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WHEN 17th March to 19th March 2020 VENUE Sheepdrove Eco Conference Centre, Lambourn, Berkshire On Your Marks
CONNECT 2020 2 On Your Marks in March is the opening event of the Connect 2020 programme. “The Wavelength guys don’t offer On Your Marks is critical to the establishment of a powerful, energised up glib or easy and connected 2020 cohort. As such, attendance is non-negotiable. answers. It is Please ensure you are at On Your Marks. The three-day gathering is held at a a grown up fabulous venue in the Berkshire Downs. ON YOUR MARKS Be warned: mobile phone coverage and programme for wifi is patchy at best. That’s deliberate – we need your full attention! grown up people. We will help you understand how to make I recommend the most of your time on Connect and give you lots of opportunities to meet with it highly” your fellow members. Carefully selected speakers will share their insights and stories of Leading Change: responding to MICHAEL ANDREWS, DIRECTOR, WAITROSE software accelerated disruption; driving the sustainability agenda; aligning personal purpose with business as a force for good; and effective networking and storytelling. www.wavelengthleadership.com
CONNECT 2020 3 ON YOUR MARKS SOME PRACTICAL TIPS BEFORE AFTER ‘ON YOUR MARKS’ ‘ON YOUR MARKS’ DO TELL your PA DO NOT schedule heavy You are likely to leave and office that you will meetings for 20th March! You Sheepdrove inspired, tired, be incommunicado at will be tired and buzzing – and having learned loads, your head Sheepdrove – phone frankly not much use to anyone! spinning with new ideas and coverage is patchy and the ‘What ifs…?’ You may even feel DO schedule time to speak to wifi is equally hit or miss. a bit lost. THAT’S OKAY. Many your team, peer group, Board Consider putting your Out Of DURING people who said Connect was or whoever else is an important Office message on. ‘ON YOUR MARKS’ the best leadership learning part of your eco-system about experience of their careers felt DO NOT schedule any If you are coming from who and what you heard at like that at the start. conference calls if you can outside London or the South Sheepdrove. This is something possibly help it. East we strongly suggest you should try to do after every If you feel puzzled or wonder that you try to stay closer Connect session. what this has got to do with the night before so you don’t your day job, talk to someone BUT don’t rush into it. Think have a stupidly early start. on the Wavelength team. They hard about what your insights are there to help and can share Give yourself permission and learnings mean for your with you the experiences of the to enter fully into the organisation, your team – some hundreds of people who have experience. Turn off your ideas you can steal with glee ‘done’ Connect. email and be fully present. and implement immediately, but some will need translation Most importantly, come to be relevant to your business. with an open mind and Structure your feedback. a spirit of curiosity. www.wavelengthleadership.com
CONNECT 2020 4 ON YOUR MARKS SPEAKERS DR ARAVIND SRINIVASAN MS MBA CHRISTINA BOUTRUP DAN COBLEY CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER CHINA ANALYST, JOURNALIST, MANAGING PARTNER (FINTECH), & DIRECTOR – PROJECTS, THOUGHT LEADER BLENHEIM CHALCOT ARAVIND EYE CARE SYSTEM Without any fanfare China is Through venture builder Blenheim Based in India, Aravind Eye Care taking a quantum leap. In recent Chalcot, Dan supports the founding System began as an 11-bed years the nation has been and growth of companies seeking eye clinic in 1976. Since then, over 40 million experiencing a technological revolution that is to help consumers and small businesses address outpatient examinations have been performed and set to shift the world’s balance of power and will their financial needs through technology. He over 5 million patients have undergone eye surgery affect us all. Christina Boutrup is a leading China is an expert in start up methodology and the or laser procedures. analyst and former Asia correspondent. ‘pretotyping’ approach to innovation. The Aravind Eye Care System, is the world’s largest As a journalist Christina travelled in most parts of The After four years at Capital One and eight years at provider of high-quality eye care. It is also one of the Middle Kingdom and covered areas such as business, Google, where he rose to UK Managing Director, Dan world’s most incredible and revolutionary organisations economy, environment and social issues for more than moved into FinTech in 2014. delivering surgical outcomes equal to or exceeding a decade, hosting radio and TV shows about China. He is the co-founder of ClearScore, BizFiTech, those in the developed world at less than one percent Christina interviewed Alibaba’s founder Jack Ma and SalaryFinance and Dynamo Mortgages, and is an of the cost, treating more than half of its patients free has closely followed the global expansion of Chinese advisor and investor in a number of start-ups outside of charge, and taking no grants or donations. It has companies. She has written several books about FinTech including hivelearning.com and Personal improved the eye-sight of millions of poor Indians. business in China, most recently The Great Tech Boardroom. Aravind’s success is so perplexing it has been the Revolution: How China is Shaping Our Future. Dan’s TEDTalk on Physics and Marketing has been subject of a popular Harvard Business School case Christina is also on the Advisory Board of watched by over a million people. study. ThinkChina.dk, a think tank of the University of Dr Aravind is an eye surgeon and is on the executive Copenhagen. board of this remarkable social business. www.wavelengthleadership.com
