Upcoming open events
We consult and train people behind closed doors.
But we also host bold, practical, and inspiring events, and some of them are open to you.
From AI masterclasses to leadership labs, DisruptHR spectacles, and Excellevate sessions, this is where our ecosystem meets the world.
An Autumn Weekend by the Fire- By Women, For Women
Spent with Maria Stoeva and Anastasia Stoyanova-Dragoeva
October 23-25 | Ognyanovo | Limited to 16 participants
Three Days Without “Musts”
We won’t chase productivity, nor will we promise to optimize our lives.
We won’t set new goals, make five-year plans, or try to become “better versions” of ourselves.
We’ll reclaim a little of the life we already have.
We’ll get a good night’s sleep.
We’ll eat slowly and enjoy our food.
We’ll take walks in special places that will connect us to nature, to our roots, to other extraordinary women, and to the world around us.
We’ll have time for real relaxation, for the sauna and the hot tub.
We’ll play, we’ll laugh, and we might even be silent for a while…
We’ll talk about those things that rarely find a place in our everyday conversations.
Two special sessions
1. “The Six-Armed Shiva”
How to Stop Trying to Be Everything to Everyone
with Anastasia Stoyanova-Dragoeva
We don’t plan to hold training sessions, but we’ve prepared two carefully crafted sessions that will help us look at our lives a little more honestly and with much more kindness.
So many women live like the six-armed Shiva – trying to juggle everything at once and not let anyone down, and when they finally choose themselves, guilt sets in almost immediately.
In this session, we’ll look at our lives from a different perspective – at the roles we play, the way we show up in the lives
of those around us, and the choices we make every day.
We’ll discover how a different perspective on the same reality can create more space for peace of mind, enable those around us to realize their own potential, and help us enjoy the life we already have more fully.
2.“You Already Have It”
How to Free Your Life from the Unnecessary and See Everything That’s Already There
with Maria Stoeva
When something in our lives feels like a burden, our first impulse is often to add more – a new plan, another diet, more steps, even more effort but sometimes the solution isn’t in doing more.
Sometimes it starts with letting go of the excess and seeing what we already have but have stopped noticing.
In this session, we’ll look at our lives in a different way and leave with less weight and more clarity.
DisruptHR Sofia vol. 7 “Good old times”
Why “GOOD old times”?
Because we’re all tired of business events that only talk about THE FUTURE.
The skills of the future.
The jobs of the future.
The technologies of the future.
The future, the future, the future…
When the past has so much to teach us.
Sometimes we feel as if we are living in a huge foreign land.
WE WANT TO SPEAK IN PURE BULGARIAN FOR ONE EVENING.
Let’s remember how we lived in those old days, when we didn’t just communicate, but truly connected.
When we knew that resources weren’t endless and we took care of our toys, clothes, and “connections”; when life wasn’t as comfortable as it is now…
But that’s why it taught us so much.
October 8, JOY Station will be waiting for us with 700 seats.
Disrupt will not be an event. It’s going to be a whole FESTIVAL.
We’re going to have the biggest, most comprehensive, most diverse, most interesting, and the most Bulgarian event yet.
Past Highlights
These events already happened – but they shaped what’s next.
Excellevate Masterclasses
Positive Habits to Supercharge Your Performance
with Kat Thorne
Revenue Growth Management (RGM)
with Kristijan Matijasevic & Andrea Krkac
DisruptHR Sofia
DISRUPT HR SOFIA: The First Five Acts
The story so far. Loud. Bold. Sold out. Always.
DisruptHR Sofia didn’t gently “arrive” on the local scene. It crashed the doors, grabbed the mic, and asked the room one simple question:
“Ready to rethink HR, or should we bring the defibrillator?”
Since then, four editions later, the movement has turned into a full-scale phenomenon. Packed halls. Wild topics. Speakers who dare. And communities that actually show up. Every. Single. Time.
Here’s the quick tour through the chaos we proudly call progress:
Vol. 1: “HR is Dead! Long Live HR!”
The pilot that didn’t feel like a pilot.
14 speakers. 8 sponsors. 6 media partners. Sold out tickets and a packed hall.
Tickets vanished faster than PTO after a payroll delay. It was messy, loud, and absolutely unforgettable. HR officially woke up. Our goal was to provoke people to start thinking and talking about working with people in a new way.
Vol. 2: “Now This is Art…”
By the second edition, the room already knew the drill. In this edition, we wanted to show people that art comes in different forms and topics, and it was a ballet show, but with white sneakers.
Five-minute talks. 20 slides that flip every 15 seconds. No ads. No fluff.
Just pure adrenaline from the stage. 600 people in the hall.
This one proved something important. HR isn’t just business. It’s art… with better snacks and maybe some banitsa.
Vol. 3: “What a Circus!”
Here’s the twist. Calling it a circus wasn’t a metaphor. We didn’t want people to take themselves too seriously. The energy, the topics, the crowd. The chaos that somehow makes perfect sense. Networking partners jumped in, sponsors levelled up, and the audience… well, the audience acted like they bought tickets for Beyoncé.
350 attendees. 3/3 sold out Toplocentrala. This wasn’t another disrupt experience. People weren’t only watching, but living it.
Vol. 4: “Rockstars”
The fourth edition totally got us out of our comfort zone. It threw the event into orbit.
The rock business show that inspired people to be rockstars as leaders, mentors, HR’s and people. 11 speakers. 7 sponsors. 3 networking partners. 3 media partners.
350 attendees again, packed shoulder to shoulder.
It was loud. Electric. Larger than life. A true headline show. We even finished it by bringing a motorcycle into the hall.
Vol. 5: “Hidden Treasures”
The fifth edition featured a stronger program than ever before.
We came together around the idea that there are far too many hidden treasures in our lives – untapped resources, potential, and capacity that we can discover…
We introduced entirely new formats for audience participation. The audience wasn’t an audience – it was an active participant. The event was profound, meaningful, deeply human, and inspiring.
Sometimes the most valuable ideas don’t shout.
They quietly wait for someone to discover them.
Five Editions Later…
DisruptHR Sofia has gathered over 70 speakers, thousands of engaged professionals, and a community that grows faster than the slide timer on the big screen.
We talk about work, people, tech, and culture in a way that actually sounds human.
We break clichés instead of repeating them.
We challenge the status quo instead of decorating it. We’re teaching people something and doing it faster than ever before.
And we’re just getting started… ⚡️