COVID19- both a terrible tragedy and a kaleidoscope of opportunity to propel ‘ideas spaces' beyond hierarchy and into innovation through belonging.

Since 2017 -certainly accelerating following the onset of COVID19- a ‘movement’ amongst some leaders and influencers to give greater 'freedom' at work has begun. Agile working has accelerated, creating greater autonomy for people; reducing 'supervision' capacity -has this empowered us?

Session Takeaways

1. Can we reach a point where the person not the title, becomes front and centre of the leadership strategy?
2. Can we resolve some engagement tensions by altering post war organisational structures?
3. How can we use agile as a catalyst for change

Fact Related To This Presentation

2020- 37% of FTSE 100 companies surveyed had no ethnic minority representation on boards (31 out of 83 companies).

33.3% of board members in the FTSE 100 are now women.

In the middle east the number of women on boards is believed to be as low as 2%

How is this affecting our search for diverse creative problem solving in organisations?