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Published on:

6th Oct 2026

Trailer - Welcome to Leadruption

Leadership is full of contradictions. We want honesty until someone tells us something we don’t want to hear. We tell people to switch off, then send them a quick question at 9pm. Leadruption is for leaders of businesses, people, communities and movements who know something needs to change, but don’t want another lecture on how to lead.

In this short introduction to Leadruption, Emma Last explores:

  • Why there’s often a gap between the leadership we intend and the leadership other people actually experience.
  • The everyday leadership contradictions that affect trust, culture, decisions, relationships, reputation and results.
  • What to expect from The Leadruptionary, Emma’s growing dictionary of modern leadership contradictions.
  • Why human judgement, connection, and perspective matter even more in a world being reshaped by AI, technology, and constant change.
  • What you can expect from these five or six-minute morning shots: one idea, one disruption, and something that might make you laugh, stop, think, and occasionally realise, “Oh heck. I do that.”

About Leadruption

Leadruption is hosted by Emma Last, Informed Leadership consultant and speaker, and creator of the Say-Do Gap.

Because leadership is serious work, but we really don’t have to take ourselves quite so seriously.

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About the Podcast

Leadruption
Ever wondered whether people experience your leadership the way you think they do?

Leadruption explores the funny, frustrating, and occasionally uncomfortable contradictions hiding inside modern leadership.
Hosted by Emma Last, Informed Leadership consultant, People Director and speaker. This is leadership development with less corporate nonsense and a little more humanity.
Each short episode explores one idea, behaviour, or Leadruptionary word, from difficult conversations and decision-making to trust, culture, AI, authority, and the everyday habits that quietly shape how people experience us.
It’s for leaders of businesses, people, communities, and movements who want sharper judgement, stronger trust, and a more informed way to lead.
Expect humour, disruption, honest reflection, and the occasional “Oh heck. I do that.”
New 5–6 minute podshots every weekday morning.

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Emma Last

Emma Last is a Informed Leadership Consultant , People Director and Speaker with over 25 years’ experience supporting leaders build results with responsibility. The founder of Leadruption, creator of the Informed Leadership Standards™ and developer of The Say-Do Gap.

Before founding Progressive Minds in 2018, Emma held senior leadership roles and spent more than two decades working across people development, leadership, business development, and organisational change.

Because leadership isn't what we intend, Leadership is what people experience. If we strengthen Results With responsibility we will build trusted authority.

25+ years in leadership and people strategy | 300+ clients | DfE quality-assured work | 40+ media features