Jurisdictions — UK, Nigeria, USA, Singapore & more
Our Story
Not another HR course.
ACU
Grant-backed
150+
Pilot users
56
Commonwealth nations
"Why are HR professionals still being trained the same way they were in 2005?"
That question haunted Dr. Marvellous Gberevbie for years. As a faculty member at Covenant University, Nigeria, she watched talented HR professionals leave training programmes with certificates — and return to their desks exactly as they had left them. Armed with knowledge but not instinct. Equipped with frameworks but not confidence.
She explored every platform available. She found the same formula everywhere: slides, videos, multiple-choice questions. Content about HR, delivered to passive recipients. Safe. Generic. Built for completion rates, not capability.
"The best HR professionals are not the ones who know the most policies. They are the ones who can think clearly, act ethically, and lead with confidence in the moments that matter."
Dr. Marvellous A. C. Gberevbie · Founder
So she built what did not exist. Not a content library. Not a quiz platform. Something genuinely different — a professional development experience that put HR practitioners inside real decisions, forced them to think under pressure, and gave them the tools, the language and the confidence to handle the hardest moments of the job.
The first version was built at Covenant University under the ACU HR in Higher Education Community Grant, tested with over 150 HR and administrative staff. The feedback was unanimous: this felt like real professional development, not another box to tick.
HR Playhouse Hub is now growing beyond Nigeria — reaching practitioners in the UK, Singapore, the Caribbean and across the Commonwealth. Playhouse because the best learning is active, not passive. Hub because no HR professional should figure this out alone.
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Evidence, not opinion
CIPD, SHRM, Gallup and multi-jurisdiction law throughout.
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Learning by doing
32 case studies, 12 games, a final project you actually use.
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Built for the world
UK, Nigeria, USA, Singapore, China and Hong Kong law.
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DEIB throughout
In every level, case and checklist — not a standalone module.
Try a sample question from the platform
An employee raises a grievance the day before their performance review. What should you do first?
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Select an answer to see the explanation
✓ Correct — well done
The grievance and the review are separate processes. Acknowledging the grievance formally protects both parties and avoids any perception of victimisation. The review can proceed on its original date.
The grievance and the review must be treated as entirely separate processes. Acknowledging the grievance formally in writing protects both parties. The review proceeds — postponing it could be seen as a management response to the grievance itself.
A structured path through every stage of your HR career — each level builds on the last, and every lesson is designed to be used on Monday morning, not just passed on Friday afternoon.
HR Directors, CHROs and those building executive-level people strategy — thinking at the intersection of HR, organisational design and business performance.
What you will learn
HR analytics, data literacy and people metrics
AI in HR — ethics, adoption and governance
Future of work and agile HR models
Board-level HR strategy and culture leadership
Capstone
A final HR Strategy Proposal — a real-world deliverable you can add to your professional portfolio.
On completion
🏆Level 4 Certificate + Final Project grade
Not sure where to start?
Begin at Level 1 — it is free, it is not basic, and it will tell you exactly where you are.
Dr. Marvellous Gberevbie is an HR practitioner, academic, and experience designer whose career spans both the theory and reality of HR in higher education. As a faculty member at Covenant University, Nigeria, she has spent years observing the gap between how HR is taught and how it is actually practised — particularly in African and Commonwealth institutions where HR capacity is most urgently needed.
Her research focuses on Sustainable Human Resource Management — how organisations can build HR systems that are not just legally compliant but genuinely human-centred, equitable, and capable of adapting to the pace of change in the modern workplace. This research underpins every level of the HR Playhouse Hub.
The HR Playhouse Hub was developed under the ACU HR in HE Community Grant 2025–2026 — a competitive grant awarded to projects that advance HR practice across Commonwealth higher education institutions. It is the platform she wished had existed when she was beginning her own HR career.
Select the statement that best describes where you are right now. We will suggest which level to start with.
I am new to HR or just starting out
Less than 2 years experience · Studying or just qualified · Career changer
I handle day-to-day HR but want more depth
2–5 years experience · HR officer or advisor · Managing processes confidently
I am stepping into HR leadership
5–10 years experience · HR manager or HRBP · Influencing beyond my team
I am at director or senior strategic level
10+ years · HR Director or CHRO · Sitting at the board or wanting to
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Select a statement on the left to see your recommended starting point
Your recommended start
Level 1 HR Foundations
This is where every great HR career begins — not with policies, but with instinct. You will build the professional identity and core frameworks that everything else builds on. It is free, it is not basic, and it will change how you see the job.
