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Workplace Transformation Keynote
Daniel provides a radical new framework for thinking about AI, and discusses how organisations can practically adopt these technologies and avoid being seduced by the hype. He argues that whilst these technologies are incredible at creating growth and streamlining operations, for companies to stay innovative they need to also use AI to unlock the creative capacity of their workforce. Daniel also covers the macro impact these technologies may have over the coming decades.
Employee Experience
Wellbeing Panel discussion
L&D Workshop
Responsible Business
Workplace Transformation Fireside chat
Internal Comms Panel
Wellbeing Fireside chat
Explore the dynamic nature of workplace wellbeing and the diverse perspectives of stakeholders involved. This session will delve into specific factors that can influence workplace wellbeing, emphasising measurable aspects and offering insights on how businesses can proactively contribute.
This interactive session will delve into additional facets, fostering a deeper understanding of the subject. The audience is encouraged to reflect on these insights and explore avenues for enhancing wellbeing within their respective companies. This multifaceted approach ensures a holistic grasp of the changing dynamics in workplace wellbeing and inspires actionable steps for organisational betterment.
L&D CIPD session
Readily-accessible generative AI is poised to reshape job roles and skills. Future-proof your organisation with insights on what L&D strategies should be adopted to meet evolving skill demands and to harness AI for upskilling and reskilling.
Responsible Business
Employee Experience Case study
In 2024 chances are high that your People team is looking to hire, keep great talents in the business, or develop, up- and re-skill employees. Cracking the code of successful talent management and employer branding is a much-discussed topic, but how do you unlock what’s important to your workforce?
In this session you will gain insight into:
EDI
Workplace Transformation Keynote Also livestreamed onsite
Television presenter, journalist, and media personality, Stacey specialises in social-issue-themed television documentaries and was appointed a MBE for services to broadcasting. She will speak on a variety of hard-hitting subjects including modern slavery, mental health, ESG and gender equality.
Workplace Transformation
In today's rapidly evolving business landscape, the ability to adapt to change is paramount for organisational success. This presentation explores the contrasting approaches of companies that thrive by fostering a culture of change versus those relying solely on change programs. Attendees will gain insights into the dynamics of organisational culture, leadership strategies, and the role of change initiatives in driving sustainable transformation. By understanding these nuances, participants will be equipped to navigate their organisations through change effectively by cultivating adaptable cultures rather than one off change programs.
Internal Comms
Employee Experience CIPD session
Wellbeing CIPD session
Is it time to start practicing what we preach? HR practitioners are often busy ensuring employee health and wellbeing stays on the agenda, and developing strategies and interventions to address any issue. But should this be to the detriment of our own self-care? Our session explores how people professionals can prioritise and role model self-care, and the impact this has on overall employee wellbeing.
L&D Presentation
A thought-provoking discussion exploring the delicate dance between decision-making and information gathering and help us unravel the paradox that challenges us to navigate the fine line between decisive action and the pursuit of knowledge.
Deciding to hastily risks incomplete understanding, while excessive information seeking may lead to indecision.
How does organisational culture, or the preferences of our leaders and people, potentially impact our ability to navigate this opportunity.
Responsible Business CIPD session Panel
Join the CIPD Trust and their expert panel to learn more about supporting refugees to translate their skills to the UK and flourish in work.
EDI
Workplace Transformation Panel discussion
Internal Comms Masterclass
Employee Experience Case study
Long-standing career advice and axioms are fast losing validity in the workplace of 2024, as new technologies gain ground and people across the UK strive to redefine the place of work in their lives. What were once regarded as privileges are now priorities, and employees are increasingly emboldened to make their voices heard. All of which makes listening to their opinions imperative for HR and payroll leaders.
In this session you will hear insights into a range of topics that matter to UK workers, including:
Wellbeing Presentation
The Gender Health Gap, where women experience poorer health outcomes than men, is still prevalent across the UK. It is impacting women’s physical and mental health in their personal lives, but it is also having a significant effect on women in the workplace.
This session will explore it’s impact on women’s professional development, the discriminations they are experiencing and how employers can better support their health and wellbeing, to close the Gap for good.
L&D Workshop
Only you can change your company culture. But why should you want to? The bottom line. What have wellbeing at work, mental health days, and toxic corporate culture got to do with the bottom line? What matters for profitability is productivity, sales, competitiveness, margins, right? Exactly. How productive is a team whose physical wellbeing is poor? How strong are sales when the sales team are off on mental health days? How competitive is a company where management and leadership are not aligned? Join this workshop and gain insight into:
Responsible Business
AI is reshaping the world of work yet for many it is still shrouded in mystery. Join us to learn how organisations can embrace transparency to ensure AI integrations and their benefits are visible and understood. We’ll cover employee expectations, driving buy-in through transparency and the importance of responsible AI.
