Join housing leaders, innovators and changemakers from across the sector and beyond, for a day designed to challenge thinking and spark fresh ideas.

This year’s Leading for Innovation event is a joint collaboration between the Disruptive Innovators Network and ARK Consultancy, aimed at equipping you with practical insights to lead with confidence in an increasingly uncertain world.

Once again, we aim to bring you a day of inspiration, insight and fresh ideas to take back into your organisation.

We’ll be covering areas including:

• The art of leading with purpose

• Building for stability, leading for uncertainty

• Separating AI and housing facts from myths and developing the right strategies for your organisation

• Rethinking your tenants’ relationship with energy – from tenant tariffs to zero bill homes

• Transforming your approach to asset management

• Lessons in data from the world of high-performance sport

• Understanding what it takes to achieve 90% tenant satisfaction and beyond

• How to model future asset investments and test different scenarios based on the needs of your tenants and organisation

Our speakers include:

• Karen Brown, gold medal winning GB hockey coach

• Kelly Brown, Director, Places for People, Scotland - former Scotland Rugby Union Captain

• Steve Dungworth, Director & Digital Advisor, Golden Marzipan

• Emma Fletcher, Innovation Director, Octopus Energy Homes

• Julie Cosgrove, Chief Executive, Caledonia Housing Association

• Craig Stirrat, CEO, Grampian Housing Association

• Aisling Mylrea, Managing Director of Wheatley Homes Glasgow

• Owen Jenkins, Co-founder and Managing Director, AIM

• Lightning pitches from the Civtec incubator programme - to be confirmed

Who should attend?

This event will be of interest to anyone in a leadership role within their organisation from chief executives, executive and operational directors, heads of service and board members. Anyone working in housing strategy and operations will benefit from attending this event.

Delegate fees

Attendance is free for DIN members and ARK Consultancy clients.

There will be more information regarding:Dinner the evening before (21 September) nearer the time of the event.