Events
Extraordinary things happen when connections are made. Please join the FirstHuman team, our guests and the amazing people in our network at one of our upcoming events.
Upcoming events
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From Inner Critic to Inner Coach: Powerfully Managing Your Internal Dialogue
14 July 2026
With twenty years coaching leaders across the globe, Tara Treiberg explores the inner dialogue silently shaping your leadership — and shares practical tools to recognise, interrupt, and replace the self-talk holding you back.
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How I Lost My Voice and Found My Leadership
21 July 2026
Kevin Hancock was a driven, traditional CEO until he literally lost his voice. Diagnosed with spasmodic dysphonia, the sixth-generation CEO of Hancock Lumber was forced to step back and listen — and in doing so discovered a quieter, shared model of leadership that delivered the best results in his company's 175-year history.
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The Culture Revolution: How Caring for 12,000 People Built a Fortune 1000 Company
18 August 2026
Mentored by the late, great, Bob Chapman, Jason Lippert transformed LCI Industries from a growth-obsessed manufacturer into a culture-first powerhouse. Hear how caring leadership slashed turnover, built the Lippert Academy for Leadership, and became a serious competitive advantage.
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Debunking The 10 Myths of Organisation Design
6 October 2026
With over twenty years advising leaders at companies like Burberry and the British Council, Jaimini Lakhani dismantles the ten most common myths in organisation design — and reveals what actually drives performance when restructures fail.
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Bucketlist Leadership: Engaging People Through What They Love
1 December 2026
Most CEOs engage their people with bonuses and benefits. Jack Hubbard, Co-Founder of Propellernet, does it by helping them fulfil their bucket lists. He shares how building a business around what employees love — inside and outside work — led to an award-winning, super-engaged culture, strong loyalty, and an extraordinary company that maximises both fun and competitiveness.
Past events
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Confessions of a Happiness-First CEO: 37 Years of Proving The Sceptics Wrong
30 June 2026
Since 1987, Henry Stewart has built Happy Ltd on trust and autonomy, establishing it as one of the UK's leading workplaces with a permanent four-day workweek. In this workshop, Henry will share key challenges, lessons learned, and the evidence that employee happiness drives business success.
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Building a Global Logistics Powerhouse
25 June 2026
Executive Roundtable will be co-hosted by Leigh Pomlett, Chairman of Walsall Football Club and former President Europe for CEVA Logistics, a $20 million global logistics giant. During his executive career, Leigh has been the Chairman of Logistics UK through the Brexit negotiation period, and the CEO of both for DHL Europe and Exel EMEA.
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Recording From Compliance to Commitment: How Leaders Truly Engage
5 May 2026
After four decades coaching senior leaders across nuclear, aviation and financial services, Phillida Fleming explores what it really takes to move a team from compliance to full ownership, and how a leader's language, presence and intent shape genuine, lasting commitment.
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Recording From Ace Fighter Pilot to Connected Leader: A story of transformation
21 April 2026
At this FirstHuman Community event, former RAF Tornado pilot and ex-UK MOD Chief Test Pilot Gary shares the personal shifts that took him from commanding fast-jet squadrons to leading with connection beyond the cockpit.
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Leading the Nuclear Revolution
24 March 2026
What does it take to build a team that can transform a nation?
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Confessions of a Toxic Leader: From Fear to Compassion
17 March 2026
At this FirstHuman Community event, two-time cancer survivor and former tech CxO Nigel explores how fear turned an empathetic people-pleaser into a toxic executive—and the wake-up call that led him to compassionate leadership.
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Uniting Rivals: Leading Safety When Lives Are on the Line
3 March 2026
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How to Build an Accountability Culture
26 February 2026
In association with the Norwegian British Chamber of Commerce. Drive Ownership, Raise Standards, and Get Results Without Micromanaging.
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How to Build an Accountability Culture
12 February 2026
Drive Ownership, Raise Standards, and Get Results Without Micromanaging.
