DisruptHR Chicago (IL, USA) will be held on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at Carnivale Chicago and we’re excited to announce an awesome lineup of speakers for their 12th DisruptHR event!
Alex Beard — Founder & Principal Consultant at Beard Collaborative
“The Art of Being Yourself: Elevate Your Career with Improvisation”
Jennifer Diamond Acosta — Global Skills Strategy Lead at Kenvue
“If L&D Team Were Fired Tomorrow, Would Employees Stop Learning?”
Thekla B Ross — Clinical Psychologist & Digital Harm Reduction Leader
“The New Smoke Break: What’s Really Killing Your Bottom Line…”
Leia Bradford — Director, Human Resources at McCaffery Interests
“F HR: The Fear of HR, Fight, Flight or Freeze”
Brittany Abdool — Founder and CEO of Ona Media Company
“What Would the Comments Section Say About You?”
Pat Moore — CEO of Pretekt
“HR’s Fork in the Healthcare Road Will you take the road less travelled?”
Jennifer McClure — Chief Excitement Officer at DisruptHR and CEO of Unbridled Talent
“Your Job Isn’t Safe And That’s the Opportunity (Because We’re Asking the Wrong Questions About AI)”
Lydia O’Malley — Talent Development Senior Consultant at CNA Insurance
“The Hidden Cost of Calling it “Resilience” “
Bradley Lohsl — Senior Associate at Golan Christie Taglia LLP
“Algorithms & Accountability: Decoding Illinois’ New AI Law”
Lindsey Yax — HR Generalist at Fluidyne Fluid Power
“Take the call HR: Authenticity is Calling!”
Sharona Abramson — Founder of Inflection Point Total Rewards, LLC
“The Human Element: How People Strategy Drives M&A Value”
Ethan Blumenthal — Founder of Knuckleball Comedy LLC
“he NASA Paradox: Why We Need to Re-Learn How to Think Like Kindergartners”
Thanks to DisruptHR Chicago 12.0 Sponsors!
