INSPIRE:LONDON
Building Bonds at Work –
Celebrating 10 Years of
Inspiring Workplaces
(strictly limited spaces)
Inspire:London: Building Bonds at Work –
Celebrating 10 Years of Inspiring Workplaces
2025 marks a decade of The Inspiring Workplaces Group, and we’re celebrating in style! Join us for a special 10th Anniversary Edition of Inspire:London, where we’ll reflect on the past, shape the future, and explore how meaningful workplace connections can transform lives.
Did you know having a close friend at work significantly boosts engagement, productivity, and overall happiness? Our partner, Gallup, highlighted in their recent Workplace Report that meaningful connections aren’t just a perk—they’re a necessity for thriving in the modern workplace. This is just one element we will be exploring at the event.
The Format:
- Four storytellers share inspiring 10-minute personal or professional narratives.
- Followed by 10-minute group discussions to reflect, share, and connect.
- A technology-free setting for authentic human interaction.
Why Attend:
- Exclusive anniversary-themed networking opportunities to build connections with an incredible view from the 18th floor of The Shard
- Discover strategies to foster friendships and collaborations that boost productivity and happiness.
- Engage in thought-provoking and technology free discussions and bond with like-minded professionals.
- Celebrate 10 years of creating workplace cultures where everyone thrives!
- Exclusive price of £19.99 ex VAT to attend.
Date: Jan 30, 2025
Time: 8.30am registration – 2.5 hour duration
Location: Gallup HQ, 18th Floor, The Shard, 32 London Bridge Street, London SE1 9SG
Be part of this milestone celebration and start the year by building new connections or strengthening existing ones. RSVP now—and why not bring a colleague to share the inspiration!
Storytellers in London
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Ellie Beech
Workplace Consultant
Gallup -
Anna Rasmussen
CEO
OpenBlend -
Shoshanna is an Early Careers and Gen-Z Engagement Expert and Founder of Fairy Job Mother.
She started her business over her frustration at the lack of good career advice and preparation there was for the world of work, during and after education. Coming from an underrepresented background she failed her exams, got fired from her first job, and felt unequipped to succeed.
After climbing the ladder to global a leadership position in her mid 20’s and seeing the issue continue she turned her frustration into action and founded Fairy Job Mother, combining all her learnings as a young person and leader from the corporate world.
Fairy Job Mother is on a mission to empower young people with the skills and confidence they need for impactful careers, while leaders the understanding and tools to engage, inspire and elevate the next generation.
Her work has been featured in CNBC, Business Insider, The Independent, The Observer, The Guardian, The Metro, LinkedIn HQ and more and she has worked with clients like M&S, BT, Accenture, and Diageo.
Shoshanna Davis
CEO
The Fairy Jobmother -
Matt Manners
Founder
The Inspiring Workplaces Group -
James Rapinac
Marketing & Communications
Gallup, Europe
Inspire:London Agenda
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8.15am
Registration, breakfast and networking
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9.00am
A quick hello from…
Matt Manners, Founder, Inspiring Workplaces Group
James Rapinac, Marketing Director, Gallup -
9.05am
A story from and group conversation with…
Ellie Beech
Workplace Consultant
GallupGallup’s inaugural measure of global loneliness shows over one in five people worldwide (23%) said they felt loneliness “a lot of the day yesterday.” Worldwide, experiences of loneliness are similar across demographic groups, including gender and age. The average working adult spends a majority of their week at their place of work and the environments in which we work in is a major contributor to the global loneliness pandemic.
Gallup has been studying human behaviour in the workplace for over 85 years and know that feels of mutual trust and belonging in our workplace cultures is an essential element of engagement and performance. Gallup is well known for it’s tenth question (Q10) on the Q12, a framework for measuring employee engagement, ‘I have a best friend at work,’ and knows that teams who can strongly agree to this statement have higher levels of well-being, productivity and belonging.
In its time, Gallup has not just been measuring mutual trust inside organisations but partnering with organisations to build it by building greater connectivity between in teams through the lens of their talents.
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9.25am
A story from and group conversation with…
Anna Rasmussen
CEO
OpenBlendBuilding Belonging Through the Power of 1:1s
In today’s workplace, a sense of belonging and collectiveness is more than just a “nice to have” — it’s a must have.A sense of belonging & collectiveness pulls every part of employee journey into consideration. Given our specialism, we were particularly curious around the role 1:1s play throughout the employee journey, homing in on the sense of being supported. As a result, earlier this year, OpenBlend and Inspiring Workplaces collaborated to conduct a piece of research into the critical role 1:1s play in creating a connected and thriving workforce.
The results revealed a reassuring yet arguably, underdeveloped approach to 1:1s in the workplace. Join Anna as she shares more insights from our research project, delving into actionable strategies for transforming 1:1s into meaningful conversations that build trust and empower your people to thrive at work.
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9.45am
A story from and group conversation with…
Shoshanna Davis
CEO
The Fairy Jobmother -
10.05
A story from and group conversation with…
TBC -
10.30am
Networking & Refreshments
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11.30am
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