About Lead Human - A Podcast About the Future of Work By Eli Harrell
Lead Human - A Podcast About the Future of Work By Eli Harrell is a Podcast for Leaders Redefining How People Grow at Work. A space where we rethink how people are developed, how organizations grow through them, and what leadership looks like when humans come first
We're gathering data to create a market report: the AI Behavior Benchmark. Add your perspective to the report now: https://emergeph.com/ai-behavior-benchmark/ __________________________ In this episode, I sat down with Phil Amores, VP and Head of People Group at KMC, a 7,000-person organization leading flexible workspaces and global capability center solutions across the Philippines. Phil spent two decades in banking, global transformation, and people strategy before landing here, including l...
16 Sept 2026
EP #9 Liza Suarez: To Lead Humans Better, You Have to Be Seen as Human
We're gathering data to create a market report: the AI Behavior Benchmark. Add your perspective to the report now: https://emergeph.com/ai-behavior-benchmark/ _______________________ In this episode, I sit down with Liz Suarez, Chief HR Officer of the Gothong Southern Group, a Philippine conglomerate spanning shipping, real estate, hospitality, supply chain logistics, and technology. Leading HR across that many lines of business is its own kind of leadership challenge, and Liz has built her ...
3 Sept 2026
AI Is Not the Terminator: Leading People Through the Biggest Shift in Work.
We're gathering data to create a market report: the AI Behavior Benchmark. Add your perspective to the report now: https://emergeph.com/ai-behavior-benchmark/ _________ In this episode, I sat down with Ryan Buswell, Co-Founder of Just Press One, a people-first BPO with over 350 team members working remotely across the Philippines. Ryan moved here from the US at 25 with no local experience, no car, no apartment furniture worth mentioning, and a business that had never operated in another count...
29 Jul 2026
Ep # 7 Peter Ramolete: From Fear to Opportunity: How Peter Leads His Team Through the AI Shift
Peter Ramolete has spent more than three decades in the technology industry, from programmer to consulting to leading entire outsourcing organizations across IBM, HP, HPE, and DXC. Today, as SVP and Managing Director of RealPage Philippines, he leads an organization whose core products are AI-driven workflow automation. He knows how to navigate big shifts. And when AI arrived, his first instinct was the same as most people's: a quiet, creeping fear. In this episode, I sit down with Peter at h...
15 Jul 2026
EP # 6 Alvanson So: What Makes Humans Irreplaceable in the Age of AI
Vanson spent sixteen years in HR before he ever led a team. And when he finally did, unexpectedly, mid-pandemic, inheriting a team whose loyalty still belonged to his predecessor, he had to build trust over Zoom without a playbook, without precedent, and without a choice. In this conversation, I sit down with Vanson, Former Regional People Lead for Canva Southeast Asia, to talk about what it actually takes to build a culture people want to stay in, and what most organizations get wrong about ...
17 Jun 2026
EP #5 Nicolas Bivero: The Best Remote Teams Aren't Built on Talent Alone
Most companies say they're people-first. Fewer can show you what that actually looks like when growth gets uncomfortable, when key people go on leave, when a global pandemic forces you to rebuild how you onboard both employees and clients from scratch. In this episode, I sat down with Nico Bivero, Co-founder of PenBrothers — one of the fastest-growing outsourcing companies in the Philippines. Nico grew up in South America, studied in Switzerland, spent years building teams for a Japanese logi...
3 Jun 2026
EP #4 Char Rivera : The Jobs AI Can't Replace: Leading People in the Age of Technology
What does it actually take to build a team that trusts you — and each other? In this conversation, I sit down with Char, a human-centric leader who has spent her career in the outsourcing space building teams from the inside out. Every senior leader and team lead in her organization started from rank and file. That's not a coincidence — it's a philosophy. We get into the distinction between managing tasks and managing people, and why so many leaders confuse the two for years before something ...
18 May 2026
EP # 3 Penn Lat: People-First Leadership Even in the Difficult Moments
I sat down with Penny, Co-CEO of Virtua Solutions, a remote staffing company that's been quietly doing something most companies just talk about — keeping people. At 95% employee retention, some team members still around from 2014, Penny's built something rare: a team that actually wants to stay. But this conversation isn't a highlight reel. Penny gets honest about the moments that humbled her — including a hard lesson about communicating change to her team the wrong way, one that cost Virtua ...
29 Apr 2026
EP # 2 Mia Lim: You Need To Stop Speaking HR & Start Speaking Human
Most HR leaders walk into organizations armed with frameworks, programs, and best practices. Mia walked in and just... listened. In this episode, I sat down with Mia, Head of People for TALA in the Philippines and Vietnam — a leader whose career path is anything but traditional. She started in brand management, moved through change management and consulting, got certified as an executive coach, and eventually found her way to one of the most people-forward roles in the Philippine tech space. ...
14 Apr 2026
EP #1 Mena Ramos: The Inner Work of Building Something Real
In this episode of the Lead Human, Eli shared a conversation with Dr. Mena Ramos Co-Founder & Co-CEO of GUSI. Global Ultrasound Institute (GUSI) is on a mission to revolutionize patient care worldwide — equipping medical professionals with the skills and tools to use Point of Care Ultrasound at the bedside, enabling faster, more informed clinical decisions that save lives. Through an innovative wrap-around learning platform combining AI-enabled technology, virtual mentorship, and tele-ult...
11 Apr 2026
Welcome To Lead Human
Welcome to Lead Human — a podcast for Filipino leaders rethinking how people are developed, how organizations grow, and what leadership looks like when humans come first. I'm Eli Harrell, the host of this Podcast and if you're someone building something and trying to get the people part right — this is for you. Follow the show so you don't miss it
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