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Keynote SpeakerLucy Adams

CEO of Disruptive HR and Former HR Director, BBC

Lucy Adams is the CEO of Disruptive HR, an agency that’s on a mission to challenge the status quo, reimagine traditional practices, and inspire leaders and HR professionals to approach their roles with renewed vision and energy. After working in high-level HR roles across different sectors including Director of HR... Read More

Biography

Lucy Adams is the CEO of Disruptive HR, an agency that’s on a mission to challenge the status quo, reimagine traditional practices, and inspire leaders and HR professionals to approach their roles with renewed vision and energy.

After working in high-level HR roles across different sectors including Director of HR at the BBC, Lucy has spent the last 10 years working with HR teams and leaders from some of the world’s top brands.

Combining her strategic HR expertise with practical implementation, she advocates for an innovative yet grounded approach which aims to put the “human” back into Human Resources. Lucy is not just a business leader and hugely popular keynote speaker, but also a well-known author of the bestseller “HR Disrupted” a book packed with practical ways to innovate your approach to leading people in a disrupted world.

Lucy Adams’ latest book bestseller “The HR Change Toolkit” provides the complete guide to making it happen.

“You were fantastic! The levels of enthusiasm, engagement and participation from the audience were unprecedented with this group. I found you insightful, educational, inspirational.” Deloitte
“Lucy’s contribution to the Convention was invaluable and left a positive and lasting impact on the conference attendees - her presence was a highlight of the event for many.” Australian HR Institute
“Lucy was absolutely brilliant. She lifted the energy in the room and had people buzzing afterwards” BT
“You managed to do that difficult thing of getting people to think more broadly about their profession, sharing fresh thinking from other companies and weaving this into a stimulating and entertaining narrative – great result!” Accenture
“You were the star turn of our event! Everyone was buzzing. You were superb: fluent, charming, engaging and so authentic. I am so very grateful to you. Outstanding.” Siemens

Popular Talks by Lucy Adams

  • Leading in a disrupted world
  • Delivering HR differently
  • Making change happen
  • Leadership for the future workplace
  • How to create more agility and innovation
  • The perfect People Strategy
  • Goodbye to annual appraisals
  • How to create consumer-grade employee experience
  • How to get and retain the best talent
  • New HR skills and mindsets