Lucy Adams

Lucy Adams

Former HR Director at the BBC

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About Lucy Adams

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 8 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 and her very latest book bestseller “The HR Change Toolkit” providing the complete guide to making it happen.

As a speaker, Lucy’s sessions are a breath of fresh air in the HR and leadership space. Her talks are peppered with contemporary examples, spotlighting today’s forward-thinking companies and highlighting emerging HR practices.

Lucy’s expertise is in high demand. She’s spoken at events for big names like Emirates, Google, Mubadala, KPMG, Bristol Myers Squibb, Marks and Spencer many others. Lucy’s expertise is in high demand. She’s spoken at events for big names like Emirates, Google, Mubadala, KPMG, Bristol Myers Squibb, Marks and Spencer many others.

No matter how you want to hear from Lucy – in-person, online, or in a recording – she’s ready to share her insights and get people inspired to think differently about HR and leadership.

To book Lucy Adams, contact The Speakers Agency at +44(0)1332 810481 or email enquiries@thespeakersagency.com.

Speech Topics

Lucy Adams‘ speech topics include but are not limited to:

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

 

Testimonials

Testimonials

"You were the top scoring speaker!"

Richmond Events

"You were great! Exactly what we needed. The feedback about you was glowing."

IBM

"THANK YOU for a great session yesterday - you absolutely nailed it."

Standard Life

"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

"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 an absolute star turn."

Future Talent Conference

Lucy Adams Videos

Videos

Lucy Adams News

Aug 01, 2025

What Leaders can Learn from Hotel Coat Hangers – Insights from Lucy Adams

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