Hybrid Working and The 4 Day Work Week – Smart Strategy or Fantasy Fix?
The way we work has transformed. What began as a temporary measure during the pandemic has evolved into a lasting and strategic way of operating. For many organisations, hybrid working has become a key part of their long-term workforce model. The debate over remote work has resurfaced, with some arguing that working from home isn’t ‘proper work’ and has set the UK’s productivity back by 20 years.
CHAIR
Clare Durnin, Chief People and Excellence Officer, Platform Housing Group Limited
SPEAKERS
Alan Keers, CEO, Red Kite Housing | Brendan Burchell, Professor in the Social Sciences, University of Cambridge and four-day week qualitative research lead, University of Cambridge
Geopolitics and the CLO: Lessons from Global Banks
Geopolitics is no longer a background consideration for General Counsel. Trade tensions, tariffs, regulatory retaliation, and political risk now shape board-level decisions, market access, and organisational resilience in real time.
In this closed-door virtual session, Susan Sayers, former Group General Counsel of HSBC, will draw on first-hand experience leading legal teams through periods of sustained geopolitical volatility across Asia, the US, and Europe.
TRAINERS
Susan Sayers, Former General Counsel, Asia and Middle East, HSBC