You know the basics. Level 2 gives you the operational mastery and legal confidence to handle the situations that actually keep HR professionals awake at night — disciplinaries, grievances, performance, compliance. With six jurisdictions covered.
You are ready to lead, not just manage. Level 3 builds the strategic thinking, change management and DEIB capability that separates great HR practitioners from good ones. Built for the step up — not just the step along.
You are already leading. Level 4 is about what happens at the intersection of HR, organisational design and the future of work — AI ethics, people analytics, agile HR models, and the final Strategy Proposal that proves you can operate at board level.
Progressively deeper learning levels, each building on the last
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Final HR Strategy Proposal — a portfolio piece you keep and use
The platform is structured around five career stages. Wherever you are today — newcomer or near the top — there is a level built for exactly where you are, and a path forward to where you want to be.
Level 1
The Newcomer
Just entering HR. Building foundations, professional identity, and understanding what this profession really means.
TrustHR BasicsCulture
Level 2
The Practitioner
Running the processes. Hiring, performance, absence, retention — building operational credibility day by day.
HiringPerformanceRetention
Level 3
The Strategist
Aligning HR to business goals. Analytics, succession planning, leadership development, and HR strategy design.
AnalyticsSuccessionStrategy
Level 4
The Innovator
Shaping the future of work. AI in HR, gamification, agile structures, gig economy, and ethical technology leadership.
AI in HRFuture WorkEX Design
CHRO Level
The Leader
At the executive table. Shaping organizational culture, people strategy, and the future of how your organization treats its people.
Board VoiceOrg CultureLegacy
The Platform
Seven tools. One complete HR ecosystem.
Research, games, real cases, legal guidance, and AI support — everything you need to go from knowing about HR to practising it with real confidence.
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Core Learning
HR Learning Module
Four progressive levels — Foundations through Innovation. Detailed topic content grounded in CIPD and academic research, with embedded case studies and interactive games.
4 levels · 12 topics · 12 games
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Applied Learning
Case Study Vault
32 original HR case studies. Real decisions, pause-and-reflect moments, outcome analysis, and application questions — the kind of learning that sticks.
32 cases · 8 topics · 3 difficulty levels
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Practical Reference
Everyday HR Playbook
10 situation guides for the HR moments that matter. Step-by-step actions, template language, and legal checklists for UK, Nigeria, USA, Singapore, China and Hong Kong.
10 guides · 6 jurisdictions
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AI-Powered
AI HR Support
Instant, research-backed answers to your HR questions. Ask about policy, practice, law, or strategy — and get evidence-based responses, not generic advice.
Research-backed · 24/7
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Future Focus
Virtual Innovation Lab
Explore the cutting edge — AI ethics in hiring, gamification design, agile people practices, and the future of work in an experiment-led interactive environment.
AI ethics · Agile HR · Future of work
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Your Progress
Personal Dashboard
Track your progress across all four levels, access completed courses, review your case study responses, and manage your final HR Strategy Proposal.
Progress · History · Submissions
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Open Access
Resources Library
Free HR policy toolkits, benchmarking reports, workshop materials, and template packs — produced for the ACU HR in HE Community and open to all practitioners.
8 resources · Free · ACU endorsed
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Work Tracking SaaS
ClockIQ
Browser-based time tracking and project management for Nigerian teams and SMEs. No installation. Works on any device. Built for the Nigerian context — NGN pricing, local compliance.
thehrplayhousehub.org · A sister product
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Research foundations
CIPD Profession Map·SHRM Standards·Gallup Research·ACAS Code·Academic Peer Review·Multi-jurisdiction Employment Law
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Also from HR Playhouse Hub
ClockIQ — Work tracking for Nigerian teams
Track hours, manage projects, report on your workforce. Browser-based, no installation, built for Nigeria. From NGN 15,000/month.
Every HR professional faces moments that no textbook quite prepares you for. These are the situations our case studies, games and playbooks are built around.
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The disciplinary that could go either way
A manager wants an employee dismissed. HR thinks the process was flawed. The employee is a union member. You have 24 hours to advise. What do you do?
In the platform
Case Study 7 · Level 2 · Nigerian Labour Act context included
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The restructure no one wants to talk about
The organisation is cutting 20% of staff. You are told to make it look like voluntary redundancy. Legally and ethically, what are your obligations — and your limits?
In the platform
Case Study 14 · Level 3 · Change management + ethics
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The DEIB conversation the CEO asked for
Your CEO has just announced a DEIB initiative after a public incident. You have been asked to lead it. Where do you actually start when the pressure is on and everyone is watching?
