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Daryl Ning

Daryl Ning is a Customer Success Specialist at Compono, helping HR leaders make defensible people decisions backed by real data and proven science. With over two decades of experience in customer-facing roles, he advocates for a shift where organisations view their workforce as their primary strategic asset. He and David Youngman won The Talent Tech Customer Service Award for Compono at the 2026 TIARA Talent Acquisition & Talent Tech Awards ANZ

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Why do we blame HR when a new hire doesn’t work out?

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For a long time, most companies have stuck to a pretty shaky idea: if a new employee fails, it must be HR’s fault.

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Engineering a smarter way to hire graduates: Beyond the GPA

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Hiring graduates sounds simple until you actually have to do it. On paper, most candidates look almost identical. Same degree. Same university...

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how HR can enhance employee retention by applying Customer Success principles

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What HR could learn from Customer Success

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Put simply… Treat your employees like your best customers. Acquiring a new customer costs more than keeping the one you've got — that's just how SaaS...

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Why do we spend more time researching a 2K laptop than an 80K hire?

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Imagine it is Sunday night. You have fourteen tabs open in your browser. You’re reading through multiple blogs and Reddit threads. You’ve watched...

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