The HRBP Role Is Broken: Here's How to Fix It

The HRBP Role Is Broken: Here's How to Fix It

Update: 2025-11-20
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For today’s essential Heretics 101 feature, Disruptive HR founder Lucy Adams dissects HR’s fundamental trust problem: why designing policies around your worst employees destroys organizational performance, and how to reimagine the business partner role.

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TIMESTAMPS:

(00:00 ) Intro

(04:15 ) HR’s Fundamental Trust Problem & Designing for the Minority

(08:30 ) Sponsor: Metaview

(09:00 ) The Opportunity Cost of Distrust

(12:00 ) The HRBP Role: Why It’s Broken & How to Fix It

(15:30 ) What HR Leaders Are Talking About: DEI, AI & Merit

(19:53 ) Wrap



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The HRBP Role Is Broken: Here's How to Fix It

The HRBP Role Is Broken: Here's How to Fix It

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