Practical strategies to build confidence and lead effectively, even in unfamiliar situations.
Introducing our most ambitious offer yet!
In 2027, social housing is being asked to do two things at once: fix everything it already owns and build what the UK needs next.
The deadlines are statutory. The rent settlement is fixed for a decade. The people are the people you already have.
There is a reasonable response to this. Do what is mandated. Defer the rest. Wait for the funding to change.
It will not be enough.
The organisations that come out of 2027 in good shape will be the ones that tried something their peers thought was unreasonable - and tried it early, with evidence, alongside people who had already made the mistakes.
That is what DIN is for. Housing providers who share what worked, what didn’t, and get on with it.
DIN exists to help organisations imagine, design and deliver what comes next; not preserve the past or protect the present.
DIN membership 2027. Don’t wait to be asked.
What makes DIN different?
DIN isn't about keeping up; it's about helping you stay ahead. As the sector's leading voice on future leadership and organisational adaptability, we bring fresh thinking, honesty and real-life experience from way beyond housing - and from across the world.
Helping you build for the future means looking outwards and sideways at other sectors that are solving similar challenges and bringing these fresh insights back.
This means we find new perspectives and proven approaches you can adapt to your own challenges. From world-class speakers to practical tools, we promise substance over spin: authentic experts, real insight and ideas you can act on.
The challenges facing social housing will keep evolving. So will DIN; helping you anticipate what's next and shape a better future for your organisation and communities.
And with one fee covering everyone in your organisation, your whole team can make the most of your membership.
How our delivery model works
Four dedicated channels, plus a DIN‑wide programme that runs across all of them.
One membership covers your whole organisation, so every colleague can benefit.
The DIN‑wide programme
Open to everyone, whatever their role. These run across all four channels and link them together:
Leadership programmes |
Conferences and flagship events |
Housing law day |
DINLabs |
Webinars, podcasts and DINCasts |
Future trends and economic insight |
Study visits and learning experiences |
Expert panels and collaborative innovation |
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Roundtables and network meetings |
Innovation partners |
The four channels
Leadership
Helping leaders look up from day-to-day pressures to build the skills and strategic thinking resilient organisations need.
People and Culture
Building organisations fit for a different future; able to improvise, learn and perform, while staying human.
Digital and Data
Turning digital, data and AI into better tenant experiences, smarter resourcing and faster decisions.
Property
Keeping homes safe, warm and well maintained as regulation, costs and resident expectations all rise.
* Excludes a small number of premium events.
Current sector challenges
Social housing faces one of its most complex operating environments yet: rising regulatory expectations, ageing homes, financial pressures, decarbonisation and AI and other fast-moving technologies, all while striving to listen, show that tenant voices shape services and ultimately, deliver better outcomes.
We believe the best organisations don't simply respond to change; they use it to improve, embracing innovation without losing sight of what matters most - safe, high-quality homes and services that make a real difference to people's lives.
NEW for 2027 – the highlights
Business transformation conference
A day exploring how organisations navigate change, with insight from leaders who've been there, done that.
Leading housing in an AI world
Equipping leaders to drive their organisations in an AI-first landscape.
A new in-person event bringing board members together with industry leaders to explore AI, governance and collaboration in the boardroom of the future.
Redesigning work so people can think, decide, collaborate and innovate more effectively.
Research exploring how landlords' regulatory and statutory requirements are playing out in practice; what they're likely costing, and how that affects core operations.
Small, confidential peer discussions tackling shared transformation challenges.
The latest thinking in innovation, design and organisational change, from leading academics and practitioners.
The future of the housing officer
New research into how the role is evolving, and the skills, technology and leadership needed next.
A flagship leadership experience for heads of service and senior leaders ready to expand their influence.
Identifying the evidence gaps, assumptions and decision points behind DIN's work.
Our futurologist Tracey Follows is back to help you navigate the future of technology, identity and human agency in the age of AI.
AI - from basics and beyond
DIN’s On the AI Pulse survey shows most members are now using AI - but mostly at a basic level, with limited impact on decision-making. So, our 2027 offer is about building confidence and helping you get more value from your AI investment.
Bringing together members, AI experts and specialists from across and beyond the sector, our 2027 programme moves from exploring AI to making it work - safely, fairly and at scale.
Shaped by our On the AI Pulse research, it spans all four channels, balancing the big-picture thinking with practical ways to put AI to work.
