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Michael Welsh

Head of People Programs & Strategy at OpenAI, guest on the People Leader Accelerator Podcast on people leadership and hypergrowth.

Sep 29, 2026

1:27
Would love for you, if you're willing, to share a little bit more with our listeners about your career journey and what brings you to where you're at today.
1:37
Thank you, Andrew.
1:38
And thank you, Jess.
1:38
And thanks for having me on the People Leader Accelerator podcast.
1:41
Yeah, my journey, I've always been very mission driven and strong values orientation.
1:48
And when I first went to college, I thought, well, I need a skill.
1:52
I want to be in the business space, a good skills accounting, and then got two accounting degrees and a CPA license.

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Which way do you see it working best? And is there a general approach that does work better? I

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