In this episode of Reimagining Company Culture, we’re chatting with Imani Payne, Principal Consultant at The People Design House. Imani strongly believes that corporations have a direct impact on the society we live in and thus has dedicated her career to helping companies create happier and healthier work environments for their teams. Tune in to learn Imani’s thoughts on showing up fully for employees, taking less traditional approaches to HR, equity-driven leadership, and more!

Imani Payne is a Principal Consultant at The People Design House. A boutique consulting firm that helps early stage/growing tech companies strategically grow their people function. Prior to her move to consulting, Imani worked in-house as Head of People for Peak Design. Imani strongly believes that corporations have a direct impact on the society we live in and thus has dedicated her career to helping companies create happier and healthier work environments for their teams. As a Principal Consultant, Imani partners directly with Founders and In-house people teams, to strategically and intentionally develop a company culture that aligns with each company’s unique mission, vision, and values. Imani has a passion for encouraging founders to center the employee experience in strategic decision making. Imani lives in Austin, TX with her partner of 14 years and their 4 year old son. In her free time she enjoys gardening, baking, and writing about her motherhood journey on her Instagram account, @realgrowingpaynes.