People Experience · Transformation · Change

Portrait of Edward Cook

HR with a
human centre of gravity.

I'm Ed - a People Experience Strategist and Transformation Leader, currently working at the BBC. I connect people, projects and policy to build thriving cultures, and translate complex colleague insight into decisions executives can act on.

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9+
Years at the BBC
3
Progressive PX roles
APM
Project qualified

About

The short version,
well told.

I'm a People Experience Partner at the BBC, leading the Corporation's Listening Strategy - the feedback loops, data and journey maps that turn what colleagues actually say into decisions executives actually make.

Before this I spent two years as an HR Business Partner inside the BBC's Content division, partnering on large-scale transformation and organisational design, and six years before that scaling the HR Service Experience team from the ground up to world-class service levels.

The common thread is bridging the gap between colleague insight and executive decision-making - with a steady hand on the messy middle of change. HR earns its seat at the table by being genuinely useful. Listen first, name what's real, then move.

Expertise

What I'm known for.

People Experience Lifecycle

Strategy design, feedback mechanisms and colleague journey mapping - the moments that matter across the employee lifecycle.

Transformation & Change

Planning and delivering organisational shifts within complex divisions - restructures, operating model changes and cultural reset.

Data-Informed Decisions

Turning complex listening data and colleague insight into actionable evidence that influences executives and iterates how we work.

Strategic Communications

Internal communications campaigns, engagement strategies and branding that land new ways of working with the people doing them.

Project Leadership

Managing cross-departmental teams and end-to-end delivery - APM-qualified, currently reading BSc Project Management.

Service Design & Ops

Scaling HR service experience from the ground up to world-class levels through process optimisation and agile ways of working.

Experience

A career, in chapters.

  1. Mar 2024 - Now

    People Experience Partner · People Experience, BBC

    Directing the BBC's Listening Strategy - implementing feedback loops that turn raw colleague insight into actionable data for executive decision-making, and streamlining the end-to-end PX lifecycle by embedding strategic solutions to systemic workplace challenges.

  2. Jun 2022 - Mar 2024

    HR Business Partner - Transformation & Change · BBC

    Partnered with the Content division to deliver large-scale change, simplifying complex organisational structures through data-driven reporting and championing diversity and inclusion alongside senior leaders during high-pressure transformation.

  3. Feb 2016 - Jun 2022

    HR Specialist - Service Experience · BBC

    Scaled a high-performing HR Service Experience team from the ground up to world-class service levels, boosted colleague satisfaction by leading internal comms campaigns that introduced agile ways of working, and led cross-functional teams to modernise people systems and sustainability initiatives across the corporation.

Education

Always learning.

  • BSc Project Management

    University of Cumbria

    In progress

  • APM Project Management Qualification

    Association for Project Management

    Qualified

  • BSc (Hons) Multimedia Management

    University of Gloucestershire

    Graduated

Contact

Let's talk about people, change,
or anything in between.