We Need to Talk About HR

About We Need to Talk About HR

Everything is changing! Hosted by Felix Mitchell and Louise Fraser, We Need to Talk About… brings together HR and AI. In one feed, we explore how growing businesses are evolving people practices and adopting AI to meet new expectations, new ways of working, and rapid change. Expect honest conversations with HR leaders, tech experts, and scaling SMEs using AI to enhance human capability. No hype, just real solutions for real businesses. New episodes every Thursday.

Publisher

Felix Mitchell and Louise Fraser

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Nov 2023

Latest episode

22 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

160 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Oct 2026

   Open the Door - Why HR Shouldn’t Be a Closed Office with Eve-Lynn Ansley

   Eve-Lynn Ansley, People Director at UCC Coffee, joins Louise to talk about what she found when she walked into an HR team that sat behind a closed door, never spoke to each other, and was only ever approached with complaints. From ripping directors out of their private offices to creating an environment where making mistakes is encouraged, Evelyn shares how she transformed the function from the inside out. They also get into why some people in HR simply don’t like people, how to support employees through relentless change without the usual spin, and why leading by example is the only thing that actually shifts culture.

2. 

   8 Oct 2026

   From LLP to PE - Leading HR Through Legal's Biggest Shift with Louise Rogerson

   Louise Rogerson, CPO at law firm DWF, joins Felix to talk about what happens when a legal business goes from LLP to publicly traded to private equity backed - and what that means for the people function.Louise shares how she's transforming management capability in a profession that was never designed for it, why her team has seen an 80% year-on-year increase in grievances and a 100% increase in disciplinaries thanks to AI, and what she found when she tested one of the new AI legal platforms as a fake disgruntled employee!

3. 

   1 Oct 2026

   Know the Rules, Know When to Break Them with Stuart Price

   Stuart Price, Chief People, Product & Transformation Officer at Zenith Vehicles, joins Louise to share what he learned from running both the people and technology functions - and why merging the two isn't as straightforward as the headlines suggest. Stuart also makes a compelling case for empowering leaders to make judgment calls rather than hiding behind policy, explains why inclusion shouldn't fall off the agenda just because the political mood has shifted, and shares how Zenith moved female senior leadership representation from under 10% to over 40% in five years.

Who has been a guest on We Need to Talk About HR

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Claire Williams
• Tom Hollis
• Rachel Cox
• Jess Morgan
• Bianca Errigo

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

3,873

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

4.9 / 5

23 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

82

Social presence

0

YouTube

68

Engagement

51

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Does not typically book guests

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