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Women @ Work – Is the great resignation set to continue?

The pandemic continues to take a heavy toll on women – burnout, for example, has reached alarmingly high levels. At the same time, many women have made career and life decisions driven by their experiences during the pandemic. For some, this has meant seeking new, more flexible working patterns; for others, it has meant leaving their employers or the workforce entirely.Is the great resignation set to continue?  What will it take for organisations to support and retain women in the new normal?  After a two-year setback for gender equality in the workplace, what actions should employers be taking? editor and invited experts Tessa MurrayEditor Dr Vinika Devasar RaoExecutive Director, INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute and Gender Initiative; Director, Hoffman Global Institute for Business & Society, Asia Emma CoddGlobal Inclusion Leader, Deloitte

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Redesigning Work: Is hybrid the answer? A ThinkIn with Lynda Gratton

This is a newsroom ThinkIn. In-person and digital-only tickets are available.Two years into the COVID19 pandemic and people in the UK are feeling things return to some semblance of normality – socialising is allowed, masks are not always required and the news isn’t always about COVID. But one change seems here to stay: hybrid working. And Lynda Gratton suggests, in her new book ‘Redesigning Work’ that this is the greatest global shift in the world of work for a century. But it’s not all plain sailing. Adapting global businesses and habits to this new structure of working requires a significant effort and a fundamental re-learning.Lynda has spent thirty years researching the technological, demographic, cultural and societal trends that are shaping work. Combining her knowledge and years of experience with all that the pandemic has taught us, she presents a four-step framework for redesigning work. Join this ThinkIn as we ask: how can we make remote working work.  editor and invited experts James HardingCo-Founder and Editor Lynda GrattonProfessor of Management Practice at London Business School and Author of ‘The 100 Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity’

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Women @ Work – Is the great resignation set to continue?

The pandemic continues to take a heavy toll on women – burnout, for example, has reached alarmingly high levels. At the same time, many women have made career and life decisions driven by their experiences during the pandemic. For some, this has meant seeking new, more flexible working patterns; for others, it has meant leaving their employers or the workforce entirely.Is the great resignation set to continue?  What will it take for organisations to support and retain women in the new normal?  After a two-year setback for gender equality in the workplace, what actions should employers be taking? editor and invited experts Tessa MurrayEditor Dr Vinika Devasar RaoExecutive Director, INSEAD Emerging Markets Institute and Gender Initiative; Director, Hoffman Global Institute for Business & Society, Asia Emma CoddGlobal Inclusion Leader, Deloitte

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Redesigning Work: Is hybrid the answer? A ThinkIn with Lynda Gratton

This is a newsroom ThinkIn. In-person and digital-only tickets are available.Two years into the COVID19 pandemic and people in the UK are feeling things return to some semblance of normality – socialising is allowed, masks are not always required and the news isn’t always about COVID. But one change seems here to stay: hybrid working. And Lynda Gratton suggests, in her new book ‘Redesigning Work’ that this is the greatest global shift in the world of work for a century. But it’s not all plain sailing. Adapting global businesses and habits to this new structure of working requires a significant effort and a fundamental re-learning.Lynda has spent thirty years researching the technological, demographic, cultural and societal trends that are shaping work. Combining her knowledge and years of experience with all that the pandemic has taught us, she presents a four-step framework for redesigning work. Join this ThinkIn as we ask: how can we make remote working work.  editor and invited experts James HardingCo-Founder and Editor Lynda GrattonProfessor of Management Practice at London Business School and Author of ‘The 100 Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity’

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Systemic change in the workplace: Is the answer allyship?

This is a digital-only ThinkIn.Gender, race, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation, class, mental health, geography are just some of the factors that give people more or fewer opportunities for success because of the barriers put up by society. What mechanisms truly work in getting people to notice, challenge and ultimately change their everyday behaviour, ingrained habits and well-worn relationships in the workplace? Do the people with the most power to make change identify with “allyship” as a concept? How can we tell active allyship apart from performative allyship, and how do we call it out when we do? Given there’s no such thing as the perfect ally, whose job is it to be an ally to the allies when they get it wrong? editor and invited experts Liz MoseleyEditor Dr David SmithAssociate Professor at Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School; Author, ‘Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace’ Jackie HenryManaging Partner, People and Purpose, Deloitte UK

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In conversation with Google’s Matt Brittin

This is a digital-only ThinkIn. As one of the superpowers of the internet, Google’s technology, tools and services  touch the daily lives of billions of people who go online every day. Google’s enormous presence and influence comes with great responsibility. Society expects higher standards from corporations and Governments are paying closer attention than ever to how big tech operates. Matt Brittin will be in conversation with James Harding, Tortoise editor and co-founder, about how Google approaches this responsibility, and the role digital technology, tools and skills can play in enabling a sustainable and inclusive recovery from Covid19 – from tackling climate change to supporting an evolving labour market. editor and invited experts James Harding Co-Founder and Editor Matt Brittin President of EMEA Business & Operations for Google

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What does it mean to work well?

