Following a very successful first gathering of DIN Connected CEOs I am pleased to invite you to join me in 2025 for what I think will be the ultimate leadership experience exclusively for DIN CEOs.

We are delighted that once again our partners at Amazon Web Services and Salesforce are going to host us at their respective HQs along with support from DINs longstanding partner Switchee. In the 26 hours we will spend together (excluding sleeping!) I promise a unique experience on all thing’s leadership and innovation.

Feedback from the last event has helped us design in more subjects relevant to your role as CEOs, but also networking and discussion time together.

Some themes we will be exploring include:

• The changing role of the CEO - what are the new skills required to lead at speed
• Hits the fan - disaster recovery when things go wrong
• Can we really make work better
• Building and scaling an idea from scratch
• Are you ready for the workforce of the future
• How to solve wicked problems whilst avoiding risks
• GenAI - threat or opportunity
• Social purpose and business minds how to get this right
• How to really understand your customer expectations
• Are you a compliant CEO? A better way to understand compliance in your business
• The ambidextrous leader - Getting comfortable with uncertainty
• How to avoid an addiction to prediction
• Designing a better business - From vision to first steps
• Navigating the future - understanding weak signals, trends and mega trends
• And much more

This year’s lineup features a stellar cast of leaders who have a long track record of success (yes with some failures in there) and stories to tell. We will have plenty of time with them to learn and engage with them. Our speakers include:

• John Roberts, Founder & CEO, AO.com
• Heidi Mottram CBE, CEO, Northumbrian Water
• Tessa Clarke, CEO and Co-Founder, Olio
• Bruce Daisley, Former VP Twitter Europe and Founder Make Work Better
• Katie Perrior, founder and Chair, iNHouse Communications, former Director of Comms, No.10 Downing Street
• Ezechi Britton MBE, CEO, Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology
• John Steele OBE, Chair, Commonwealth Games England
• Wayne Hemingway MBE, Creativity and design guru, founder of Red or Dead
• Tracey Follows, Founder and CEO, Futuremade and DINs Futurist in residence
• Sandra Schembri, CEO, Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy
• Nick Walkley, Principal and UK President, Avison Young, Former CEO, Homes England
• Susie Braam, Co-Founder, Yellow Cat Innovation and former Head of Innovation HM secret services
• Clive Grinyer, Co-Director, Designing for love
• Rowan Jackson MVO , Chairman and Founder, Promising Outcomes
• Ryan Dempsey, Founder and CEO, TCW

 

Who should attend?

Well, you can only attend if you are a CEO and a member of the Disruptive Innovators Network so a pretty exclusive group.

What does the 26-hour leadership experience involve?

Join us from 11am on day 1 the 24th February through to 1pm on Tuesday 25th February with an evening dinner in the middle.

Cost

There is no cost for attending this event it is included in your DIN subscription.

 

Timings:

Day 1 Arrive from 11am

Evening dinner 7.30pm

Day 2 Finish 1.00pm

Attendance is free as part of your DIN membership subscription however due to an increasing number of no-shows without apologies there will be a charge of £199+vat for anyone booking who does not show up for this event.