In the platform
Case Study 22 · Level 3 · DEIB strategy design
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Performance management that nobody trusts
The annual appraisal process has a 40% completion rate and managers hate it. You need to redesign it in 6 weeks. What does a system people will actually use look like?
In the platform
Case Study 9 · Level 2 · Performance frameworks
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The grievance everyone knows about but nobody filed
A senior manager has been creating a toxic atmosphere for two years. Staff are leaving. Nothing has been formally raised. You have heard enough. What are your options?
In the platform
Case Study 5 · Level 2 · Employee relations
32 more situations like these.
Every case study includes a pause-and-reflect moment, an outcome analysis, and application questions that make it impossible to just scroll through.
Across 8 HR topic areas — recruitment, performance, DEIB, strategy, conflict, wellbeing, future of work, and more.
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Jurisdictions covered
UK, Nigeria, USA, Singapore, China, and Hong Kong employment law in every Playbook entry.
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Live gamified activities
Embedded directly — no external links, no downloads. Play them right in the learning module.
100%
DEIB integrated
Woven throughout every level, every case, every game, and every legal checklist — not an afterthought.
Also from HR Playhouse Hub
Managing a team in Nigeria? Meet ClockIQ.
The simple, browser-based work tracking platform built specifically for Nigerian SMEs and growing teams. Track hours, manage projects, report on your workforce — no installation, no complexity, no surprises.
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Works on any device including smartphones — no app download
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NGN pricing and Nigerian payroll cycles built in
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Project management, leave tracking and HR-ready reports
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Built and supported in Nigeria by the HR Playhouse Hub team
📧 Email contact@thehrplayhousehub.org with subject: ClockIQ Enquiry
What people say
Real people. Real results.
These are not paid reviews. These are HR professionals who used the platform and told us what they found — unedited.
150+
Pilot users at Covenant University
4
Countries represented in feedback
5★
Average satisfaction score
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Adaeze O.
HR Business Partner Lagos, Nigeria
Case Study Vault
"I have attended CIPM workshops, in-house HR training, and online courses. Nothing has come close to this. The case studies put you inside real situations — a grievance you have to handle, a disciplinary that could go wrong, a culture problem no one wants to name. You cannot just pick an answer. You have to think. And when you think, you grow. I finished Level 1 and went back to my desk and did my job differently. That is the test."
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Samira C.
People Operations Lead London, UK
HR Playbook · Legal Checklists
"I was managing a redundancy process for the first time and felt completely out of my depth. I opened the Playbook at 9pm the night before the first consultation meeting. It walked me through every step — what to say, what not to say, what the law requires, what good practice looks like. I got through that process without a single grievance. I have since recommended this platform to every HR professional I know. It is the senior colleague you do not always have access to."
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Kai T.
Global HR Manager Singapore
Multi-jurisdiction · AI HR Support
"I manage people across five countries. Every time I face an employment law question, I used to spend hours searching across different sources — GOV.UK, MOM Singapore, different legal blogs. The Playbook changed that. UK and Singapore employment law side by side, covering the same HR situation. And when I have a question the Playbook does not answer, the AI Support gives me a research-backed response in seconds. This is built for people who do real HR in the real world."
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Rachel M.
Early-Career HR Advisor Manchester, UK
Level 1 · HR Foundations
"I am two years into my HR career and I had started to wonder if I was cut out for it. I was doing the work but I did not feel like a professional. I started Level 1 on a Sunday afternoon, not expecting much. Three hours later I was still going. It was not basic. It challenged assumptions I had already formed, gave me frameworks that actually made sense, and for the first time I felt like someone had built something specifically for where I am — not for a textbook version of an HR person. I finally feel like I belong in this profession."
"When the platform was introduced to our team as part of the pilot, I was sceptical. I have seen many e-learning tools come and go. But this one is different — it understands the Nigerian university context. The language is not foreign. The cases reflect things we actually deal with: Federal Character, promotion disputes, staff welfare. I completed Level 2 last week and I have already shared what I learned in our departmental meeting. My team is asking when they can start."
Partners & Sponsors
Built with the support of leading institutions.
HR Playhouse Hub was developed with the support of organisations committed to advancing professional development, academic excellence, and global access to HR education.
Confirmed partners
Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) — Grant Sponsor, and Covenant University, Nigeria — First Host Institution. Both active and confirmed.
4 prospective partners in conversation
KAINOS Edge Consulting, GrapeVine360, Hebron Startup Lab and DoubleYou Centre — discussions ongoing for programme delivery, referrals and content partnerships.
CPD recognition coming
Advanced discussions with a leading HR professional body to offer verified CPD hours. Announcement expected before September 2026.
