Kevin sits down with Shakil Butt, an HR Hall of Famer, Non-Exec Director at the CIPD, and founder of HR Hero for Hire. Shakil talks about what he loves about working in HR, his experience of being an HRD and why he has now decided to 'go out on his own' as a consultant. Shakil also reaches into his experience at IR Worldwide to discuss how do you get diversity and inclusion into the DNA of an organisation and reveals his best development tip - reaching out to other HRDs and openly stealing their good ideas.

We explore the role that HR plays in different types of organisations and what Craig thinks is critical to succeed in each. We also reflect on his time as a interim HRD the good, the bad and the fun!

Melanie is the recently appointed HRD at Adecco. We talk about what drove her movement from a specialist Resourcing role to that of a HR generalist. Melaine talks how this new phase in her career is providing more opportunities to make a difference.

In our series opener, Kevin sits down with Karen Beaven, an award winning HRD while she was at River Island and recently a best selling author. We explore her portfolio career and how she is keeping things interesting with different ventures. She’s an inspiration to many - this podcast is well worth a listen.

Julie Is widely recognised as a highly effective HRD having previously worked at Bunzl and prior to that Wincanton Plc. In this podcast we explore what HR should focus on and why? We talk how to develop great HR leaders of the future and we talk about Julie's passion for sport. This is a great podcast for all aspiring HR practitioners.

Neil is one of the most recognised HR leaders operating in the U.K. today. His blog Change Effect gets thousands of views because Neil says it as he sees it! This podcast gave us the chance to probe Neil’s thinking about what is great HR and why do we keep getting it wrong. Neil also talks knowledgeably about the different focus of HR in retail, publishing and utilities. Listen in this won’t be dull.

Tom joined only joined Bupa in mid 2018 but he’s already making a big impact. We talk about his experience of leading Transformation change during his time at Talk Talk and some of the lessons he’s learned. We also explore his view of what HR needs to do differently to have more impact. It’s a cracking podcast with an HRD you’re going to hear much more about.

This week Kevin interviews Raj Verma, Global SVP of HR at Sodexo, who talks about why he got into HR after studying law, and the tough challenges that he has faced through his career. Raj has so much experience to talk about (in our longest pod yet!); helping different cultures to work together, what's important in the workplace, connecting different locations, employee experience, and his views on the future of HR.

The third episode of The HR Futures podcast features Kathryn Pritchard, who at the time of recording was the Chief People and Strategy Officer at the Odeon Group. She is now the Group HR Director at Nord Anglia, a global education business.

In this podcast we discuss the huge impact that HR can have by using business and customer measures. Kathryn also talks about the importance of OD and how great HR people need well developed Consultancy skills.