EDI
Workplace Transformation
Want to explore how to revolutionise your traditional HR operations with a people-first approach? This session will reveal how to make your c-suite sit up, listen up, and truly understand the value of investing in people for better business outcomes. This isn’t about Human Resources, it’s about Human Success. Delve into inspirational insights to help you to become the change, energizing and motivating you to join the Human Success movement. Discover how to transform your approach to HR and ignite a new era of success.
Internal Comms
Discover what an employee experience gap looks like and the impact it can have on your workforce.
Learn how to bridge this gap by clearing communication roadblocks.
Discover which tools will improve and enhance engagement with your team.
Find out why focusing on outcomes over activity helps employees curate their journey.
Employee Experience Case study
Wellbeing Panel discussion
L&D
Responsible Business CIPD session
The Post Office/Horizon scandal showed how damaging over-trustfulness in technology can be. As AI becomes more embedded in digital HR solutions, how can people professionals use them responsibly? In this session we share AI governance and assurance approaches to derisk and build trust in AI in HR.
EDI Case study
What adjustments can be made to ensure every mind is included?
What benefits could neurodiversity bring to the workplace and what are the risks to businesses and individuals of not being neuro inclusive?
How to better understand neurodivergent conditions and how they affect ways of working.
Training line managers on best practice and working alongside staff with neurodiversity to create an inclusive culture
Workplace Transformation Keynote Also livestreamed onsite
Alex, the first female Chief Executive of a major UK broadcaster, has transformed Channel 4 into a digital-first public media company. In this fireside chat she will discuss the pressures of leadership, and why it's important to create an honest and open culture. She'll also discuss the key principles behind embedding diversity, inclusion and equity in your organisation.
Workplace Transformation Presentation
In this thought-provoking talk, Prudence Pitter will share relatable scenarios, highlight challenges leaders face, and emphasize ways leaders can shift their mindset from leadership survival to being a role model for thriving in the workplace. Learn ways to navigate the inevitable changes that occur in the workplace, build resilience, and focus on emotional intelligence and psychological safety. During the discussion, attendees will also learn ways to stay connected to and improve the organisation’s culture. Learn tips and tricks to:
Internal Comms
Low engagement not only drains employee morale and productivity but also significantly affects retention – costing the global economy trillions. Despite the high priority many businesses place on employee engagement, the majority of solutions fail to address the specific needs of frontline workers. To get to the root of the problem, we spoke directly with frontline workers, gaining invaluable insights into their needs and perspectives.
Join HR technology expert Luke Boshoff, as he explores these raw frontline perspectives and shares actionable insights for you, including:
Employee Experience
Wellbeing Presentation
L&D
In a world where leaders are faced with mounting expectations and ever-expanding job roles, identifying those best placed for success is becoming more and more complex. Do success profiles really work? Should you focus on capability, skill, mindset or personality? How do you move past ‘words on a wall’ to create true value for the business? During this session, we’ll dig into the data and make sense of the noise to examine the foundations of effective leadership and simplify the complex world of success profiles.
Responsible Business Panel
EDI CIPD session
“DEI must DIE” according to one high-profile figure, but to what extent is a growing backlash toward equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) genuine, and what lies at the root cause of growing disengagement? Many of the disengaged would argue EDI has become too complex. But is there now an opportunity to take note, understand and learn from these challenges to simplify the focus of EDI to a set of equalities principles and measures?
Workplace Transformation
Internal Comms CIPD session
Transparent and honest communication is fundamental to establishing a psychologically safe environment and culture. It’s also a critical component to building interpersonal trust and supporting a healthy functioning workplace. But what does it take to build psychological safety in organisations and why is it critical when it comes to delivering difficult conversations?
Employee Experience Presentation
Wellbeing Masterclass
L&D
Responsible Business
EDI
Workplace Transformation Lightning Talks
Case study 1 The new HR playbook – HR transformation in the digital age
The presentation will overview proven, practical frameworks to navigate a successful HR transformation that supports your organisation in remaining competitive in the digital era. Successful HR transformation requires a holistic approach that combines people, processes, and technology to create a more agile, efficient, and strategic HR function that aligns with the organisation's goals.
