Unmuted Podcast | Episode #48
Topic: Building High-Impact Teams - Product Thinking for HR
Host: Jeff Waldman
Guest: Selina Miah
In this episode of Unmuted, host Jeff Waldman (ScaleHR) sits down with Selina Miah, Head of People & Culture at Maple, to explore a groundbreaking approach to HR: applying product development principles to building and managing teams.
🔹 A New Way to Think About HR: Traditional HR focuses on policies, compliance, and people management. But what if HR operated more like a product team—using iteration, feedback loops, and scalable design to build high-impact teams?
🔹 Balancing Agility & Scalability: HR leaders face the challenge of creating global teams that are both autonomous and aligned. Just like a great product, should HR strategies evolve, pivot, and adapt?
💡 Key Questions We Cover:
✅ What does it mean to apply product thinking to HR?
✅ How can HR use iteration and feedback loops to continuously improve?
✅ What does a product-driven HR strategy look like in action?
✅ How do you design teams that are both autonomous and aligned with company goals?
Selina shares practical insights and real-world applications of how HR can evolve beyond traditional models—creating high-performing, adaptable teams in today’s fast-changing workplace.
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About Selina Miah
Selina is a seasoned talent leader, who started her career in recruitment before broadening her expertise into HR, and now heads the People and Culture function at Maple. She has over 15 years of experience, leading talent programs at some of Canada’s top tech companies, including Blackberry, OpenText, Shopify, Hootsuite, Wealthsimple and now Maple. Passionate about shaping dynamic, high-performance cultures, Selina thrives in fast-paced, growth-focused environments where she can strategically impact organizational success through innovative people-first initiatives.
Connect with Selina on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/selinaosib/.
About ScaleHR:
The Unmuted Podcast is powered by ScaleHR (https://goscalehr.com/), a rapidly growing company supporting emerging HR, Recruitment, and Work Tech startups and SMBs with brand awareness and lead generation.
Our proprietary solution, Catalyst, blends content strategy, influencer marketing, and omnichannel distribution to help brands cut through the noise.
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