- AI essentials and ethics: what good, responsible AI looks like now that most colleagues already use it
- Governance and assurance: giving boards confidence, dealing with shadow AI, and keeping up with data law, the ICO's AI code and Ombudsman expectations
- What AI does well, and where it falls short: including the rise of AI agents and where a human must stay involved
- Navigating the market: choosing, buying and checking AI tools, including AI built into your existing systems
- Getting your data AI-ready: using your own housing data to support Awaab's Law, the Decent Homes Standard and net zero work
- Redesigning services and proving impact: moving beyond quick productivity wins to changing how work gets done, and measuring what changes
- Tenants and AI: designing AI services with tenants, not just for them, and responding as they use AI themselves
- People, skills and culture: building AI capability through learning and development, in line with the new Competence and Conduct Standards
Your DIN member offer summary
One DIN membership gives everyone in your organisation access to the knowledge, insights, networks and experience they need to make a bigger impact, so don't limit DIN to a handful of colleagues; share it across your teams and build a culture where learning and fresh thinking become part of everyday work.
Alongside everything new for 2027, your whole organisation also benefits from:
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Four dedicated delivery channels Everything we do is built around leadership, people and culture, digital and data and property, providing practical learning, fresh ideas and real world solutions to help you innovate, adapt and deliver better outcomes. |
Leadership programmes Build current and future leaders through our CEO, new and future leader programmes, developing the skills, confidence and mindset needed to lead in a complex environment. |
Conferences and flagship events A year-round programme, including a dedicated conference for each of our four themes plus DINnovation Day, our annual celebration of innovation and positive change across social housing. |
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Housing law day Expert insight into the legislation, case law and regulatory change shaping the sector. |
DINLabs A collaborative space where housing professionals work with experts to test bold ideas and tackle real-world challenges. |
AI and emerging technology Understand how AI can transform housing, from customer services to asset management, through expert-led learning and member collaboration. |
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Roundtables and network meetings Connect with peers through network meetings and in-person roundtables for honest conversation and shared learning. |
Webinars, podcasts and DINCasts Stay informed with regular sessions featuring sector leaders and experts from housing and beyond. |
Future trends and economic insight Exclusive briefings from world leading futurists, economists and technology experts on the forces shaping social housing's future. |
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Study visits and learning experiences See successful ideas in action and bring fresh thinking back to your team. |
Expert panels and collaborative innovation Test ideas and explore emerging technologies through interactive panels and innovation projects. |
Innovation partners Carefully selected technology and solution partners helping you improve services and outcomes. |
* Excludes a small number of premium events.
Our expert contributors
Our world-class experts are ever growing so keep coming back to find out who’s new!
They include:
Andrew Whyatt-Sames
Co-founder, uptakeAI
Our AI partner for 2027
Danny Fortson
West coast corr. The Sunday Times
Twice yearly tech, AI and innovation briefings
David Smith
Economics Editor, The Sunday Times
Spring and autumn economic briefings
Lucy Pitt
Co-founder, uptakeAI
Our AI partner for 2027
Oke Eleazu
Former CEO of Many Pets and founder of Elevate Colour
Your guide to creating an inclusive, safe and welcoming culture
Paul Taylor
Innovation Coach, Bromford
Heading up our research forum and hub
Perry Timms
Chief Energy Officer and Founder: PTHR
Our people and HR specialist
Rob Rowlands
The Curator of Curiosity
Heading up our research forum and hub
Sean Keane
Managing Director of Service Economics
Transforming your business series
Susie Braam
Founding partner, Yellow Cat Innovation
Specialising in transformation and innovation
Tom Calver
Data editor, The Times and The Sunday Times
Welfare, poverty and housing conditions briefings
Tom Manning
Founder of the Pathway Academy
Culture in our changing landscape
Tracey Follows
Founder of FutureMade
Insights into the future
Our delivery channels
Find out more about each of our delivery channels below:
Leadership
The best leaders today aren't choosing between today's priorities and tomorrow's possibilities, they're learning to lead both, while tech and AI reshape how organisations operate.
DIN's leadership channel helps leaders look beyond day-to-day pressure to focus on what comes next - the skills, strategic thinking and practical approaches needed to build resilient organisations and create lasting value.
CEOs, executive directors, board members, aspiring leaders or anyone with leadership responsibilities; this channel builds the confidence, capability and perspective to lead through change.
Leaders must build safe, compliant, financially sustainable organisations while transforming services and maintaining tenant trust, as well as harnessing AI responsibly, so it enhances rather than replaces the human relationships at the heart of social housing.
- Connecting CEOs - an exclusive community with a private WhatsApp channel and early access to DIN research and insights
- CEO Shift - helping senior leaders preparing for, or new to, the CEO role build future-ready leadership skills within a trusted peer community.