Case Study 2 - Building a digital community for employee engagement
An HR-driven initiative with wide-ranging impact that changed how employees dispersed in time and space connect with each other and strengthened organisational belonging.
Internal Comms Masterclass
Employee Experience Presentation
Wellbeing Presentation
From widespread discrimination masked by abusive NDAs to the childcare crisis, mothers across the UK have had enough of being sidelined and stereotyped in the workplace. We’re demanding change. This session will explore the shocking (and to the working mothers amongst us, the shockingly familiar) reality of how the motherhood penalty affects women’s working lives, what we can do about it, and how you can help.
L&D
Responsible Business
EDI
Workplace Transformation Panel discussion
Internal Comms Masterclass
Employee Experience CIPD session
We all have different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives, which mean that we often see the world in different ways. Perhaps more so at a time of heightened political and socio-economic tension. Even minor disagreements between people can fester and escalate if it’s not addressed and resolved at the earliest opportunity. So how should people professionals manage conflict in the modern workplace?
L&D Presentation CIPD session
Stay ahead of the curve and explore some of the hottest topics and emerging themes shaping the future of Learning and Development.
Responsible Business Panel discussion
Join the CIPD Trust and their expert panel to learn more about what we’re doing to support women with convictions enter and progress in the workplace.
Wellbeing CIPD session
Presenteeism remains widespread in our workplaces, with more than 87% of people observing displays of presenteeism over the last year. Furthermore two-thirds have observed some sort of leavism. But are acts of presenteeism and leavism solely a wellbeing issue or are do they offer us a critical indicator of a wider organisational challenge?
Workplace Transformation
Presentation
Join the CIPD Trust and their expert panel to learn more about what we’re doing to support women with convictions enter and progress in the workplace.
Wellbeing Presentation
This session delves into why investing in the mental well-being of your managers, and in training to enable them to support their teams with mental well-being is crucial for organisational impact. 69% of people say their manager has the biggest impact on their mental well-being next to their partner, and 43% say their manager is the reason why they leave their job. We highlight strategies to foster mental well-being within organisations, emphasising the financial and organisational benefits of involving and empowering managers in this aspect.
L&D Presentation
How leaders show up – whether from a mindset of growth or survival and the climate they may create is key to enabling performance and fuelling engagement in operational delivery. In this interactive session we share why Virgin Atlantic are supporting Virgin Atlantic’s leaders to develop their mindset and self-awareness, enabling curiosity and personal growth. We will share research that illustrates how our mindset is critical to leadership effectiveness and a client story. We will encourage you also to reflect on how your mindset influences how you show up whether at work or at home because mindset really does matter!
Responsible Business
Employee Experience
Internal Comms
SEEDL surveyed 3,900 direct reports asking them to define their line manager’s communication style (Instructive through to Coaching) then mapping staff turnover to the managers results. The results showed there’s a direct link between the line manager’s communication style and their staff turnover. The results will give the audience a clearer understanding of which styles of communication they may wish to develop to help staff retention. The session will also look at creating a ‘human elastic band’ where we demonstrate the ‘tension’ pulling managers to their ‘preferred comfort zone style’ and the risk of doing so.
Workplace Transformation Presentation
69% of employees will go the extra mile if they feel their work is appreciated. Think about that for a moment. When employees are engaged, not only does morale improve, but companies see better retention, higher productivity, and even up to 21% higher profitability rates. Despite this, leaders frequently fall into the same traps when trying to boost engagement, particularly with frontline workers.
This session will explore the mistakes and how you can avoid them to create an employee engagement strategy that gets results. By the end of this session, you will know:
Employee Experience Case study
L&D
Responsible Business
EDI
Workplace Transformation CIPD session
There has been an upsurge in industrial action across some sectors over the last year as a result of the cost-of-living crisis and a challenging labour market. These tensions are unlikely to be resolved any time soon as businesses also seek to boost adoption of technology and new ways of working, which will place a greater onus on effective change management and employee consultation. So is it time for an employment relations reset with a greater focus on consultation and partnership between employers, workers and trade unions?
Internal Comms Fireside chat
Employee Experience Presentation
Wellbeing
L&D
With the rapid evolution of technology, challenging market conditions and the shifts in workers’ expectations for a more flexible work-life fusion, embedding learning and development into organisation strategy has never been more challenging.
You will gain insights on how staff training needs to be re-imagined as businesses must balance the skills they need in the ‘here and now’ and planning ahead for the future, with staff engagement at the heart of their approach. Join this interactive session for thought-provoking conversation and explore how to deliver greater impact through learning and upskilling, from technical skills to leadership and management.
