Toby Kheng

When you think of HR, you probably don’t immediately picture a wrestling ring. But if you’ve ever worked in HR, you’ll know that sometimes it can feel like you’re in one—dodging hits, trying to strategise, and occasionally finding yourself in a chokehold of policies, processes, and expectations. At DisruptHR Cambridge, I took to the stage […]

What do HR and professional wrestling have in common? At first glance, not much. But after an eight-week intensive wrestling course, I realised the ring holds some serious lessons for how we shape employee experience. This blog is based on my talk at DisruptHR London, where I shared how my time in the wrestling world

I recently found myself standing in front of 450 people, wearing a leotard, under a ridiculous pseudonym (which I’ll reveal later). It was the culmination of an eight-week wrestling training course, and I’d just performed a full wrestling match—bodyslams, suplexes and all. If you’d told me a year before that I’d willingly throw myself into

If you’ve worked in HR, you’ll know that we tend to exist in a world of two extremes—the light side and the dark side. Most of my career has been on the light side, working inside HR teams, trying to make things better from within. But now, I’ve switched to the supplier side, working with

When I took the stage at DisruptHR London, I knew I was about to ruffle some feathers. Why? Because corporate learning is broken. Despite the millions spent on e-learning platforms, training courses, and leadership programmes, most of it doesn’t stick. Employees click through mandatory training, sit through uninspiring workshops, and then… nothing changes. The problem