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Thriving through Change
5 February 2026
Businesses often struggle not because of change itself, but because of how change is led. And change leadership isn't something most entrepreneurs learn in school.
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Learn from a Starbucks Legend: An Exclusive Executive Workshop
27 January 2026
Join our exclusive executive workshop with Howard Behar, former Starbucks International President, on leadership, purpose, and helping to grow Starbucks from 28 to 15,000 stores.
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Executive Roundtable – Leading Through the AI Shift
27 November 2025
Join an invite-only Executive Roundtable co-hosted by Daniel Hulme, Chief AI Officer at WPP and Co-Founder/CEO of Conscium, the pioneering AI-safety organisation focused on conscious AI and neuromorphic systems. Together, we will explore the real-world implications of AI for leadership and organisational culture — including how to engage and support our people through the mix of fear, excitement and uncertainty AI brings.
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How to Build an Accountability Culture
26 November 2025
Drive Ownership, Raise Standards, and Get Results Without Micromanaging.
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Speak Up + Be Heard
20 November 2025
How to transcend self-doubt and show up with confidence in any room.
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Executive Roundtable – Leadership Lessons from a 16th-Generation Samurai
1 October 2025
Join our Executive Roundtable with the Zen Samurai — coach, martial artist, and modern guide to leading with presence — as we explore how ancient warrior wisdom can help today’s leaders cut through complexity, master themselves, and lead with clarity, courage, and purpose.
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Drive Ownership, Raise Standards, and Get Results Without Micromanaging.
8 July 2025
Discover how to build a culture where accountability is owned, not enforced—fostering commitment, transparency, and freedom from micromanagement.
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How to Build An Accountability Culture – Webinar Recording
5 July 2025
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Executive Roundtable – From Values to Action
19 May 2025
Join our Executive Roundtable with Harry Kraemer Jr, former $12B Baxter International CEO and acclaimed leadership author, for an exclusive discussion.
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Executive Roundtable – It’s Not About The Coffee
18 March 2025
Join our Executive Roundtable with Howard Behar, former Starbucks International President, on leadership, purpose, and helping to grow Starbucks from 28 to 15,000 stores.
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Executive Roundtable – Listen or Lead?
18 November 2024
Join our Executive Roundtable with Tim Rolfe, CEO of HeliOffshore, for insights on safety, collaboration, and leadership.
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Executive Roundtable – A Strategy for Uncertainty
28 February 2024
Adaptive strategy applies complexity thinking to the art of high-level planning to enable firms to build resilience in the face of uncertainties.
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Executive Roundtable – Trust like a Marine
21 November 2023
Could you put your faith in your colleagues like a US Marine does? Our next Executive Roundtable will be co-hosted by the renown Mike Ettore, retired Marine Corps Officer and now an executive leadership coach. He’s the author of ‘Trust-Based Leadership‘, where he explains how he adapted and applied military leadership concepts while serving as a business leader. Request a seat.
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Executive Roundtable – What is Organisational Strategy?
18 July 2023
Do you have an organisational strategy that is distinct from your business strategy? How do you go about designing an organisation that truly delivers growth and unlocks value for your business?
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Executive Roundtable – Everybody Matters
7 June 2023
This Executive Roundtable focussed on Truly Human Leadership - a people-centric approach where his employees feel valued, cared for, and an integral part of the company’s purpose.
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“Leading Extraordinary Performance™” Programme
18 April 2023
Senior leaders are contending with a world that is becoming increasingly interconnected and complex. This programme will have you elevate your impact in an environment that demands a new level of agility to succeed. Over four intense sessions we will go on a journey of discovery. You will inquire at depth into some of the key aspects of leadership in volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environments.
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Executive Roundtable – Driving Performance From the Boardroom
13 December 2022
This Executive Roundtable this year will explore what levers non-executive board members have available to pro-actively drive performance when they no longer have executive powers. The roundtable will be co-hosted by Simon Bowen, who is the Chair of Devonport Royal Dockyards and a NED at Rolls-Royce Submarines.