Grant Sponsor
Association of Commonwealth Universities
The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) awarded HR Playhouse Hub a competitive HR in Higher Education Community Grant — backing the development of the platform and its deployment across Commonwealth institutions. Without the ACU, this platform would not exist.
Covenant University, Ota, Nigeria served as the first host institution for HR Playhouse Hub — providing the academic environment, staff cohort, and institutional infrastructure for the platform's initial development and pilot programme.
Host InstitutionNigeriaPilot ProgrammeAcademic Research
We are in advanced discussions with a leading HR professional body to offer verified CPD hours to practitioners who complete our learning levels. Members will earn recognised CPD credit directly on the platform.
Born from the merger of Edward Kingston Associates and SoftSkills Management Consultants, KAINOS Edge is a Lagos-based management consulting firm with over 10 years advising public and private sector organisations on Markets, Governance, Capacity and Technology. Chaired by Laoye Jaiyeola, former CEO of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, and led by Doyin Salami, former Chief Economic Adviser to the President of Nigeria. Has trained FAAN management and serves government entities and corporates across Nigeria. A UN Global Compact participant since 2015.
People-Centric Digital Transformation · UK & Nigeria
GrapeVine360 Solutions
A UK-registered business transformation firm (Companies House 09684591, Brentwood, Essex) founded in 2015 by Managing Partner Femi Olukoya. GrapeVine360 drives business outcomes through People Solutions, Insight & Strategy and Technology. Their subsidiaries span data and customer experience, education, finance, healthcare and lifestyle — offering a 360-degree approach to transformation. Recently supported diaspora Nigerian investment initiatives in partnership with financial institutions across the UK.
People SolutionsDigital TransformationUK · Nigeria
West Africa's first university-based startup incubator, hosted by Covenant University and located on the 3rd floor of the CUCRID Building, Ota. Founded in 2016, Hebron runs two acceleration programmes per year, accepting 7 startups per cohort at pre-seed and seed stage. Alumni include PiggyVest. Its mission is to take ideas from concept to product to market — transforming research outcomes from students, faculty and alumni into viable companies. A natural institutional partner given our shared Covenant University home.
An Abuja-based EdTech organisation focused on learning through games and stories. Founded by CEO Israel Yabkwa, DoubleYou Centre makes lifelong learning and technology fun, simple and profitable — with a Nigerian community of over 1,000 learners. Their games-based learning philosophy closely mirrors the HR Playhouse Hub approach, making this a natural partnership for combining professional HR development with innovative, playful learning design and delivery.
We work with HR associations, universities, and organisations who want to support the development of the next generation of HR professionals. Get in touch to discuss partnership opportunities.
Expert HR for organisations that want to get it right.
Beyond the platform, we work directly with organisations — from startups to universities to government bodies — to design, build, and transform their HR practice. Evidence-based, practical, and built around your specific context.
🇳🇬 Nigeria🇬🇧 United Kingdom🌍 Remote & on-site
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HR Strategy & Organisational Design
Building people strategies that are genuinely aligned to your business goals.
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Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning
Structured, fair, and effective hiring processes at every level.
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DEIB Programmes & Culture Change
Moving beyond representation numbers to genuine inclusion and belonging.
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Performance Management Systems
Designing performance frameworks people actually use — and trust.
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HR Policy Development & Compliance
Policies that are legally sound, clearly written, and practically usable.
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Leadership & Management Development
Building the management capability that drives every other HR outcome.
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Employee Relations & Conflict Resolution
Navigating complex ER situations fairly, legally, and with minimal disruption.
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HR Audits & Diagnostics
An independent assessment of where your HR practice is strong — and where it isn't.
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Learning & Development Strategy
Building L&D that develops people, not just ticks a training box.
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Change Management & Transformation
Supporting organisations through restructures, mergers, and cultural transformation.
We work with🏢 SMEs & Growing Businesses🚀 Startups & Scale-ups🏛 Government & Public Sector🎓 Universities & Academic Institutions🌱 NGOs & Non-profits
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If there's a fit, we'll schedule a no-obligation discovery conversation
From there, we'll propose an approach and scope that matches your needs and budget
Why organisations work with us
Evidence-based practice — every recommendation is grounded in HR research and employment law, not just experience
Multi-jurisdiction expertise across Nigeria and the UK — we understand both contexts deeply
We don't just advise — we build things that work in your specific organisational context
DEIB is not an add-on in our work — it is embedded in every piece of HR strategy and policy we design
Join HR professionals from the UK, Nigeria, Singapore, and beyond who are building genuinely better HR practice — one level, one case study, one decision at a time.