Life 2.0: The New Normal

The last year has seen the world of work turned upside-down. Thankfully, it’s starting to feel as if normality, if not quite here, is just around the corner. What will the ‘new normal’ look like? We’ve learned a vast amount over the pandemic. Old stereotypes have been shattered and new possibilities revealed. How do we make the most of these opportunities?

We’re delighted to have two fantastic speakers. HR specialist Vanessa Forster will share her research findings on the ways companies around the world are adapting to the new work trichotomy – remote, office and hybrid.

Dr Wendy Ross will address some of the valuable aspects of team working that can be lost in a remote-working environment, drawing on her research in serendipity to consider ways of encouraging those chance corridor encounters in a world with no corridors.

About the speakers

Vanessa Forster is responsible for HR and Wellbeing at Chadwicks. She is nearing the end of a degree in Business and Leadership where her dissertation research has focussed on managing remote and hybrid working teams.

Dr Wendy Ross is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology. Her research area is creativity and problem solving and she uses quantitative and qualitative methods to track thinking. She was awarded the 2021 Frank X Barron award for superior contribution to research in creativity, aesthetics and the arts by American Psychological Association

Date: 18 May 2021

Time(s): 10.00 am - 11.00 am

2.00 pm - 3.00 pm

Where: This is a virtual event

The Masterclass will last an hour with the opportuntiy to continue the conversation.

Refreshments will doubtless be available from a kitchen near you.

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Two great presentations - although I'd experienced the business sale process before was good to hear the pitfalls from James again. Richard is always easy to listen to and his delivery is great. James explained each element in a interesting way - could easily have lost people if the delivery had been tedious! Love the idea of the presentations - this one was less interesting to me than the previous one - cake made up for it!

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Good choice of presentations, all of interest, good venue ... So many people don't think of the impact of retirement soon enough on both our finances and our wellbeing. All businesses would benefit from having these presentations for those in their late 50's and early 60's to get individuals thinking about what they need to do and what they want to do, to ease themselves into retirement.

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