The Future of Work

How to meet the challenges of a shifting workplace and generate positive change for your company

30th November 2009, British Library Conference Centre, Meeting Room 2

Ticket price: £5 (redeemable against the purchase of a business book of your choice on the night)

On purchasing a ticket you will be automatically entered into our exclusive prize draw.

THE PRIZE
Robin Ryde’s Thought Leadership Masterclass run by Indigo Business worth over £400
PLUS
A set of 5 books from our panel of leading business experts worth over £100

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SCHEDULE:

6pm – The Future of Work event begins

6.10pm – 6.20pm - Welcome from the British Library

6.20pm- 6.30pm – Introduction to the event by Adrian Furnham, a leading consultant, psychologist and management expert

6.30pm – 7pm - Richard Donkin addresses the themes of The Future of Work:
• What changes are going on in the workplace
• What is the future of tomorrow’s workplace
• Practical tools for effecting positive change in your own workplace

7pm-7.30pm – What IS the Future of Work? A panel debate involving some of the most influential speakers and writers on business leadership in the UK INCLUDING Q&A from the audience

7.30pm- 8.45pm – Your chance to meet the speakers and purchase your own signed copy of the books. Refreshments served.

8.45pm – CLOSE

HOW TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT

Simply email: orders@palgrave.com or phone: 01256 302866, quoting reference code: FUTURE09. All payments must be made upon booking and all bookings must be made by 5pm on 26th November 2009.

SPACES ARE LIMITED SO BOOK NOW TO GUARANTEE YOUR PLACE!

SPEAKERS:

Richard Donkin

Named as one of the UK’s Top 28 thinkers in 2009, according to HR Magazine, for fourteen years he wrote a weekly column on work and employment in the Financial Times that became required reading for human resources professionals and recruiters. Today he works as an author, commentator and presenter on management and employment issues including a monthly column for Human Resources Magazine. He is a former adviser to the Future Employment Working Group of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and an honorary visiting fellow in the faculty of Management at Cass Business School.

The Future of Work

Adrian Furnham

Adrian is Professor of Psychology at University College, London and was recognised as the most productive psychologist in the world from 1980-1989. He acts as a consultant to a number of bodies including HM Government, British Airways, HBOS and SAP and also a number of multinational corporations. He writes regular columns in The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Times and is a frequent contributor to BBC radio and television.

People Management in Turbulent Times	Management Intelligence	Head and Heart Management

Robin Ryde

Robin is an independent consultant and former CEO of the National School of Government. Ryde is also the author of the groundbreaking book 'Thought Leadership: Moving Hearts and Minds'. Ryde has a background in leadership and organizational development. He was the youngest person to direct the British Prime Minister's flagship leadership development program, one of the largest programs of its kind in Europe. He has delivered consultancy in the UK, the US and other territories including South America, Australia and Eastern Europe. Ryde regularly speaks at seminars and conferences and is nestled between Dame Anita Roddick and Sir Martin Sorrell on the BBC's 50 Lessons Business Leaders guide.

Custom Built Leadership	Thought Leadership

Tom Lloyd

Tom is a management writer and author. He is a former editor of Financial Weekly and Management Today, was founding editor of Gemini Consulting's quarterly management journal Transformation and wrote the 'Working Brief' column in The Sunday Telegraph for several years. He has written five books, including Managing Knowhow, with Karl-Erik Sveiby (Bloomsbury 1987) and The 'nice' company (Bloomsbury 1990). He was also the co-author of the successful A Woman's Place is in the Boardroom and A Woman's Place is in the Boardroom: The Roadmap with Peninah Thomson and Jacey Graham (Palgrave 2005, 2008).

Business at a Crossroads	A Woman's Place is in the Boardroom: The Roadmap

Elizabeth Kelan

Elizabeth is a lecturer in work and organisations in the Department of Management at King's College London, UK. Prior to that, she worked at London Business School and the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has presented her research internationally, published widely and has received various awards for her research.

Performing Gender at Work