Interview

March 17, 2021

How to keep your team learning, constantly 

It's possible to make every meeting and 1-1 an opportunity for learning and development. Here's how.


Amy Lewin

6 min read

Carl Martin, people development and engagement lead at Farewill

Carl Martin has a fairly unusual job. He’s people development and engagement lead at Farewill, a startup which helps people organise wills, probate and cremations online. But it’s not the fact he works for a ‘deathtech’ company which is interesting. It’s that he’s on a mission to embed personal development into everything the 130-person team does.

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Amy Lewin

Amy Lewin is Sifted’s editor and host of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow her on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky

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