--- title: Michael Kim | Featured Rebels | The Rebel Playbook for Employee Engagement description: Michael is Head of HR for the APAC region for Spotify, a fast growing company that provides digital music streaming services to customers around the world. image: https://www.rebelplaybook.com/hubfs/social-suggested-images/Michael%20Kim%20-%20Spotify-0263.jpg --- [![](https://www.rebelplaybook.com/hubfs/10-rebel-playbook/Buildit-logo.png)](https://www.rebelplaybook.com/) **Michael Kim** ## **Head of HR APAC, Spotify** ### Meet Michael #### Michael is Head of HR for the APAC region for Spotify, a fast growing company that provides digital music streaming services to customers around the world. ### **The Rebel Interview** Spotify is known for being a disruptor, from a business perspective in how they’ve disrupted the music industry, and from an HR perspective with disruptive approaches to ‘normal’ HR programs and practices. Debra Corey chats to Michael after just over a week in his new role at Head of HR APAC to find out a bit more about where this approach comes from and why it's so important for employee engagement. [Watch Video](https://www.rebelplaybook.com/interviews/michael-kim-spotify) ### Want more Michael? 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