Session overview

Tech change gets faster, expectations are shifting, and the context we’re operating in continues to evolve and shift. Alongside that comes real opportunity.

An opportunity to be clearer about how we work. To rethink what we expect of each other. And to build organisations where people don’t just comply, they contribute, take ownership and keep learning.

This year’s DIN People & Culture Conference focuses on what it really takes to create grown-up cultures, where colleagues act like citizens, capability grows in new ways, and taking accountability is just what people love to do.

Across the day, we’ll explore this through a mix of perspectives, from navigating uncertainty and making confident decisions, to understanding how AI is reshaping judgement and accountability, through to practical examples of how organisations are experimenting with new ways of working and redefining the relationship with colleagues.

We’ll also take a forward look at how work, identity and expectations are continuing to evolve, and what that means for people, culture and leadership in the years ahead, before grounding it all in what accountability actually looks like in practice.

If you’re working in people leadership, culture, transformation or wider leadership roles, this is a chance to step back, compare notes with peers, and focus on what will genuinely make a difference.

Tech and strategy matter, but the real edge comes from people who keep learning, take ownership and stay connected to why it matters.

What the day will cover

Across the day, expect:

• Sam Conniff on navigating uncertainty and building cultures that act with confidence, not hesitation
• Andrew Wyatt on AI, judgement and where human accountability really sits as technology accelerates
• Yorkshire Housing on reshaping the “colleague deal”, bringing greater clarity to expectations, contribution and mutual responsibility
• Futures Housing on experimenting with new ways of working, moving at pace without getting stuck in process
• Tracey Follows on the future of work, identity and what organisations will need from their people next
• Tom Manning on what accountability actually looks like in practice, beyond the rhetoric

Contributions and insights will come from speakers including Sam Conniff, Andrew Wyatt, Yorkshire Housing, Futures Housing, Tracey Follows and Tom Manning.

Who should attend

If you’re working in people leadership, culture, transformation or wider leadership roles, this conference is a chance to step back, compare notes with peers, and focus on what will genuinely make a difference.

It will be particularly relevant for those interested in how organisations can build cultures where people contribute, keep learning, take ownership and respond well to change.

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