DisruptHR

DISRUPT is an information exchange designed to energize, inform and empower people in the HR field.

Founded by Disrupt's CEO Jennifer McClure, events are organized by volunteer teams working with Disrupt staff who assist in the planning. Events have a maximum of 14 speakers, who get 5 minutes and no more than 20 slides for their presentation.

Interested in organizing a DisruptHR event in your city? Here's how to get started.

Who Is Gen Z and How Are the Schools Getting Them Ready?

DisruptHRMay 15, 2019May 14, 2019

You know all that stuff about Gen Z? How they’re digital natives, want to be entrepreneurs, that they’re into experiential learning, etc., … Read more

To Improve Performance, Keep Score

DisruptHRMay 8, 2019May 7, 2019

If you want to win, someone has to lose. “No more ribbons for participation.” That’s Ben Keenan’s prescription for getting peak … Read more

What Is Your Superpower?

DisruptHRMay 1, 2019May 1, 2019

One of those trite interview questions goes like this: “If you had a superpower, what would it be?” What would you do if what you got back was, … Read more

Training the Law and Order Way

DisruptHRApril 17, 2019April 16, 2019

Tim Hiller has a L&D technique that is plenty edgy even for a DisruptHR program: He likens planning a training session around a kind of law and order … Read more

How HR Can Be the Bridge Between the Centuries

DisruptHRApril 10, 2019April 9, 2019

HR is on a metaphorical bridge between the centuries. Some HR professionals — many, perhaps most — work for legacy companies struggling to make … Read more

If Your Office Is Cold, Blame the Men

DisruptHRApril 3, 2019April 2, 2019

The temperature in your office is just one more piece of evidence that, as Francis Rios says, “companies were created by men for men.” Walk … Read more

What It Takes to Be a Paradox Navigator

DisruptHRMarch 27, 2019March 26, 2019

Are you a Paradox Navigator? Do you know what that is? Dave Ulrich, and his son Michael, coined the term to describe one of the key competencies of human … Read more

Saying It’s OK Doesn’t Mean the Harassment Was Welcome

DisruptHRMarch 20, 2019March 18, 2019

This is a DisruptHR talk that will disrupt your way of thinking about the victims of sexual harassment — that way so many of us declare, “Why … Read more

Everything You Need to Know About Recruiting Millennials In 5 Minutes

DisruptHRMarch 13, 2019March 12, 2019

OMG! Here’s a video that in 5 minutes will remind you about everything you should know about recruiting millennials. You’ll want to watch it a … Read more

Get Ready For the Coming Human-Enhanced Workplace

DisruptHRMarch 6, 2019March 5, 2019

When Pierre LeGrand says to a room full of HR people, “I want to postulate that we are the architects of a new age organism of interconnected … Read more

Abolish Your Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Pay Policy

DisruptHRFebruary 27, 2019February 26, 2019

You thought “Don’t ask. Don’t tell” was a compromise invented over gays in the (US) military. You are wrong. It was the long … Read more

Your Culture Should Be Like a Donkey

DisruptHRFebruary 20, 2019February 19, 2019

Here’s a thought: Your company culture should be more like a donkey than a unicorn. Not our idea. Laurie Bennett said that. His entire presentation … Read more

Are Your HR Practices Brain-Friendly?

DisruptHRFebruary 13, 2019February 12, 2019

HR practitioners are too much like the barber-surgeons of the Middle Ages. Reason enough for HR to be “blown to smithereens,” let alone … Read more

Stop Sucking at Hiring

DisruptHRFebruary 6, 2019February 5, 2019

How many times have you heard a hiring manager decide on a hire because of “good chemistry?” Be honest with this one: Have you ever hired … Read more

Why You Shouldn’t Touch My Hair

DisruptHRJanuary 9, 2019January 7, 2019

You’ve heard the term “unconscious bias.” Every regular reader of TLNT has come across articles about it. You may even have touched on … Read more

Love: The Next Leadership Skill

DisruptHRDecember 12, 2018December 11, 2018

To paraphrase Jackie DeShannon, “What the business world needs now is love, sweet love.” What’s love got to do it? Exactly what Robin … Read more

What You Can Do to Keep Mothers From Giving Up Their Career

DisruptHRDecember 5, 2018December 4, 2018

There are initiatives to encourage women to enter STEM fields. Organizations have programs to recruit women. Then what happens? “Across all … Read more

The 5 Courages HR Needs to Be Good Followers

DisruptHRNovember 28, 2018November 26, 2018

HR needs to stop leading and start following. Did that get your attention? Good, because that’s what Tim Vanderpyl, associate professor at Calgary, … Read more

Transcending The Transgender Mythos

DisruptHRNovember 14, 2018November 12, 2018

Imagine for a moment being a transgender person. Imagine what it must be like wondering whether to come out at work. And “If I come out, is this the … Read more

Long Live Human Reconnection!

DisruptHRNovember 7, 2018November 6, 2018

Lucy Lloyd doesn’t like the name “Human Resources.” She says it, “Evokes this idea that people are some kind of capital asset to be … Read more