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Wellness Beyond the Surface is the go-to podcast for HR executives, Chief People Officers, and People Strategy teams in tech and fintech who are ready to integrate employee well-being across organizational culture, leadership practices, and operational systems—not just add another wellness perk.

Hosted by Damalie C. Akuamoah, each episode explores how to embed well-being into all three domains of your organization to create both measurable people impact (retention, manager sustainability, team health) and sustainable business outcomes (operational stability, scalability, ROI).

About Damalie:

Partners with fintech & tech people strategy leaders ready to move beyond wellness programs and surface-level fixes, and build retention infrastructure, so burnout stops being their problem to solve alone.

Results: improved retention, healthier teams, stronger managers, and measurable business outcomes that scale.

Well-being as a retention infrastructure - not wellness perks

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You bought the wellness app. You added mental health days. So why does nothing feel different? Why are your people still burned out?

In this episode, I name something I know a lot of people leaders in b2b fintech and tech quietly know but haven't had a language for...yet

Take a listen

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You bought the wellness app. You added mental health days. So why does nothing feel different? Why are your people still burned out?

In this episode, I name something I know a lot of people leaders in b2b fintech and tech quietly know but haven't had a language for...yet

Take a listen