Great HR is invisible. That’s the point.
We shape business performance through people and process, for businesses that never thought they wanted HR.
After sixteen years running HR at enterprise scale, including as Executive Director of HR Strategy and Transformation at Cummins across 70,000 people, I chose to work somewhere the decisions are faster, the results are visible, and what I do actually matters. That’s what Positive Disruption is build around.
Jon Orr, Founder
They've seen what it looks like: policies nobody reads, processes that slow things down, and a function that generates more problems than it solves. They're not wrong about most of it.
We built Positive Disruption for exactly those businesses. Our starting point is always what the business actually needs, not what HR theory says it should have. Everything we deliver is practical, measurable, and built to last.
If that sounds different, it is.
Most business owners don’t want HR.
Why fractional works.
Cost that moves with the business.
Scale up through a restructure, a growth phase, or a difficult period. Scale back when things are steady. The capital you’re not spending on overhead stays in the business.
Compliance first. Strategy always.
Every engagement starts with the foundations. Mitigate the risk. When those are right, compliance stops being a burden and becomes the platform your people strategy is build on.
Someone who knows your business.
Not a different consultant each time. Not a canned answer. One partner, embedded in your business who knows your people, your culture, your history and your goals. The advice gets better over time.
Still doing the HR work yourself?
If you're still the one fielding HR questions writing the policies, managing under-performers, and pushing your managers to manage their teams, something's broken.
It's not your people. It's the framework they're working without, and no one's shown them how to use it. We build the structure your leaders need, then coach them to lead with it.
Four ways to work with us
Fractional HR
Your HR Partner, embedded in the business. The on-going relationship that makes everything else possible.
The Right Hire
Fixed price strategic recruitment for partner organisations. We know your business before the search starts.
Advisory Subscription
Senior HR thinking, when you need it. The entry point to our model.
Strategic Projects
A specific problem, solved properly. No retainer required.
HR Leader Coaching also available.
Not sure where to start?
Take the free 5-minute HR Diagnostic. Maps where your business stands across ten dimensions of performance. Most people are surprised by what it covers.
Still not sure where to start? Most of our clients weren’t either.