The New World Order – Moving forward in a multiverse of truths
This forum grapples with the negative and positive forces that are at work in our world and explores ways we could move forward or perhaps…
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Discover our forums—transform your thinking
Forums are what we call our scheduled opportunities for learning and engagement. At the moment they’re all online. We run five different types in addition to a member community (our peer network) to help you meet other leaders outside our scheduled events.
Angela, HR Director at Vail Williams talks to us about the advantages of a Thought Forum
Leadership 2021
Leadership has never been more important than it is now. The post-pandemic landscape will undoubtedly be different from any environment we have ever been in…
Neuro-diversity and diverse teams
How threat perception affects the decisions made in team contexts, and how to develop resilience enabling better quality decisions to be made.
Symposium – What now, what next, what after?
The future of work
2020 continues to present challenges and opportunities, and workplace outcomes will be decided by multiple factors. Leaders need to embrace the unknown and develop new…
Playing to your strengths
Do you know what your innate strengths are? During this forum you will be given the opportunity to complete the Clifton Strengths Finder Profile which…
Own your motivation, own your future
Motivation is a word often used but seldom understood and remains to this day one of the biggest challenges both personally and professionally. We will…
The Human Advantage
Disruptor: Carrie Foster Collaborative forum description Strategic HR is focused on the people dynamic and how the uniqueness of people is the key driver of…
Redundancy – Don’t just survive – thrive
Disruptor: Carrie Foster Collaborative forum description Redundancy may feel like the end of the world and when it happens in a world suffering from the…
Symposium – Artificial Intelligence and its impact
As with all major technological revolutions, such advancements bring with them unexpected opportunities and challenges for society with a need to consider the ethical, accountability…
The Forgotten Workers
Leadership has never been more important than it is now. The post-pandemic landscape will undoubtedly be different from any environment we have ever been in…
Imagining Future Enterprise
Exploring the question: “How to motivate staff returning to work after lockdown”
The Personalisation of Work
Explore how to release the individual to do their best work based on what they are best at.
Crossroads to a Better World
This forum explores a crossroads humanity finds itself at. What will decide the road we take?
Organisational Resilience
This forum gives you a simple framework to reappraise your priorities, culture and ways of working, so they are fit for purpose for these turbulent…
Algorithmic Accountability: Philosophy, Legality, Technology
A Peer Forum to explore issues arising both externally and internally to the practice of senior IT professionals, this time focussing on algorithmic accountability.
Delivering Value Through Diversity & Inclusion
In this Executive Forum, we explore how companies can develop better outcomes from their people initiatives, what measures matter and how to build sustainable practices…
Managing Motivation and Talent
A peer forum to explore issues related to motivating, retaining and managing talent in changing circumstances
IT in the Age of Disruption
A Peer Forum to explore issues arising both externally and internally to the practice of senior IT professionals
Diversity Dialogues
Bringing experts and thought leaders together to explore the latest critical thinking on how to build a more inclusive society in the face of the…
Multi-Generational Leadership
This forum will explore the evidence, and try to bust some of the myths surrounding the differences in the generations at work and identify what…
‘T’ Shaped Leaders—A Practical Exploration
In this forum we will examine ‘T’ shaped leaders who have two distinct characteristics, a depth of skill that allows them to contribute to the…
Evolution of Leadership
In this forum we will explore what has gone before, to discover which core skills and behaviours are still relevant and as effective today as…
Unlocking Employee Engagement and Motivation
Exploring the question: “How to motivate staff returning to work after lockdown”
Thinking Masterclass
Surf the edge of chaos and experience discomfort in a safe space to go beyond the immediate business reality and disrupt the status quo. Open…
Strategy Matters
Use a framework for strategic inquiry and decision making to focus on how we may leverage the organisation’s strengths to embrace opportunities and achieve aspirations.
Enchanting your Customers
Discover new disruptive opportunities that will enchant your customer
The Social Organisation
Examine an alternative to the capitalist market system and seeks to begin a dialogue about whether, if growth and profit are an important part of…
Crisis Management—From Chaos to Control
In this highly interactive session, we aim to go well beyond pandemics and think about what practices your company should be considering in any crisis…
Not Weak or Wobbly—Thriving in the Disruption Age
An entrepreneurial Mindset is your main defence against obsolescence and the engine of growth. This is the new reality: employees with an Entrepreneurial Mindset now…
Neurodiversity and Social Behaviours: When Good Teams Go Bad
Examine how differences in cognitive and emotional factors are manifest in terms of social behaviours in organisations
Boundaryless Talent Management
Examine an approach to talent management that accepts that a large proportion of the employee population has unrecognised talent that is under-utilised
Team Coaching Development
Introduces and practices the key skills and behaviours required to effectively coach employees in the workplace.
Coaching CPD Event
Continued professional development for coaches to enable learning, aid motivation and build engagement.
Our forum types
These are the types of forums we run, ranging in scale from up to 36 members in a collaborative forum to eight or less in a thought forum.
4i peer discussion forum
Learn from others
Participate in ongoing community discussions on specific themes and topics. This is an exclusive space where members can gather to think and learn collaboratively.
4i collaborative forum
Learning with others
Explore future practice ideas developed by an expert in the field. Together members will investigate new ideas alongside our thought leader. You will benefit from the collective intelligence of the group disrupting your thinking and together discover new ways to move a business issue forward.
4i dynamic forum
Access new thinking
Experience fresh thinking about a themed business challenge or topic. Working with an expert and other members you will share different perspectives without judgement giving momentum to your understanding and enlightening your thinking. Explore the questions that others are asking about a topic or theme.
4i peer forum
Learning with peers
Meet regularly with a select community of cross-industry peers to provoke each other to question accepted modus operandi and inspire new levels of ideation. Deep dive into a topic with your peers, to regulary examine different questions about the same topic or theme.
4i executive forum
Connect and collaborate
Collaborate with other Senior Leaders to challenge what you think you know. Embrace an opportunity to think deeply about whether the strategic question you are trying to solve, is the right one. Probe beneath the surface of your thinking to solve the problems of tomorrow, today.
4i thought forum
Disrupt your thinking
Surf the edge of chaos and experience discomfort in a safe space to go beyond the immediate business reality and disrupt the status quo. Open up issues and problems you haven't even thought of yet and deeply probe your thinking to discover the questions you should be asking.