Caroline Rheubottom

Two days of inspiring hands-on sessions, workshops and discussions on digital transformation, the future of work, digital equality, social media and digital leadership. Also included is the seventh edition of the entertaining Town Hall session and a comedy show.

March 15 and 16, 2021 will be our 8th edition of the Digital Leadership Forum. Since we believe that business travel will continue to be difficult early 2021, we are planning a virtual edition. In October 2021 we are planning the 9th edition, which will most likely be a physical event in Vienna.

Rail Delivery Group, London, United Kingdom

• Internal communications and employee engagement at Rail Delivery Group
  • Employee engagement and experience, workplace wellbeing, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, hybrid working – these are all terms with which we’ve become familiar in recent years, particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic when, rightly, a light has been shone on the importance of looking after our colleagues and their experiences both in and out of the workplace. But they’re all component parts of something bigger and less tangible – company culture! During this session, Jon Witt and Rachel Avenell from the Rail Delivery Group will talk about the journey they’ve been on over the past couple of years to help create a strong culture where colleagues can thrive.
• « Hybrid events– Preventing Us Vs Them », Richard Riche, Senior Manager Internal Communications, RSSB
• Coping with constant change – getting and keeping employees engaged as we move toward a hybrid workplace: How will we measure the effectiveness of our hybrid work model? How will we address employee isolation and disconnect? How will we support employees as we transition?
• How to communicate a transition to teams to 4000 co-members, Amy Cumberledge, Engagement Consultant at REED
• Insights into employee comms research conducted last year by Intuit, Caroline Rheubottom
• Insights into digital workplaces of participating organizations
• Lots of time for open discussions around your current challenges
• Advertisment free group, no vendors

House of Engineers, Vienna, Austria

The two-day hybrid conference focuses on digital innovation and on empowering you and your team to lead the continuous transformation of your organisation. Conference topics include digital internal and external communication including marketing & social media, leadership & transformation, future of work & digital workplace, corporate culture, employee well-being and sustainability.

Decathlon, London, United Kingdom

Knowledge sharing group meeting for experienced managers of internal communications from London and surrounding regions.

Topics include:

• Teammate’s engagement through Sport
  • Insights into the RED January intitiave & best internal comms practice
  • Maria Ferrer, Internal Communication Leader, Decathlon UK
• Digital transformation: promising it’s worth the pain
  • Years of failing IT systems have pushed our colleagues’ resilience to its limits. But how do we gain buy-in for transformation when it means things will get harder before they get easier?
  • Emily Foster, Senior Internal Change Communications Officer, St. Mungos
• How to be an effective Communications Business partner in an ever-changing corporate landscape
  • A short exploration of a decade of in-house communications across numerous industries including Consultancy, Real estate, Tech and Banking; with a focus on the steady movement from volume/drumbeat communications in the early 2010s towards impact and insight-led communications landscape of the 2020s
  • Funmy Williams, Distribution Director, Strategy & Planning, HSBC
• Increased use of AI and Automation in Internal Communications
  • This discussion explores the advantages of using AI technology for internal communications. AI technology like Chatbots and natural language processing will continue to play a larger role in streamlining internal communications processes. We’ll examine the capabilities and limitations of tools like ChatGPT and discuss implementation best practices. Additionally, we’ll address data privacy and security concerns.

• Lots of time for open discussions, including
  • How we can increase the watch-rate of our weekly videos?
  • Which Internal Comms KPIs are you using?
  • Bring your challenge along…

The meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. local time and is held at the Decathlon office in London.

Haus der Ingenieure, Vienna, Austria

The 10th edition of our yearly Digital Leadership Forum!