Is HR Holding Back British Business? (Ft. Akua Reindorf, Octavius Black, Neil Morrison, Steve Harrison)

from This Isn’t Working · host Tanya de Grunwald

HR is under fire – and we need to talk about why. This blistering episode explores what's gone wrong, who's to blame – and how mistakes can be fixed. Recorded in London on 10 February 2026, this video shows what happened at our second 'This Is Working' event - an evening of frank discussion and clear-eyed analysis with senior business professionals from across the private sector. Host Tanya de Grunwald welcomed a panel of special guests: Neil Morrison - HR Director, Severn Trent Octavius Black CBE - Founder, MindGym Akua Reindorf KC - Employment and discrimination barrister Steve Harrison - Author of Adland’s Progressive Gaze: How UK Advertising Lost Sight Of The People And Things That Matter Most ** Want to attend our next This Is Working event? Keen to see the report from the second half of this evening? Drop us a line to say hello https://bit.ly/44jT7AW 00:00 Welcome - Tanya de Grunwald 11:26 Neil Morrison - HR director, Severn Trent 20:11 Octavius Black CBE - Founder, Mind Gym 35:30 Steve Harrison - Author, 'Adland's Progressive Gaze' 45:50 Akua Reindorf KC - Employment and discrimination law barrister

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HR is under fire – and we need to talk about why. This blistering episode explores what's gone wrong, who's to blame – and how mistakes can be fixed. Recorded in London on 10 February 2026, this video shows what happened at our second 'This Is Working' event - an evening of frank discussion and clear-eyed analysis with senior business professionals from across the private sector. Host Tanya de Grunwald welcomed a panel of special guests: Neil Morrison - HR Director, Severn TrentOctavius Black CBE - Founder, MindGymAkua Reindorf KC - Employment and discrimination barristerSteve Harrison - Author of Adland’s Progressive Gaze: How UK Advertising Lost Sight Of The People And Things That Matter Most ** Want to attend our next This Is Working event? Keen to see the report from the second half of this evening? Drop us a line to say hello https://bit.ly/44jT7AW 00:00 Welcome - Tanya de Grunwald11:26 Neil Morrison - HR director, Severn Trent20:11 Octavius Black CBE - Founder, Mind Gym35:30 Steve Harrison - Author, 'Adland's Progressive Gaze'45:50 Akua Reindorf KC - Employment and discrimination law barrister

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