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.

What Do You Do When They Tell You: ‘This Is Not My Dream Job’?

DisruptHRJuly 17, 2019July 16, 2019

There aren’t many people who will say that being a sales clerk is their dream job. And that certainly goes for the 250 employees of Wendy … Read more

How HR Technology Will Set You Free

DisruptHRJuly 10, 2019July 9, 2019

If this picture of files is how you keep employee records, today’s DisruptHR talk is for you. For everyone else, consider what Louise Rogers tells … Read more

Building a Business Case For HR Programs Is As Easy As PIE

DisruptHRJuly 3, 2019July 2, 2019

Here’s the most important business finance formula you’ll ever need: P=I-E. Don’t you just wish the HR business was as easy as pie! It … Read more

How to Train Your Lawyer

DisruptHRJune 26, 2019June 25, 2019

How do you train your lawyer? As easily as you train a dragon. Which means, as labor and employment lawyer Kevin Johnson told a Tampa DisruptHR audience, … Read more

3 Questions to Ask Before Your Next Threesome

DisruptHRJune 19, 2019June 18, 2019

HR threesomes are trouble. Someone is always the victim. Too often the regrets are HR’s. So Lauren Moffatt, who still regrets a threesome from years … Read more

Please Don’t Bring Your Authentic Self to Work

DisruptHRJune 12, 2019June 11, 2019

How many times have you said, read or thought it’s important to “Bring your whole self to work.” Or told someone to be … Read more

We’re So Fake About Diversity & Inclusion

DisruptHRJune 5, 2019June 4, 2019

Here’s something you don’t expect to hear from an HR professional who helps companies with their D&I strategies: “I think … Read more

To Innovate In HR You Need Idea Sex

DisruptHRMay 22, 2019May 20, 2019

Here’s some disruptive HR advice from the Denver DisruptHR group: “HR needs more sex.” “More specifically, idea sex.” What HR … Read more

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