HI, I'M DAYO.

Dayo Famakinwa is the Chief Product Officer at Energage, where he leads the development of innovative technology that helps organizations build thriving, people-first workplaces. With a track record of delivering impactful, scalable solutions, Dayo combines strategic vision with a deep passion for empowering teams and driving business results.

Before joining Energage in 2025, Dayo served as Vice President of Product Management at Indeed.com, where he led the Recruiting Automation Group and championed intelligent hiring tools used by millions. He previously held multiple senior product leadership roles at Datasite and contributed to growth at companies including Insite Software, Microsoft, and several tech consultancies.

A respected voice in the product community, Dayo also advises and invests in startups and emerging product leaders, lending his experience to help shape the future of tech. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems and an MBA in International Management from North Dakota State

Winning Workplaces & The Future of Talent Management

Wednesday, April 8, 11:15 AM

Join Kevin and Dayo as they discuss how Energage is evolving its approach to better connect culture, employee engagement, and talent management. Building on insights from the newly published Talent Management Strategies of Award-Winning Organizations report, this session explores how Top Workplaces leverage talent management to shape exceptional cultures that drive business performance. Attendees will get a first look at how 2026 Top Workplaces winners scored on talent management statements—and learn what that means for creating winning cultures. Walk away with practical takeaways that answer the all-important “What’s in it for me?” and a roadmap to drive measurable improvements in talent experience.

Tentative Agenda:

Welcome & Framing

Introduce Energage and our role in shaping the future of work.
Context: Organizations face survey fatigue, tech fragmentation, and turnover pressure.
Set up core question: What do winning workplaces look like, and why do they consistently outperform their peers?

What Do Winning Workplaces Look Like?

Top Workplaces aren’t just awards—they’re standards of excellence.
Share Energage’s longitudinal data on culture, engagement, and employer brand.
Define the 3 elements of workplace excellence: Winning Cultures, Highly Engaged Employees, Mature Talent Management Practices.
Show early data points: organizations strong in all three outperform peers in enterprise value, financial performance, and retention.

What Do Engaged Employees Look Like?

Traits of engaged employees: energy, commitment, innovation, and advocacy.
Engagement tied to lower turnover, higher productivity, stronger customer outcomes.
Share a 'voice of employee' story or benchmark from our dataset.
Show how engagement is not a one-time survey but a feedback loop. Show how we close the loop from talent attraction to colure to talent management

The Human Capital Factor

Why human capital is the #1 driver of enterprise value in modern organizations.
Discuss shift from measuring people to enabling people.
Energage research and partner insights (e.g., Irrational Capital) validating human capital as a predictive factor in performance.

Workplace Excellence = 3 Elements in Practice

Walk through each element in detail:
- Winning Cultures – strong values, trust, adaptability.
- Engaged Employees – aligned to mission, empowered, supported by feedback loops.
- Mature Talent Practices – performance, recognition, learning, succession built into one platform.
- Show evidence: companies that score high in all three achieve lower turnover, higher growth, stronger employer brands.

Call to Action & Q&A

Invite attendees to see their own organizations through the lens of the 3 elements.