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SUMMARY:AI - Collaborative Learning Group Discussion
DESCRIPTION:This is a confidential collaborative learning group dedicated to challenges leaders face when making decisions relevant to AI implementation in their business. The objective for the meetings is to focus on the specific area of AI implementation and to exchange ideas and best practice relevant to optimising AI within organisations. \n \nWhat will be covered?\n\nThe subject matter is set by the participants\, with added stimulus from the group manager and facilitator to fuel the session. \nThe sessions stimulate a wealth of interesting views and ideas from participants across a range of business sectors. \nSome suggested topics of discussion: \n\n\nHow to automate repetitive tasks\nAm I optimising my current AI tools\nHow will AI affect my staffing?\nWhat are the problems AI can solve?\nAny risks or security issues\nAI Language Model Capabilities\n\nThis group will meet regularly across the year and hosted by Niël Malan and facilitated by Tom Scrimgour. \n \n \nClick here to learn more about the group.
URL:https://www.md2md.co.uk/event/ai-collaborative-learning-group-discussion-july-2026/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Hot topic discussion
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SUMMARY:Leading Through Midlife Transitions: What Senior Women Need Now
DESCRIPTION:This is a chance to go beyond simple menopausal awareness and straight into leadership reality. I want to hear directly from you about: \n\nwhat’s working\nwhat’s failing\nwhat’s missing\nAnd what needs to happen next if organisations are serious about supporting women through menopause.\n\nMy work sits at the intersection of leadership\, culture change\, and the male perspective. I’ve written Conversation Shifts for Men: Leadership\, menopause and the case for Workplace Change\, and I’ve spent years helping leaders tackle the difficult\, unspoken\, systemic issues that quietly shape careers. \nThe session isn’t a lecture but a strategic conversation. \nYour insights will directly shape the next evolution of leader education\, male allyship\, and organisational practice. \n\nWe will explore four themes\, each designed to open up the conversation. \n1. The Strategic Landscape: Why This Matters Now \nUnderstanding whether menopause is seen as a genuine organisational priority\, or still a private\, hidden struggle. \n2. Culture & Accountability: What Organisations Get Wrong\, and What Great Ones Do \nExploring how culture\, systems\, line managers\, and psychological safety all affect whether women stay\, step back\, or step up. \n3. The Conversation Shift: What Language Actually Lands with Men\, Leaders & Boards\nCo-testing ideas\, tone\, framing and male-allyship messages which land with men\, executives and Boards. \n4. Practical Wins: What You’d Want Your CEO or HRD to Do Tomorrow Morning\nIdentifying the most useful\, realistic\, high-impact steps that organisations can take. \nHow I’ll Use These Insights\nYour insights will feed directly into: \n\nnext-stage leader education and male allyship development\npractical tools for line managers and senior leaders\nrefined messaging for boards\, CEOs\, and HRDs\nmy speaking\, consulting\, and training programmes designed to change the workplace narrative\n\nThis group has the lived experience and leadership insight that can reshape how organisations treat menopause\, not as an HR initiative\, but as a culture and performance imperative. \nWhy attend?\nAbout me: \nGuy Ellis \n \nI coach senior women in finance\, tech and other male-dominated environments to rebuild confidence\, raise their profile\, and lead with calm\, credible authority in systems that weren’t designed with them in mind. With decades of experience as an HR Director\, change consultant\, and leadership coach\, I understand how organisations really work and where they quietly hold women back. \nI founded Courageous Workplaces and developed the Leadership Inside Out framework to help leaders cut through organisational noise\, navigate tough dynamics\, and lead with greater clarity\, courage and impact. My clients come for honest\, strategic conversations and leave with sharper thinking\, practical steps forward\, and the confidence to progress whether that means stepping into the C-suite\, influencing at board level\, or simply reclaiming space to lead well. I also speak and write about the often unseen challenges women face at work\, from confidence erosion and being “too nice” to career-defining transitions that rarely get discussed openly. \nTakeaways\nBy the end of the session\, you will leave with: \n\nA clear understanding of what forward-thinking organisations are starting to do right\nPractical\, high-impact ideas you can apply immediately in your own workplace\nThe chance to directly influence the next wave of leadership-focused menopause support\nA complimentary copy of my book
URL:https://www.md2md.co.uk/event/womens-midlife-transitions-workshop-august-2026/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Topic workshop online
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SUMMARY:AI - Collaborative Learning Group Discussion
DESCRIPTION:This is a confidential collaborative learning group dedicated to challenges leaders face when making decisions relevant to AI implementation in their business. The objective for the meetings is to focus on the specific area of AI implementation and to exchange ideas and best practice relevant to optimising AI within organisations. \n \nWhat will be covered?\n\nThe subject matter is set by the participants\, with added stimulus from the group manager and facilitator to fuel the session. \nThe sessions stimulate a wealth of interesting views and ideas from participants across a range of business sectors. \nSome suggested topics of discussion: \n\n\nHow to automate repetitive tasks\nAm I optimising my current AI tools\nHow will AI affect my staffing?\nWhat are the problems AI can solve?\nAny risks or security issues\nAI Language Model Capabilities\n\nThis group will meet regularly across the year and hosted by Niël Malan and facilitated by Tom Scrimgour. \n \n \nClick here to learn more about the group.
URL:https://www.md2md.co.uk/event/ai-collaborative-learning-group-discussion-october-2026/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Hot topic discussion
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SUMMARY:An Interview with Laura Riley
DESCRIPTION:From Surviving to Leading With Purpose\nLaura Riley’s journey is one of courage\, reinvention\, and remarkable resilience. From adapting to new countries as a child\, to working on the front line of mental health care\, to rebuilding her life as a young mother escaping abuse.  Laura has overcome challenges that would stop many in their tracks. \nIn 2013 she founded Mums In Need\, a charity supporting mothers experiencing post-separation abuse and coercive control. Today\, as CEO\, she leads a growing team\, supports fellow charity leaders\, and delivers accredited training to help employers recognise and support staff affected by domestic abuse. \nIn this interview\, Laura will share: \n\n\nHow she went from staff nurse to charity CEO \n\n\nThe tools she uses to stay resilient while juggling life and leadership \n\n\nHow adversity shaped her confidence\, purpose and drive \n\n\nPractical insights for women leading through pressure and change \n\n\nExpect an open\, practical and inspiring Q&A with plenty of real-world insights you can bring back into your own life and leadership.
URL:https://www.md2md.co.uk/event/laura-riley-interview-october-2026/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Interview with question & answer session
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