Since 2020, 'talent risk' has been continuously cited as a threat to business performance. The successful recruitment, upskilling, reskilling and retention of talent is a pressing boardroom issue across the UK and beyond.

While disengagement, ‘quiet quitting’ and ongoing demand for hybrid and/or remote working may at first glance appear to be societal responses to COVID-19 and prolonged lockdowns, in reality, these are manifestations of protracted frustration with the outdated design of work.

Simply put, the way we are expected to work no longer aligns with the key shifts that continue to transform 21st Century life.

Escalating skills shortages and declining birth rates across most of the developed world add another layer of pressure and demand businesses pay far closer attention to socio-cultural trends and adapt accordingly.

About the webinar:

This webinar is for business and HR leaders who want to better understand the future of work. It’s for those who recognise how we work needs redesigning and who want to learn new approaches to collaborating, organising and communicating for optimal outcomes.

Since 2016, we’ve researched, tracked and analysed the likely impact of key meta-trends transforming work. This webinar introduces and evaluates shifting attitudes towards work, next-generation talent ecosystems, new organising models and frameworks, the reskilling emergency and culturally dynamic, multi-generational workforces.

It’s designed to help attendees better prepare their organisations for the future of work.

This is for you if:

• Your current business plans are hindered by staff recruitment and retention challenges
• You recognise running a business and leading people has become much harder and you’d like to understand the driving forces creating friction for modern organisations
• You aspire to leading a resilient and adaptive organisation that yields brand loyalty
• You seek to educate yourself on the primary trends influencing the future of work

You'll learn:

• How attitudes towards work have shifted and what modern workers want
• Why we have a reskilling emergency and what to do about it
• How on-demand working enhances organisational agility and resilience
• New approaches and frameworks to organising for improved market responsiveness
• How intergenerational dynamics and diversity are key to successful innovation and market adaptation

About your facilitators:

Cat Barnard has a career in agile workforce planning spanning three decades. Her experience lies in building and nurturing high-performing distributed teams.

Pat Lodge combines his background in commercial strategy with 18 years’ trend analysis experience with a UK-based global trends consultancy. He provides expert insight on the socio-cultural shifts most likely to impact modern workplaces.

As co-founders of Working the Future, their shared interest lies in the future of work and the adoption of new operating and organising models for commercial resilience in fast-paced and dynamic markets.