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

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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

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