- Board members - fresh thinking, trusted peer connections and practical insight for confident strategic decisions
- Connected CEO leadership experience - step away from the day-to-day to challenge assumptions and shape future-focused solutions
- In-person roundtables - diverse voices from housing, government and business exploring emerging issues and fresh perspectives
- Solving your challenges - bring us your biggest leadership challenge and we'll connect you with the expertise to solve it
- AI insights and tools - discover how AI can transform leadership and decision-making
- Learning the lessons - honest stories from leaders who've navigated setbacks and transformational change
Alongside our 'new for 2027' and 'offer summary' features, you'll also get:
NEW! F***d up again
- A refreshingly honest event where experienced leaders share their biggest mistakes and how failure becomes a catalyst for growth.
NEW! AI and corporate innovation
- An expert-led session on how AI is reshaping innovation in established organisations, with practical guidance on accelerating change.
Connected CEO
- An exclusive network for CEOs who want to think beyond today's challenges, including peer connection, emerging trends and exclusive insights from DIN CEO Ian Wright.
New and aspiring CEO programme
- Supporting the next generation of housing CEOs with the confidence, insight and connections to lead through change.
Connected CEO leadership experience
- A unique experience where CEOs step away from the day-to-day to tackle the sector's biggest challenges alongside leading thinkers from inside and outside housing.
Housing directors' conference
- For ambitious housing directors preparing for executive progression. Connect with peers, hear from inspiring leaders and gain the insight needed for your next career move.
People and culture
In 2027 and beyond, this channel explores what it takes to build organisations fit for a very different future; able to improvise, learn, rethink and perform, while remaining deeply human.
That means looking beyond technology to redesign work for better performance and grow human capability. We’ll explore enterprise leadership, cultures of learning and citizenship and the role of human judgement when the answers are not obvious.
CEOs, executive directors, people and transformation leaders, service directors and emerging leaders. This channel helps you redesign work, grow human capability, build agility and create cultures where people actively contribute.
Most organisations aren't struggling because people lack commitment; they're struggling because the world is changing faster than the way they work. Leaders must navigate complexity and decide well without perfect information, while looking ahead to a future shaped by AI and new ways of working.
- Reimagining work - redesigning work for better performance and outcomes
- Deeply human organisations - amplifying human capability as technology advances
- Modern leadership - enterprise thinking, influence, learning agility and improvisation
- Dual-horizon leadership - delivering today while redesigning for tomorrow
- Citizenship cultures - shifting from engagement to ownership and accountability
- Learning organisations - turning curiosity into organisational capability
- AI with purpose - improving judgement and unlocking capacity
Alongside our 'new for 2027' and 'offer summary' features, you'll also get:
NEW! Human advantage
- A flagship leadership experience for talented heads of service and senior leaders ready to expand their influence beyond their function and prepare for broader organisational leadership.
NEW! Design work better
- Redesigning work to create environments where people think, decide, collaborate and innovate more effectively.
NEW! The collective intelligence exchange
- A lively pre-conference gathering tapping into the DIN community's collective intelligence - sharing expertise, real challenges and fresh ideas.
Digital and data
Digital, data and AI are transforming social housing; improving tenant experience, sharpening resource use, strengthening compliance and enabling smarter, faster decisions. But technology alone isn't the answer; it takes the right strategy, skills, governance and culture to turn opportunity into real outcomes.
Our digital and data channel delivery partners for 2027:
Digital, data and technology leaders, innovation teams, operational managers, executives and anyone improving services through technology, data or AI.
Organisations need to turn data into insight that improves decisions, while adopting AI responsibly with strong governance and tenant trust at its core. Fragmented systems need replacing, colleagues need the confidence to embrace new technology, and digital services need to be accessible and resident-centred.
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Better decisions from data - across property, repairs, complaints and safety
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AI confidence - building skills without unacceptable risk
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Modern operating models - moving from reactive to predictive
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Return on investment - demonstrating ROI from technology
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Data improvements - quality, ownership, governance and joining up fragmented data
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Legacy systems decisions - what to replace or rationalise
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Building stronger cyber resilience - knowing your key risks and how to address them
Alongside our 'new for 2027' and 'offer summary' features, you'll also get:
Digital and Data Summit
- Our annual in-person event with breakout sessions and expert panels on responsible AI adoption, data governance and process automation.
AI
- Strategic and practical advice, with examples of successful AI use, to build your confidence, skills and ability.
Roundtables
- Members and experts discussing data, regulation and technology.
Study visits
- Engaging and relevant visits to interesting and though-provoking institutions.
Data
- Strategic and practical guidance on governance, quality and regulation.
