Meaningful Business – When Personal Challenges Meet the Workplace

About the Event

Conducting meaningful business can take many forms, one form is allowing people to express their full potential.

What happens when businesses openly explore experiences like loss, grief, shame and vulnerability?'

This engaging and interactive session brings together business leaders, academics, and practitioners to explore how organisations can better understand and respond to these often hidden but deeply impactful human experiences—especially during times of change or crisis.

What to Expect

This isn’t just a sit-and-listen event.

You’ll take part in a mix of thought-provoking panel discussions and interactive activities, designed to get you reflecting, sharing, and learning from others in the room.

• Hear honest insights and real experiences through panel conversations
• Take part in guided reflection activities focused on your own workplace
• Explore practical ways to respond to challenges around loss, grief and vulnerability
• Share ideas and learn from others facing similar situations
• Connect with a supportive network of peers throughout the event and over lunch

Why Attend?

We’ll be opening up important conversations that don’t often happen in business settingswhile keeping things practical, relevant, and grounded in real experiences.

You’ll leave with fresh perspectives, new ideas, and a better understanding of how to create a more open, resilient workplace culture.

Join us for a meaningful, honest, and highly participatory session exploring how businesses can engage with vulnerability in ways that support people to express their full potential.

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