Disruptive HR

HR Disrupted

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Welcome to HR Disrupted, the podcast where Lucy Adams and guests reimagine traditional HR practices for a more agile, people-centric future. Each episode dives into innovative approaches for leaders and HR professionals, offering practical advice on leadership, employee engagement, and organisational culture. As CEO of Disruptive HR, the go-to agency for innovative people practices for the last ten years, Lucy brings fresh perspectives and solutions to the ever-changing challenges of modern workplaces. With years of experience as a former HR Director for major brands including the BBC, Lucy is...

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May 12, 2026

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Episodes

Interview: The Co-Op Colleague Experience 17.06.2020

Claire Camara and Clare Fogden from The Coop share how they have begun to implement employee experience, or as they call it, ‘colleague experience’. Hear how they have embedded and used colleague insight in the design of HR products and the impact their new approach is having on processes such as performance management.

Interview: Amy Brand (HR Partner CF & EU Swiss Re) 10.06.2020

Lucy interviews Amy Brand, Global HR Partner for Swiss Re talks to us about how her company has changed during lockdown and what she wants to take into the new and #betternormal.

Interview: Simon Linares (HR Director) 03.06.2020

Lucy interviews one of the UK's most prominent HR Directors, Simon Linares. Simon has worked at many of the UK's biggest brands and we were delighted that he took some time to share what his idea of Better Normal looks like.

Interview: Karl Burnett (VP Human Resources, A+E Networks) 27.05.2020

In this podcast Karen talks to Karl Burnett, VP of HR at A+E Networks about some of the great HR initiatives that helped A+E win the award for ‘Best place to work in TV’ in 2018. A+E Networks UK  is a joint venture between Hearst and Sky and a leading media network reaching 60 million homes across 100 countries. Known for award-winning factual and entertainment content they have been entertaining...

Karen and Lucy discuss onboarding during lockdown 20.05.2020

Our traditional approaches to onboarding had already been challenged even before the virus hit. Now, lockdown has made the old, classroom style of delivery impossible. In this podcast Karen and Lucy discuss how companies are re-thinking onboarding and achieving the same outcomes – or maybe even better outcomes – as a result of lockdown.

Interview: Katherine Robinson ( People Director at NHS Blood & Transplant Service) 13.05.2020

We hear from Katherine, who heads up HR at the NHS Blood and Transplant service, about HR on the front line during the crisis and how these challenging times have offered opportunities to do things differently.

Interview: Caoimhe Keogan (Chief People Officer) & Alex Miell (Director Of People & Organisation), Moneysupermarket 06.05.2020

Caoimhe and Alex talk about a range of innovative approaches at  MoneySuperMarket  including how they are doing onboarding in different ways such as experimenting with app based solutions.  

Interview: Nebel Crowhurst (Director of HR & Communications at Roche) 29.04.2020

In this interview Nebel shares how she uses ‘agile hr’ as well as some great innovations in performance management and employee engagement from her period at fashion retailer River Island.  

Karen and Lucy discuss new learning & development trends 22.04.2020

Disruptive HR founders Lucy Adams and Karen Moran discuss some of the key changes within L&D and examples of companies approaching it differently.

Interview: Colleen Fuller (Former Head Of Talent & Employee Experience, Vistaprint) 15.04.2020

On this podcast, Lucy is joined by Colleen Fuller, Chief People Officer at  Salsify . Previously Colleen was the Head of Talent and Employee Experience at  Vistaprint  and on this podcast she talks to Lucy about how they adopted Agile principles within HR while redefining their purpose within the organisation. A great example of how ‘Employee Experience’ is based at the heart of the Vistaprint tra...

Karen & Lucy discuss new employment policy trends 10.04.2020

Join Lucy and Karen of Disruptive HR as they discuss how employment policies can be designed in new ways. They explore what moving to a more ‘adult to adult’ approach means in practice and how HR can begin to get rid of their role of ‘compliance officer’

Interview: Dik Veenman (The Right Conversation) 10.04.2020

Conversations over HR process is almost always better. In this podcast, conversations expert Dik Veenman tells us how to do them well.

Interview: the Co-Op. Building Leadership Capability 08.04.2020

Claire Camara and Clare Fogden from The Coop share how they are building leadership capability in new ways including focusing on the behaviours they need in the future, taking out tired processes and changing the ways leaders are chosen.

Interview: Suzanne Roddie (Head Of Performance & Talent, Virgin Atlantic) 03.04.2020

Suzanne Roddie, Head of Performance and Talent at  Virgin Atlantic and Virgin Holidays  talks to Karen about how they have revamped their entire approach to Performance Management. Learn how they co-created their new approach and how they will be rolling out this new feedback-led culture. Suzanne also shares with us their new values and how this has led to an interesting piece of work on changing...

Interview: Suzie Welch (Former Group People Director, Pizza Express) 03.04.2020

Suzie Welch, Former Group People Director at  Pizza Express  talks to Lucy about how they’ve developed a new Leadership framework which is unique to them and that will help them make a real shift in the performance of the business. They are also in the process of introducing flexibility to all levels of their workforce and shifting their approach to Performance Management, moving away from a forma...

Interview: Tracey Waters (Head Of People Engagement And Development, Sky) 30.03.2020

Tracey Waters, Head of People Engagement and Development at  Sky  talks to Lucy about how they have moved away from a classroom based learning approach to one that is learner owned. They identified 9 pain points in the employee life cycle and worked on creating continuous learning experiences around these pain points while applying marketing techniques to effectively engage with the learner. Trace...

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