Welcome back to HR Insights: The Podcast Series 7! This week, Stuart Elliott is joined by global business leader and co-founder of Leadrly , Paul Stewart . Paul has spent decades transforming organisational culture and leadership through a multitude of roles and shares his insights on the fast-paced changes shaping our world today. He also offers his perspective on how important conversation is in making real change. In this episode Paul and Stewart discuss Paul’s evolving career from economist to the founding of Leadrly , a cutting-edge leadership and AI-driven platform. He discusses the challenges of creating vs changing culture and the role of AI in today's leadership landscape, particularly how Leadrly integrates with tools to provide on-demand coaching and guidance for leaders. Paul also delves into the nuances of leadership as a conversation, the challenges faced by mid-level managers, the generational divide in communication and the misconceptions around AI in the workplace. Paul Stewart has a background in social sciences and spent 10 years as a bank economist. He moved into corporate strategy, focusing on strategy implementation, organisational culture, and leadership development. In 2004 he co-authored the bestseller Branded Customer Service and went on to co-found On-Brand Partners two years later. In 2022/23, he launched Leadrly, an AI-powered system that supports leaders. Read some of Leadrly’s blogs below: History of leadership communication Leading beyond downsizing – conversations matter Embracing change: How to lead your team through transformation Key Timestamps: 02:50 – Intro to Paul 06:55 – The journey into entrepreneurship 13:20 – Setting up Leadrly 17:42 – The philosophy behind Leadrly 22:45 – How Leadrly helps mid-level managers 28:10 – The generational divide in technology 33:08 – Leadrly’s reception amongst clients 39:20 – Measuring success 44:28 – AI’s implications for organisational culture 46:44 – Advice for HR leaders implementing AI You can listen to and download HR Insights from Apple Podcasts , Google Podcasts, Spotify and other popular podcast apps. Please subscribe so the latest episodes are directly available! You can also join our HR Community by following us on LinkedIn . Thank you for listening and please do review and rate us wherever you listen!
