Hey the, Disruptor — You’re receiving this because at some point you subscribed to receive updates from DisruptHR on our website. We haven’t emailed in a while, so I wanted to reconnect before we resume regular updates. And after a quiet stretch… we’re ready to restart sending regular Disruptdates. Beginning this month, you’ll hear from us twice each month with curated ideas, standout Talks from our global DisruptHR community, and insights shaping the future of work. If you’d like to continue...
17 days ago • 1 min read
Hello Disruptor! Have you ever wondered what makes a DisruptHR Talk truly great? Forget perfect polish or pro speakers - to me, it's all about passion and pushing boundaries. I've seen many nervous first-timers, and the timing of the slides getting away from some speakers, but their ideas? Interesting. That's the DisruptHR spirit: sharing bold ideas, even if it shakes things up a bit. And guess what? A DisruptHR idea doesn't have to be "disruptive" to be impactful. Some of my favorite Talks...
about 2 years ago • 2 min read
G'Day Disruptor! 2023 will go in the record books as one of the biggest years for DisruptHR events, and one of the best - if not the BEST! We're already seeing scheduled events in 2024 pop up on our Upcoming Events calendar, and I know that many more dates will be announced after the first of the year. I hope that you'll make plans to attend, be a speaker, or sponsor a DisruptHR event in your city in 2024! Every day, I see comments and posts on LinkedIn from people who have joined the...
over 2 years ago • 3 min read
Բարև խանգարող! As I've shared in previous editions of this bi-monthly newsletter, we're excited to be celebrating the 10th anniversary of DisruptHR on December 13, 2023, with our eighth event in Cincinnati, OH — where DisruptHR began back on December 13, 2013. It's been an amazing journey since then! We've grown from a small group of passionate HR professionals located in our city, to a global community, which now includes 154 licensed cities in 34 countries. 😮 And along the way, we've helped...
over 2 years ago • 2 min read
Hello Disruptor! What makes a DisruptHR Talk great? I shared seven tips in the last DisruptHR NEWSletter for giving a great DisruptHR Talk, but I believe that more goes into making a Talk great than the delivery. Some of my personal favorite DisruptHR Talks have been given by people who were terrified to take the stage (it showed), got behind on their slides (but recovered with humor), or had never spoken on stage before (so they were a little rusty). But they all believed in their ideas and...
over 2 years ago • 3 min read
Bonjour perturbateur! As the Chief Excitement Officer for DisruptHR, I'm often asked for my opinion on what makes a DisruptHR Talk great. As someone who has watched hundreds (maybe thousands) of DisruptHR Talks, here are a few tips I give: Be ready to go as soon as you're introduced. Don't reference people or things going on at the event or stuff mentioned in other Talks. Get right into your message. Your opening should be awesome. Share a surprising fact. Shock people. Say something...
over 2 years ago • 3 min read
Ahoj Disruptore! Recently, I joined one of our most prolific DisruptHR Organizers - Bill Banham on the poplular HRchat podcast to discuss all things DisruptHR. (Bill co-organizes events in London UK, Cambridge UK, Norwich UK, Birmingham UK, and Buffalo NY.) We spoke about the unanticipated wild ride that DisruptHR has been on over the last 10 years — including through a global pandemic that wiped out in person events for over one year — and how it continues to explode around the world. Just...
over 2 years ago • 2 min read
Hallo Disruptoren! DisruptHR events were created for the purpose of providing a place where people could come together and connect, have fun, and share ideas. Last week, I shared a post on my personal LinkedIn profile reflecting on how I felt in March 2020, when what was shaping up to be a year with a record number of DisruptHR events went to zero events within a period of 2 weeks. Like many during that time, I wasn't sure what the future would hold, or if that future would include DisruptHR....
over 2 years ago • 3 min read
Γεια σου Disruptor! In 2013, we held the first DisruptHR event in Cincinnati, OH. Our goal was simply to bring together business leaders from throughout our city and region who were interested in sharing disruptive ideas about the future of work. We decided to borrow the format of Ignite Talks, with 5-minute Talks and 20 slides that advance every 15 seconds, and we settled on our purpose with inspiration from TED — "Ideas worth spreading... about the future of work." At that first event, 13...
over 2 years ago • 2 min read