Lucy Adams

Former HR director & executive board member of the BBC

Lucy Adams has led successful change in complex organisations for over 15 years, whose insights into the ups and downs of leading in a crisis both organisationally and personally are insightful and honest.

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Meet Lucy Adams

Lucy Adams is the CEO of Disruptive HR, an agency dedicated to challenging conventional practices, reimagining HR strategies, and inspiring leaders and HR professionals to bring fresh vision and energy to their roles.

With a wealth of experience in senior HR positions, including serving as Director of HR at the BBC, Lucy has spent the past decade collaborating with HR teams and leaders from some of the world’s most renowned brands.

Lucy is not only a respected business leader and sought-after keynote speaker but also a bestselling author. Her acclaimed books, “HR Disrupted” and “The HR Change Toolkit,” provide practical guidance for innovating leadership practices in an ever-evolving world.

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HR, remuneration, union relations, employee engagement, talent management, leadership and management, organisational development, career development and developing an employee brand
Leading in a disrupted world
Delivering real change in complex organisations
Better not Bitter: how to survive and thrive after a setback
Developing your own brand: career advice for senior women
Leadership in times of crisis: develop resourcefulness and resilience
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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
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Deloitte
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