Responsible Business CIPD session
If pay transparency is good for workplace fairness, why isn’t everyone doing it? The reality is that any move to increase transparency within organisations isn’t without trade-offs. So why should businesses consider it? Join our session to explore the case for pay transparency, the value it can bring and the practical implications that you need to consider.
EDI
Workplace Transformation CIPD session
Internal Comms
Employee Experience
Wellbeing Fireside chat
L&D
Responsible Business
EDI CIPD session
Is neurodiversity part of your equality, diversity and inclusion strategy? Research from CIPD/Uptimize suggests that just one-third of neurodivergent employees feel their organisation provides meaningful support to neurodivergent individuals. So, what does your organisation stand to gain by embracing neurodiversity and what support can people professionals play in making the workplace more neuroinclusive?
Workplace Transformation Panel discussion
Internal Comms CIPD session
Crisis events like natural disasters, war or the COVID-19 pandemic have a serious impact on people’s lives and on organisations. So how can you best support and manage the workforce during times of crisis?
Employee Experience Presentation
Attracting and retaining the right people can be challenging in today’s modern workforce. With talent shortages, changing expectations and new ways of working attraction, retention, and development are key. We will explore how technology can help you enhance your people processes to connect and engage with employees and recognise life events. Understanding the impact of the employee cycle means you can retain people through their journey.
Wellbeing Presentation
Amid the nonstop turbulence of the past four years, employers have made big strides in supporting employee mental health. But according to Calm’s 2024 Voice of the Workplace Report, 69% of employees say their mental health stayed the same or got worse over the past year. Because mental health is the foundation of your workforce’s ability to be engaged, productive, and creative, mental health support is no longer a “nice-to-have” benefit–it is critical to an organization’s ability to succeed. It’s time to re-evaluate your wellness strategy and evolve not just benefits, but workplace culture.
This session will explore:
L&D Presentation
In this session we will take a look how the demand for instructor led training has changed since the pandemic. We will discuss where technology is today and where it is going, to deliver AI driven, hybrid learning in the workplace.
Responsible Business
In this session, Tom will introduce a forward-thinking approach to tackle talent shortages and suggest innovative strategies for sustained growth. He will emphasise the importance of tapping into global talent pools while adapting to the rise of remote work. By embracing international hiring and leveraging AI, companies can streamline operations and encourage creativity among its workforce. Tom will also explore how these strategies could shape companies' futures, paving the way for long-term success.
EDI
Internal Comms Panel
Wellbeing Debate
EDI
Workplace Transformation Presentation Also livestreamed onsite
In a career that encompasses the UN, Google, Facebook and SpaceX, as well as political speechwriting, Dex offers a rare insight into the intersection of governance, technology, leadership and society. Building on his experience working on some of the most challenging global issues of our time, he explores important questions of innovation, responsibility and values facing the leaders and organisations of the future.
Workplace Transformation
Internal Comms
Employee Experience Presentation
At a time when demand for talent is high, pay equity can drive employee engagement and reduce talent turnover, while being transparent can build trust and loyalty. Find out how you can progress your data-led pay equity journey while adding real benefits to your organisation wherever you are in the process.
Wellbeing Presentation
L&D Presentation
90% of middle managers agree that it is critical to have good front-line managers, and yet less than 5% of front-line managers report being developed as leaders.
But you’ve invested in a great a leadership competency framework. What gives?
Responsible Business
EDI Presentation
Workplace Transformation Presentation
People of influence are thermostats. Their mood, energy and attitude set the temperature for those around them. So what temperature are you setting? In this engaging, entertaining, and enlightening presentation, Professor Paul McGee, The SUMO Guy, will explore three ideas to help people create a culture where people not only survive but thrive in our ever increasingly complex, challenging and changing world. And the starting point to creating this culture? It’s you.
Internal Comms Panel
Employee Experience Panel
Wellbeing Case study
L&D
90% of middle managers agree that it is critical to have good front-line managers, and yet less than 5% of front-line managers report being developed as leaders.
But you’ve invested in a great a leadership competency framework. What gives?
Responsible Business
Today's world is constantly evolving and leaders face a myriad of emerging circumstances, this session will explore how leaders can navigate these issues responsibly, with focus on:
EDI
08:30 - 17:30, Wednesday 12 June 2024
08:45 - 16:30, Thursday 13 June 2024
ExCeL London, One Western Gateway,
Royal Victoria Dock, London, E16 1XL
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