CHRO Summit 2023


Debating the big issues

© 2023 MindGym. All rights reserved

What does it take to be a good company and, in an era of virtue-signalling, what marks one out?

What would make tomorrow’s leaders better than today’s?

How much can companies improve wellbeing without reducing workload?

What does it take to change culture and is it worth it?

Is woke broke? What’s next for diversity, equity and inclusion?

18th May 2023

Be ready for tomorrow

Royal Opera House, Bow Street, London, WC2E 9DD

Over 200 CHROs from

Royal Opera House, London

18th May 2023

Join us at the 'Davos of HR'

A.P. Moller-Maersk
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Asda
AstraZeneca
BAE Systems
Baker McKenzie
Bank of England
Barclays
Barry Callebaut
BDO LLP
Britvic
BT
Bupa
Burberry (US)
Bureau Veritas
Cabinet Office
Carlsberg
Centrica
Chanel
Citi
Clifford Chance
Co-operative bank
Compass Group
Copper Technologies
Coty SAS
Deepmind
Department for Work and Pensions
Deutsche Bank
Direct Line Group
DLA Piper
Edelman Public Relations

EDF Energy
Experian
Facebook
Finastra
Galderma UK
Goldman Sachs
Grant Thornton
Hays
Heineken
HelloFresh
HM Revenue and Customs
HSBC
ING Group
InterContinental Hotels Group
Japan Tobacco International
Jardine Motors Group
JP Morgan
JTI
Kantar Public
Kingfisher
KPMG
KPN
Lend Lease Group
Lendlease
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds of London
Maersk
Marks & Spencer
Marsh UK
Meta
Morgan Stanley

National Grid
Natwest Group
Nestlé
Newcross Healthcare Solutions Ltd
Nuffield Health
Oliver Wyman Group
Orsted
Permira Advisers
QBE Insurance
Rank Group
RELX Group
Rentokil Initial plc
Rio Tinto
Rolls-Royce
Sage
Sainsbury's Supermarkets
Sanofi
Severn Trent Water
Shell
Spire Global
Standard Chartered Bank
Syngenta
The AA
The Co-operative Group
The LEGO Group
Tokio Marine
TSB Bank
Unilever
Veeam Software
Virgin Money

Join 200+ visionary CHROs from the world’s most ambitious companies at the 'Davos of HR'

Strictly for CHROs and their deputies of organisations with >5k employees

Agenda

Arrival and registration

09:00 - 09:15

Venue and travel details

DATE

VENUE

See more info & nearby amenitiesView the agendaRegister nowRead moreRead moreRead more

Welcome

08:30 - 09:00

Octavius Black, CEO, MindGym 
— Paul Hamlyn

09:15 - 10:00

What does the CEO think? 

Dame Emma Walmsley, CEO, GSK & Octavius Black, CEO, MindGym

11:10 - 11:55 - Breakout session 2

Coaching

Experience MindGym’s Precision Coaching: better, faster, always
— Crush

Productivity

Psychology or technology: which can do more to improve productivity? 
— Paul Hamlyn

Culture

What does it take to change culture and is it worth it?  
Citi case study 

— Level 5

Read more

18:00 - 19:30   Drinks Reception — Level 5 Terrace

10:10 - 10:55 - Breakout session 1

Leadership 

What would make tomorrow’s leaders better than today’s? — Crush

Read more

Productivity

Psychology or technology: which can do more to improve productivity? 
— Paul Hamlyn

Read more

Wellbeing 

How much can companies improve wellbeing without reducing workload? 
— Linbury Foyer

Read more

Culture

What does it take to change culture and is it worth it?  
Citi case study 

— Level 5

Read more

Wellbeing 

How much can companies improve wellbeing without reducing workload? 
— Linbury Foyer

Read more

12:00 - 12:45

Are you ready for tomorrow?

Sebastian Bailey PhD, President, MindGym & Janet Ahn PhD, Chief Behavioural Science Officer, MindGym — Paul Hamlyn

10:55 - 11:10   Break

Read more

Have you changed your mind?

Octavius Black, CEO, MindGym — Paul Hamlyn

13:45 - 14:30

What makes a company good?

Baroness Martha Lane Fox, President, British Chambers of Commerce, in conversation with Geeta Guru-Murthy, BBC News Presenter — Paul Hamlyn

14:40 - 15:25 - Breakout session 3

Is woke broke? What’s next for DE&I?

Sir Trevor Phillips & Matthew Syed — Crush

12:45 - 13:45   Lunch — Level 5 Terrace

Dragon’s Den

HCM innovators pitch new concepts. Where would you spend your money? — Level 5

17:45 - 18:00

Add a string to your leadership bow

— Paul Hamlyn

15:45 - 16:50

Are you ready for tomorrow?

Fireside chat with Simon Sinek — Paul Hamlyn

16:50 - 17:45

15:25 - 15:45  Break

Registration is now closed. 

Please contact marketing@themindgym.com to get in touch.

Meet the speakers

Simon Sinek

Author, The Optimism Company

Baroness Martha Lane-Fox

Businesswoman, Philanthropist and NED

Dame Emma Walmsley

CEO, GlaxoSmithKline


Dr Janet Ahn

Chief Behavioural Science Officer, MindGym

Professor Tessa West

Department of Psychology, NYU

Sir Trevor Phillips

Founder of the Equality and Human Rights Commission

James Bardrick

Citi Country Officer, UK; Cluster Head, UK, Jersey; CEO Citigroup Global Markets Limited

Jenny Grey

Chair of Accountability, Culture and Talent Transformation at Citi

Octavius Black

CEO and Founder, MindGym

Sebastian Bailey

Co-Founder and President, MindGym

Tracey Camilleri

Author "The Social Brain"

Alex Pang

Author "Work Less, Do More: Designing the 4-Day Week"

Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic

Author "I, Human: AI, Automation, and the Quest to Reclaim What Makes Us Unique"

Matthew Syed

Author / Matthew Syed Consulting

Geeta Guru-Murthy

TV Journalist

Isabel Berwick

Host, FT ‘Working It’ Podcast

Michael Ilgner

Global Head of HR & Real Estate

Kate Seljeflot

Chief People Officer, Kingfisher

Amanda Cusdin

Chief People Officer, Sage

Ronan Cassidy

Chief HR and Corporate Officer, Shell

Roy Diggory

Head of Solutions Strategy (EMEA), MindGym

Lucy Cooper

Head of Customer Innovation, EMEA & APJ, Microsoft