Friends with Benefits

1. Episode · Jul 31, 2026

   The one with Deirdre from Hertility: Women's health isn't niche, it's half the workforce (opens the original)

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   In this episode of Friends with Benefits, Deirdre O'Neil, co-founder and Chief Commercial and Legal Officer at Hertility, argues that most companies have the fertility benefit backwards. They'll pay for the expensive, difficult treatment, but not the cheap screening that could have prevented someone needing it in the first place. Deirdre joins Carl and David to unpack why women's health still gets treated as a niche benefit category, despite covering half the workforce and, by extension, most of

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2. Episode · Jul 24, 2026

   The one with Tarciso from Henkel: Why nobody knows what their benefits actually cost (opens the original)

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   In this episode of Friends with Benefits, Tarciso Nogueira, responsible for global benefits at Henkel, makes the case that most companies don't actually know what they're spending on benefits, or why. Tarciso joins Carl and David to unpack the split between what should be decided locally and what should be set globally. Coverage, providers and plan design stay local, driven by social security gaps and market norms. But strategy, direction and data need a global view, and that's exactly where mos

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