HR Overwhelm to Impact: Why Less Tech Actually Drives Better Results for SMBs with Simon De Baene

Entrepreneurs on Fire

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🗓️ 23 June 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Simon De Baene is the visionary Co-founder and CEO of Workleap, a leading software company that makes work simpler for more than 20,000 companies in over 100 countries.

Top 3 Value Bombs

1. Simplicity scales - companies that focus on fewer, purpose-built tools run leaner, faster, and smarter.

2. Most HR tools promise value but are underutilized and overpaid for - consolidation is key.

3. Business leaders need to stop chasing tech and start leading with intentionality and discipline.

One simple employee experience platform to boost engagement, drive performance, and develop your people. Check out Simon's Website - WorkLeap

Transcript

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0:00.0	Boom. Shake the room, Fire Nation. JLD here and welcome to Entrepreneurs on Fire, the only
0:07.7	daily show interviewing the world's top entrepreneurs, and we're talking seven days a week.
0:11.6	Today we'll be breaking down HR overwhelm to impact, why less tech actually drives better
0:17.2	results for small to medium-sized businesses. And to drop these value bombs, Zayorbrot, Simon DeBain in Deo Fire Studios.
0:24.2	Simon is the visionary co-founder and CEO of WorkLeep, a leading software company that
0:28.8	makes work simpler for more than 20,000 companies in over 100 countries.
0:33.4	And today we'll talk about how most HR leaders are drowning in tools that promise efficiency
0:38.6	but don't.
0:39.6	We'll talk about organizational agility.
0:42.0	We'll talk about consolidating and simplifying your business and, oh, so much more.
0:46.4	And a big thank you for sponsoring today's episode goes to Simon and our sponsors.
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1:32.0	Fire Nation and share something that you believe about becoming successful that most people
1:38.3	disagree with. The success of your company is not an excuse to drift away from the details and to start delegate.
1:46.0	We're usually told to stop being in the details and to hire people that can take care of it.
1:54.0	And I truly believe that you have to stay in the details and really care about every little things.
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