Newsletter

A weekly feed of our latest articles, podcasts, resources and sources of inspiration. Subscribe and stay up-to-date on all things HR & leadership.

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Insights interview series

We interview HR and business leaders from top organizations to discover how they’re building world-class workplaces. We invite you to share your ideas, thoughts and experiences in our ongoing insights series.

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Tool lists to simplify the selection and buying process

Software may be part of your solution and we aim to provide you with rich insights from our in-house tool experts. Looking to connect with our tool expert team to help you in your buying journey? Let us know!

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Our Audience

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125,000+

monthly website visitors

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10,000+

monthly newsletter subscribers

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6,000+

social media followers

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500+

community members

What people are saying about us

I really loved both the energy and sense of curiosity that you brought to [our podcast episode]. True curiosity is rare, so that's a real credit to you.

Brendon Baker
Valuable Change Co.

We're so lucky to have Tim come as a keynote speaker at our university event on resilience. He was engaging, authentic, and found a way to really connect with the class through his personal stories. We learned a lot from Tim and would highly recommend reaching out to him if you need a guest speaker.

Nitai Weinberg
MM Council VP Health & Wellbeing, UBC Sauder School of Business

Advertise to Our Growing Audience

In the product marketplace, The People Managing People provides the most targeted and cost-effective media on the market, equipping our advertisers to promote to senior decision makers involved in product strategy and development.

We work strategically with our advertisers to ensure that their activities achieve maximum reach and impact through a rich variety of promotional packages, all of which can be tailored to your specific campaign objectives.

Contribute to Our People Managing People Community

We are always looking to grow our community of thought leaders! If you’re looking to share your expertise with our readers, we want to hear from you. We consider applications for long-term, short-term, or one-time contributor relationships.