Women at Work / A Webinar Series for International Women's Day

Join us this March for Women at Work, a powerful webinar series celebrating International Women’s Day and igniting real change in workplaces and communities. Across the month, we’ll explore bold ideas and actionable strategies—from making local volunteering more impactful to rewriting workplace narratives for women. Dive into discussions on harnessing feminine power, influencing policy, and driving equity where it matters most. Whether you’re a leader, advocate, or ally, these conversations will equip you to challenge the status quo and create meaningful progress. Let’s celebrate, connect, and activate change—together.

View our full speaker list below and see which lunchtime talks fit into your diary. When you click on the booking link you’ll be able to select which talks you want to join. Whether it’s one, or all of them, joining is easy.

This event is now over – but you can catchup on some of the talks on the podcast here.

Workplace Chameleons – The Unstoppable Reinvention of Women

Women are the ultimate chameleons of the workplace—adapting, reinventing, and navigating the systemic challenges that persist. In this powerful keynote, Lizzie Benton, founder of Liberty Mind, explores how reinvention has become one of women’s greatest skills, though not always by choice. From the “motherhood tax” to age discrimination and the demand to suppress feminine energy at work, women continually reshape their careers to survive and thrive. Whether stepping into new roles, starting businesses, or challenging outdated norms, this session is a celebration of resilience, resourcefulness, and the power of shaping our own paths. Here’s to the great reinventors.

Making Local Volunteering Easy, charities need your brain not your broom

Toni Finnimore is a leading expert in corporate volunteer engagement, reinventing how businesses connect their employees with meaningful causes. With 25 years in community development, she has helped global brands achieve engagement rates of up to 98% through her bespoke 1:1 charity matchmaking approach. In this talk Toni will be sharing what she’s learned from her journey, and give practical guidance on combining our passions with local charity needs.

Rewriting the Workplace Narrative for Women 

Emma Humphrey is a therapeutic coach and hypnotherapist for heart-led women. Emma is a passionate believer that living with intention and purpose is the key to being your happiest, healthiest and most fulfilled self.

In this conversational session, Emma and Lizzie will be challenging workplace mindsets.

From the unspoken rules to the deeply ingrained biases, workplace conditioning has shaped how women see themselves and their potential. In this transformative webinar, we’ll uncover how patriarchal narratives hold women back—and, more importantly, how to challenge and rewrite them. Join us for an empowering discussion on shifting mindsets, reclaiming your voice, and redefining success on your own terms.

Six good questions to open up a system to expansive change

Practical insights and stories from working on long-term systems change. From inside UK governments and with partners driving socially just, sustainable futures. Esmee will open up her treasure trove of practices from across sustainability science, futures thinking, and social movement-building to inspire our collective imagination and action as leading-edge change-makers.

Esmee Wilcox, is an award-winning systems change practitioner, known for her
ability to spot new ways into cultures for long-term change. Esmee draws on careers
working within and for politically charged government organisations and cross-sector
partnerships, including the No 10 Strategy Unit and local healthcare systems. She
now runs Socially Adept for sustainable futures-making.

Esmee holds an MA from Middlesex University, in collaborative learning and
dialogue with policy-makers, scientists and industry experts. Esmee has been
published on social change out to 2050, as an Emerging Fellow of the Association of
Professional Futurists, writes occasionally for Henley Business School and wrote a
chapter on government innovation culture for the Triarchy Press publication “The
Failure Files”.

Esmee lives in South Norfolk, where the expansive skies help her think.

Harnessing Feminine Power: Owning Your Presence, Purpose & Passion 

Sophie Bryan is a Workplace Culture & Human Experience Specialist with a twist. She’s also qualified in Human Sexuality, a sex/life coach, burlesque dancer and runs her own burlesque dance school.

Sophie will be talking to us about how to harness the inner feminine sensual (sexual) power and energy to so as to show up and own who we are, do great work that fulfils us, & create amazing relationships.

Navigating the unknown: Why the future of work requires courage, curiosity & co-creation

Passionate about helping people and organizations discover more adaptive, soulful, and joyful ways of working, Nora supports the transition from old to new paradigms as a New Work & Transformation Consultant.

In Nora’s session we’ll be diving into navigating the unknown. We often wait for certainty before we act, but real transformation begins when we dare to explore the unknown. How can embracing curiosity, experimentation, and community help us design better ways of working and living?

Owning our future – taking responsibility for a thriving future

What if the key to transformation isn’t just new systems or strategies, but owning our power through responsibility?
In this session, we’ll explore how accountability – not as a burden, but as agency – can dismantle outdated power structures, unlock potential, and create workplaces where both individuals and the collective can thrive. As women, how we engage with power, leadership, and change matters. Instead of waiting for organisations and the world to change, how can we lead the way?

Kerstin Andlaw is founder of TAO Consulting and consultant coach with deep expertise in company culture, self-organisation, and transformational leadership. She has worked across diverse industries, helping organisations create engaged, high-performing environments where individuals and teams can thrive.
Passionate about redefining accountability and responsibility as pathways to freedom, Kerstin is committed to creating new systems that enabling people and organisations to reach their full potential.
As a speaker, she brings a thought-provoking perspective on activating change and building a more equitable future.

My Money Story: From Climbing the Ladder to Changing the Game

For a long time, I did what we’re all told to do—work hard, climb the career ladder, and assume money would take care of itself. It didn’t. Like so many women, I realised too late that financial education isn’t built into our careers, even though money shapes every decision we make. In this session, I’ll share my own money story—what I got wrong, what I learned, and why I started a financial education company to help others. We’ll also talk about the real gender money gaps, what it’s like fundraising as a female founder, and why the workplace is the best place to fix this. Expect stats, stories, and real actions we can take—because knowing your numbers is power, and it’s never too late to start.

Carla Hoppe is a leading voice in financial education and regularly speaks at conferences and industry events. After 15 years in law and accounting, she left a partner-tracked career at the Big 4 to found Wealthbrite. Wealthbrite is an award-winning company on a mission to create a generation of financially savvy lawyers, working with law firms to mitigate risk of financial misconduct through independent financial training. Carla is also an associate member of the Centre for Personal Financial Wellbeing at Aston University where she contributes to academic research on financial literacy and financial behaviours in the UK.

Life Friendly by Design

In this inspiring talk, Kirsten will share how PTHR is designed to be the most life-friendly organisation, where flexibility, trust, and autonomy aren’t just policies but lived realities. Kirsten will offer a personal perspective on balancing the joys and challenges of raising a baby while thriving at work. Expect honest reflections, practical insights, and a fresh vision for rethinking how organisations can truly support life-friendly cultures. Whether you’re a leader, HR professional, or simply seeking a better way to blend work and life, this session will leave you inspired to create change.

Kirsten Buck is Chief Futures Officer at PTHR – a growing consultancy in progressive OD and the next stage of business evolution, and a certified B Corporation organisation. Kirsten is a Semco Style Institute certified expert, Co-chair of B Local Scotland, Trustee of the European Organisation Design Forum, a proud Fellow of the RSA, and a keen writer. Kirsten also made chapter contributions to Perry Timms’ second book, “The Energized Workplace”, and co-authored Cranfield School of Management’s Progressive Organisation Design modules.