This is a digital-only ThinkIn. One in six people experience mental health problems in the workplace and it’s estimated that over 12% of sick days can be attributed to issues associated with poor mental health.  But what does it actually mean to look after your mental health? Are there ground rules or is it different for everyone? In the latest in a series of ThinkIns that aim to critically examine the public conversation about mental health and wellbeing, we ask where the responsibility lies for ensuring good mental health. Has progress been made to support those who struggle with their mental wellbeing? What should we be doing to create healthy habits in the workplace? editor and invited experts Liz Moseley Editor Jen Fisher Chief Wellbeing Officer, Deloitte US Ricardo Araya Professor of Global Mental Health, and Director of the Centre for Global Mental Health, King’s College London Sapna Mahajan Director, Genomics in Society, Genome Canada

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Is hybrid working worse for women?

This is a digital-only ThinkIn. By now, many of us have been involved with a hybrid working environment for a few months; indeed, it seems to be the new normal for many employers globally. And while it may have its perks, such as a reduced commute, are we ignoring the risk that more choice on where and when to work may increase inequality? Flexible working offers greater freedom to those with caring responsibilities or disabilities to work from home – but what can we do to avoid unintended consequences of this freedom? How do we ensure that this new way of working enables rather than hinders equality?   editor and invited experts Liz Moseley Editor Emma Codd Global Inclusion Leader for Deloitte Lenita Freidenvall Senior Lecturer of Political Science at Stockholm University and Co-Director of the Women in Politics Research Network Rosie Campbell Director of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership, King’s College London

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In conversation with Simon Sinek

This is a digital-only ThinkIn.Self-confessed ‘unshakeable optimist’ Simon Sinek has been described as a ‘visionary’. His book Start With Why, published in 2009, became a global sensation. Since then, he’s written several best-sellers including Leaders Eat Last and The Infinite Game. His first ThinkIn with Tortoise back in 2019 drew one of our biggest ever live audiences. We’re delighted to welcome him back, virtually this time, for an hour of his characteristic wit and wisdom reflecting on the power of optimism in tough times, the future of leadership and how the experiences of the past two years will impact working culture.Photograph Andrew Dolgin editor James HardingCo-founder and Editor

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The Tortoise Responsible Business Summit

The writers of some of the biggest shows on TV are on strike because an explosion of streaming content has forced down their wages. The Writers Guild of America represents more than eleven thousand film and TV writers in the United States. At one minute past midnight on Tuesday 2nd May all of its members went on strike for the first time in 15 years. It was announced after talks failed between the WGA and the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Sal Gentile is a writer and producer for NBC’s ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers’. He says “they’ve eroded a lot of the protections that used to exist for writers before the streaming era.” “Writing rooms are a lot smaller, and the duration of those writing rooms are a lot shorter. There’s a lot of work that is not rewarded in the same way that it was before the streaming era. But the writers are still doing that work.” Before streaming took over, writers were able to make a fairly steady income from what are known as residuals – payments they received whenever content was repeated. Screenwriter Kyra Jones wrote on Twitter: “My first residual check for the broadcast show I wrote on was $12,000. I just got my first residual check for my streaming show… $4”  According to the WGA the median writer salary has fallen by 4%. Adjusted for inflation, that number goes up to 23%. Meanwhile, unions calculate that eight of the major Hollywood studio bosses made a total of over 773 million dollars last year.  Late-night talk shows have already stopped as a result of the strike and shows which are currently in production, like season two of Amazon’s House of the Dragon, could be delayed. The last writers strike in 2007 lasted 100 days and cost California’s economy 2 billion dollars, so the pressure is on to break the stalemate. But with actors and directors also negotiating over pay, things could get worse before they get better.

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Back to reality: how will going back to work work?

The writers of some of the biggest shows on TV are on strike because an explosion of streaming content has forced down their wages. The Writers Guild of America represents more than eleven thousand film and TV writers in the United States. At one minute past midnight on Tuesday 2nd May all of its members went on strike for the first time in 15 years. It was announced after talks failed between the WGA and the Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Sal Gentile is a writer and producer for NBC’s ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers’. He says “they’ve eroded a lot of the protections that used to exist for writers before the streaming era.” “Writing rooms are a lot smaller, and the duration of those writing rooms are a lot shorter. There’s a lot of work that is not rewarded in the same way that it was before the streaming era. But the writers are still doing that work.” Before streaming took over, writers were able to make a fairly steady income from what are known as residuals – payments they received whenever content was repeated. Screenwriter Kyra Jones wrote on Twitter: “My first residual check for the broadcast show I wrote on was $12,000. I just got my first residual check for my streaming show… $4”  According to the WGA the median writer salary has fallen by 4%. Adjusted for inflation, that number goes up to 23%. Meanwhile, unions calculate that eight of the major Hollywood studio bosses made a total of over 773 million dollars last year.  Late-night talk shows have already stopped as a result of the strike and shows which are currently in production, like season two of Amazon’s House of the Dragon, could be delayed. The last writers strike in 2007 lasted 100 days and cost California’s economy 2 billion dollars, so the pressure is on to break the stalemate. But with actors and directors also negotiating over pay, things could get worse before they get better.
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