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Executive Roundtable – Beyond Budgeting
6 September 2022
In 2005 Equinor (formerly Statoil - the Norwegian State oil company), decided to abolish traditional budgeting and Bjarte led this effort, called ‘Beyond Budgeting’. The effects of this decision and what they learned has gained international attention and Bjarte became the Chairman of the Beyond Budgeting RoundtableEurope.
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Executive Roundtable – Leading By Letting Go
14 March 2022
What would happen if you literally lost your voice as a leader? Kevin Hancock was the traditional boss of his family lumber company, knowing the business inside-out, having a well performing team and a successful company. One day he lost his voice and could barely exchange a few words with his people. Changing his leadership approach completely as a result, he experienced a team and business that flourished like never before. What did he do and what were his learnings?
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Executive Roundtable – What is Inclusive Leadership?
16 November 2021
Cassi Mecchi describes himself as “A social activist who's secretly infiltrated the corporate sector”. Over the past 10 years he has led on Diversity and Inclusion in companies like Google and Spotify and is currently Netflix’s Director for Inclusion for EMEA. Guided by Cassi, we inquired into questions like “What does inclusive leadership look like on a daily basis?” and “How do I foster a culture that promotes inclusive leadership?”.
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Lean Change Agent
14 October 2021
A highly interactive two-day in-person workshop to learn how to apply Lean-Agile principles to change management.
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Leading Inside Out – The 5 Intelligences Foundation Workshop
7 October 2021
We believe that you have hidden powers as a change leader. By exploring all 5 of your intelligences, you’ll open the door to unleashing more of your potential as a leader of change.
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Executive Roundtable – Running a Boss-Free Business
7 September 2021
Luke Kyte helped Reddico go all the way with self-management. They have no managers, no approvals, no budgets and you can pick your own coach. This was a chance to take a peek into a world of ultimate employee empowerment and ask ourselves as leaders where we could be loosening the reigns in our own organisations.
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Executive Roundtable – Turning The Trust Dial To 11
15 July 2021
This Executive Roundtable looked at a question that our co-host, Tom van der Lubbe, Co-Founder & Viisionair at pioneering financial firm Viisi, has been exploring throughout his career, what happens when we trust all the way? Having handed over virtually all decision making to the staff themselves, Viisi is one the Netherlands fastest growing companies and a winner for the Greatest Place to Work for the last three years running.
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Executive Roundtable – What is ‘Recovery’?
27 May 2021
This Executive Roundtable explored a key board and executive question that our co-host, Andy Samuel, Chief Executive of the Oil & Gas Authority, has been in action addressing: From a year of dealing with crisis how now to best work at a systems-wide level and spot the new opportunities - how do we support the recovery whilst addressing issues such as the climate emergency, social injustice and loss of biodiversity?
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Executive Roundtable – Leading on Shifting Group
9 March 2021
This Executive Roundtable is responding to a request from our co-host, Charlotte Eimer, Head of Change for BBC News, where we will explore how we can keep up the momentum and team morale when the road to recovery is constantly shifting. Charlotte will share her own experience of being in the midst of this at BBC and we would love to have your participation in our inquiry.
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Global collaboration transforms safety
18 November 2020
As CEO of HeliOffshore, Gretchen brought together a set of fierce competitors and in 5 years created a global collaborative environment to deliver a breakthrough in safety. She has just stepped down from this position to take a seat on the board. She is also on the board of the Flight Safety Foundation and was a member of the “US DoT Special Committee Review of the FAA Certification of the 737 MAX”.
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Executive Roundtable – Fostering Intrapreneurs
17 September 2020
An Executive Roundtable with Salesforce and FirstHuman exploring:
- How do you find, retain and support the intrapreneurs in your organisation?
- How do you create a culture of intrapreneurship?