​About

​At Figuring Shit Out, we put on events for Founders who don't normally go to events. We didn't believe Singapore needed another panel, fireside chat or Q&A so we did the radical step of asking speakers think ahead of time about what they wanted to say. Beyond palatable food & hopefully more than palatable networking, why schlep across town to sit in a cramped room for an hour: Perspective!

​All our speakers come from fascinating career backgrounds that caused them to look at the world and think about problems in uniquely insightful ways. Each of our talks provides a unique lens on the problems facing startups that Founders can absorb to provide a new toolkit of insights for their own founder journey.

​​​Topic

​“What is the best practice for pay, performance and job levelling? What is Google doing? What is Netflix doing?”

​Founders and HR leaders ask these questions every day. Borrowing a proven playbook feels safe. It looks credible to the board, it saves time, and it seems to take the guesswork out of hard decisions. But every best practice was built for a particular company, at a particular stage, with particular people and problems. So what happens when you copy it into yours?

​In this session, Susan P. Chen draws on 20+ years in HR across Taiwan, New Zealand, the UK, Norway, Indonesia and Singapore. She’ll share some of the hardest lessons she learned as an operator HR leader in start-ups and scale-ups, many of which came from following best practices.

​Expect an interactive session that brings together frameworks, practical checkpoints and research. You’ll also hold up a mirror to your own organisation and look for your best practice blindspots.

​This session is for founders, business leaders and HR practitioners who are building or rebuilding their people systems and want them to drive growth rather than slow it down.

​Come ready to question what you think you already know.

​About the Speaker

​Dr Susan P. Chen is a senior HR leader and founder CEO of co:grow and TalentSkope, boutique consultancies that help startups and scaling companies align people strategy with business growth. With over 18 years of global HR experience across organizations such as AIG, Visa, Riot Games, Viva Health, Accenture, and Gojek, she brings a unique blend of strengths-based coaching, commercial pragmatism, and organizational transformation to drive growth and resilience. Author of The Death of Best Practices, Susan is also a keynote speaker, angel investor, and certified leadership coach, passionate about redefining HR as a true strategic partner for the next generation of businesses.

​​​​Event Details:

• ​📅 Date: Wednesday, 25rd November

• ​🕒 Time: 6:30 PM - 9 PM

• ​📍 Location: Monk's Brew Club, 57 East Coast Road

• ​⏰ Agenda:

  • ​6:30 - 7pm - Networking

  • ​7 - 7:40pm - Talk

  • ​7:40 - 8:00pm - Q&A

  • ​8:00 - 9:00pm: Networking & Bites

• ​Website: https://speakers.figuringshitout.com/

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