HR Disrupted

Lucy Adams spent years as HR Director at the BBC before deciding the entire profession needed a serious shake-up. That conviction became HR Disrupted, a biweekly podcast where she brings on people leaders, organizational psychologists, and fellow rebels to rethink how companies actually treat their employees. Each episode runs about 30 minutes and usually centers on one practical problem — getting leadership buy-in for culture change, turning people data into something useful, or figuring out why your performance review process makes everyone miserable. Lucy has a knack for cutting through corporate jargon. She'll push back on guests who default to buzzwords and steer conversations toward what actually works on Monday morning. Recent episodes have tackled AI adoption from the HR seat, how to influence resistant senior leaders, and what workplace trends actually matter versus what's just noise. The production is clean and professional without feeling overly polished, and Lucy's British directness keeps things moving. If you've read her bestselling book of the same name, the podcast feels like a natural extension — same philosophy, but applied to whatever's happening in the HR world right now. It's particularly good for mid-career HR professionals who feel stuck doing things the old way and want permission (and practical tools) to try something different.