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How Boring Ruined Work
We're constantly told that attention spans are falling, maybe even that people are less conscientious. In truth we've just made work really really boring. We've created a version of work that leaves us bored, overwhelmed or stressed. However, joy and inspiration is within our reach.

(Gen) A to Z of Online Engagement
People’s behaviours have changed, their attention patterns have shifted. But younger audiences still want great content. So how does a museum show up in this new world, online? How can they continue to be relevant? Kati will share how the V&A connects with Gen A and Z audiences online. 

What the Victorians Knew About AI
Every generation believes its technology is unprecedented. But the messy, surprising stories of how electricity, steam and railways actually transformed the world reveal patterns that we keep forgetting, and practical wisdom for the AI moment we're living through today. 

Thriving in Uncertainty
From global crises to everyday decisions, uncertainty now defines modern life. Yet our brains remain deeply uncomfortable with it. This talk blends neuroscience, psychology, and lived experience of radical individuals to explain why uncertainty feels so destabilising, but also how it can become a source of creativity and growth. This talk will share both practical skills and a fundamental reframe of uncertainty, not as a problem to solve, but a skill to build and muscle to strengthen.

Where Did the Time Go?
This talk is about the feeling that time is speeding up - days collapsing, months disappearing, life blurring together. We’ll look at why this happens, not because we’re doing something wrong, but because of how our brains encode attention, novelty, and memory. We’ll unpack how time is constructed moment to moment, why it felt slower when we were younger, and what causes it to thin out. We'll close with concrete steps for expanding time again, not by doing more, but by changing how experience is noticed and remembered.

Working in Space
Once upon a time, most employers couldn’t imagine what it might be like to embrace flexible working. Then there was a time where the majority of employees thought they may never step foot in an office again. By now, it is probably hard to tell whether you are coming or going  - and if you are going, whether it’s still only on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. But whilst everything is changing, what is it about getting some people together in a room that remains not just the same, but more important than ever?

Funny Business
Somewhere along the way, we stopped trying to entertain each other. Things got safer. Flatter. Less funny. This talk is about humour and entertainment as human instincts — not distractions from serious times, but tools for getting through them. For helping ideas land, stick, and actually mean something.

The Stone-Age Mind on a Digital Titanic
Work is changing at unprecedented speed, but our psychology hasn’t. Using the Titanic as a living metaphor, this interactive talk explores why overreliance on technology, privilege blindness, and poor communication persist—and why belonging is the human solution that helps organisations navigate radically changed landscapes.

Slow Futures
The future contains two things: stuff that's different to today and stuff that's the same. We overlook the second thing at our peril. Tom will talk about the things that aren't changing and the things that are – revealing a more accurate and rounded picture of the world we're heading through a balanced and thoughtful lens.

After the Close and Open AIs
The future of creativity is in our hands. Let’s make sure we shape it in a way that prioritises humans.

Imagination, Judgement and Taste
The last redoubts of humanity on a world run by robots.

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