In the blink of AI annual event
- Bringing members together once a year to network and discuss key trends in AI and machine learning.
Property
The property world is changing fast. By 2027, housing providers are balancing a growing list of regulations with the everyday challenge of keeping homes safe, warm and well maintained: Awaab's Law, the evolving Decent Homes Standard, the Future Homes Standard and continued Ombudsman scrutiny all raise the bar.
Rising costs, supply chain issues and biodiversity requirements make the job harder still. And while everyone wants to build more homes, we can't lose sight of the ones people already live in.
Our property delivery channel partner for 2027:
Anyone involved in the property side of social housing, from repairs, asset management and development to sustainability or investment. From connected homes and predictive maintenance to retrofit and smarter procurement, we cover what matters most.
Property teams are under pressure from every direction as regulation and resident expectations grow. Compliance matters, but the real challenge is improving homes and services amid rising costs, labour shortages and supply chain disruption, while building the new homes communities need.
- Challenge the status quo - sharing fresh ideas, practical solutions and the people driving change
- Create space for honest conversations - on building safety, Awaab's Law, retrofit, sustainability and the future of asset management
- Bring people together - through webinars, conferences, round tables and study visits
- Explore what's next - from AI and predictive maintenance to digital twins and smarter procurement
- Turn innovation into action - showcasing approaches that improve compliance and outcomes for residents
Alongside our 'new for 2027' and 'offer summary' features, you'll also get:
NEW! Forums
- In-depth sessions throughout the year, including our Decent Homes 2 Implementation Forum and Sustainability Innovation Forum with sector leaders.
Roundtables
- Members and experts discussing sustainability and building safety.
Study visits
- Eye-opening visits to the Carpenters Yard development in Essex, Salford Energy House, Hartree Innovation Centre in Liverpool and Agile Homes in Bristol.
Shared discovery events
- Expert-led webinars, industry research and practical discussions on the latest ideas and innovations.
Experimental collaborations
- Trial emerging technologies and new approaches through DINLabs, pilot projects and member-led testing.
Lightning pitches
- Discover carefully selected property technology suppliers through concise showcase sessions.
Make the most of your membership
Your DIN membership is organisation-wide, so everyone from frontline teams to senior leaders and board members can access our programme, as part of your learning and development offer.
We have ready-to-use promotional resources for your internal use, so everyone can discover what's included. Just email helen.wright@disruptiveinnovatorsnetwork.co.uk
CPD accredited learning
Many of our events are CPD accredited, so members earn recognised Continuing Professional Development while staying at the forefront of innovation and transformation.
By combining practical learning with thought-provoking discussion and real-world case studies, our CPD-accredited events help you strengthen your professional expertise while exploring the ideas, technologies and leadership approaches shaping the future of the sector.
Partners
Our partners help us deliver greater value for members, informing, inspiring and offering expertise, and never selling. If something resonates, the next conversation is yours to have.
We're proud to introduce our 2027 partner community.
What have you DIN for me?
Eight years ago, DIN set out to do things differently. To give social housing organisations a space to challenge assumptions, test what's next and learn from people and sectors who've already done it.
But what difference has it made to our members, partners and suppliers?
We wanted to know, so we asked!
What's the investment?
We're committed to keeping membership accessible and affordable for housing providers of every type and size, giving organisations what they need in a way everyone can access, for the best possible value for money.
Our fees have two parts: a one-off joining fee and a rolling monthly subscription. Some programme elements, such as DINLabs, study tours and selected events, may carry an additional charge.
DIN's 2027 fees (based on stock size):
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Stock size |
One off joining fee (+ VAT) |
Monthly subscription fee (+ VAT) |
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0 to 2,500 |
£750 |
£220* |
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2,501 to 5,000 |
£750 |
£580 |
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5,001 to 10,000 |
£1,000 |
£630 |
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10,001 to 20,000 |
£1,000 |
£715 |
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20,001 to 30,000 |
£1,300 |
£775 |
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30,001 to 40,000 |
£1,600 |
£915 |
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40,001 to 50,000 |
£1,800 |
£1,030 |
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50,001 to 75,000 |
£2,000 |
£1,210 |
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75,001 or more homes |
£2,000 |
£1,260 |
*Fees to be paid annually
Membership is for a minimum of 12 months. After that, you’re free to cancel at any time with just one month’s notice. All fees are exclusive of VAT.
Our prices are fixed until December 2026.
Interested in joining or want to know more? Just get in touch!
Contact Michelle Wright, Director of Operations at Michelle.wright@disruptiveinnovatorsnetwork.co.uk
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