At a glance
- What: [Revolut People Webinars] Maximizing talent density: Engineering HR at Howden for CRO-level velocity and talent ROI
- When: Wednesday 28 October 2026, 15:00 to 16:00 Dublin and London time (16:00 CET)
- Where: online, free
- Speaker: Sally Thomson, Group Head of Talent at Howden, former Global Head of Talent Management at Activision Blizzard
- For: CEOs and founders, COOs and Chiefs of Staff, CHROs and People leaders
Free and online. Registration is on Luma.
Next Wednesday Revolut People is hosting a free webinar with Sally Thomson, Group Head of Talent at Howden. The session looks at running HR with the same commercial rigour a CRO brings to revenue. Before Howden, Sally was Global Head of Talent Management at Activision Blizzard, where she set up the company’s first enterprise Talent Management Centre of Excellence.
What Sally will cover
- Commercial yield and talent unit economics: aligning workforce allocation and execution speed with product release cycles and revenue.
- Continuous calibration instead of annual reviews: real-time goal cascading and calibrated scorecards.
- Talent density and rewards: a consistent, bar-raising hiring standard, paired with compensation tied to business metrics.
- The 2026 operating blueprint: bringing performance, talent and compensation data together in one place, followed by a 15-minute live Q&A.
Who it’s for
- CEOs and founders: treating talent as an equity and yield metric.
- COOs and Chiefs of Staff: replacing annual review cycles with continuous calibration.
- CHROs and People leaders: bringing CRO-level metrics and compensation models into HR.
If calibration, goals or review cycles are on your list for 2026, bring your questions for the live Q&A.
Related reads on the same themes: how to run a performance calibration meeting, alternatives to annual performance reviews and the talent bar by seniority.