CONNECT 2020 5 ON YOUR MARKS SPEAKERS DAVID PEMSEL FOKKO WIENTJES FORMER CEO, VICE-PRESIDENT NUTRITION “It was the best GUARDIAN MEDIA GROUP IN EMERGING MARKETS & FOOD SYSTEMS leadership Media is the industry most disrupted by the digital and TRANSFORMATION, DSM programme I’ve software revolution. The 200 year- old Guardian has undergone a wholesale change DSM is a Dutch based global science-based company – founded in 1902 – active been on and I’ve to the foundational components of its business: in health, nutrition and materials with annual net been on quite a few! from its operating model to its infrastructure; what sales of around 10 billion Euros and employing it sells, to whom and how it goes to market. some 20,000 people worldwide. The honesty and Long established business models have been smashed Fokko has developed and driven sustainability in DSM wisdom of some of apart as Google, Facebook, Apple, Twitter, BuzzFeed from a corporate responsibility objective to being a key and the like create new platforms and distribution strategic business-driver. Sustainability has become one the speakers was channels. What’s it like to lead in a context of merciless change and where planning beyond the next three of DSM’s main business growth and innovation drivers. breathtaking” The mission of the business is “creating sustainable months seems impossible? shared value for all their stakeholders based on TOM LANE, And the turbulent journey from selling newspapers innovations that benefit People, Planet and Profit”. CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER, to a global free-to-access online news and comment Fokko joined in 1988 and over the years has held BUSINESS BANKING, RBS platform is far from over, and with more than 120 million a range of operations roles in logistics, sales, HR, users the Guardian is one of the most visited English marketing and general management. language sites in the world. Fokko has built high-impact Public Private Partnerships David, formerly Marketing Director for ITV, joined with UN agencies like WFP and UNICEF. Together with Guardian News & Media in 2011 and served as Chief these strategic partners the lives of over 30 million Marketing Officer, Chief Commercial Officer and Deputy people have been improved, providing more nutritious Chief Executive, becoming CEO in July 2015. food, making people in need not only survive but thrive. DSM has been named among the global leaders on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for the past 14 years and holding the number one position in the sector seven times. In 2017, DSM ranked number two on Fortune’s ‘companies that change the world’ list. www.wavelengthleadership.com
CONNECT 2020 6 ON YOUR MARKS SPEAKERS LISA GANSKY SIR MARTIN NAREY SILICON VALLEY FORMER CEO, BARNARDO’S ENTREPRENEUR, ANGEL & FORMER DIRECTOR GENERAL, INVESTOR & INSTIGATOR PRISON SERVICE Lisa is invited all over the planet to Martin has led in some of speak on the topics of technology, the toughest, most exposed social currency and business platforms and environments and speaks with profound honesty models. and authenticity about the challenges of trying to stay true to your personal values when the culture For more than two decades Lisa has been a Silicon you lead is doing everything it can to undermine Valley based entrepreneur and angel investor focused and destroy them. on building companies where there are opportunities for timely disruption and resounding impact. A founder As Director General of the prison service in England and CEO of several internet companies, including GNN and Wales he had the most thankless and difficult of all (the first commercial web publication) and the first online public sector leadership roles. A hostile and change- consumer photo sharing and print service, Ofoto (which resistant prison warders union on one side, the hang she sold to Kodak), Lisa’s attention is on sustainable ‘em and flog ‘em tabloid media on the other, and ventures with positive social impact. responsible to short-term Westminster politics, Martin used his time in prisons to bring decency and fairness to She is the author of best sellers The Mesh: Why the a system lacking both. Future of Business is Sharing and Radical Trust: How Blockchain Liberates the Next Economy. Lisa is also In 2005, he took over Barnardo’s and turned its fortunes the “instigator” behind the online Mesh Directory – “the around, transforming the country’s biggest provider of pulse of the sharing economy”. help to poor and abused kids. Today Martin remains a high profile media figure with his role as adviser to the Government on children. He is also the Chair of the Portman Group and on the Board of the Advertising Standards Authority. Dan Cobley, Managing Partner (Fintech), Blenheim Chalcot www.wavelengthleadership.com
CONNECT 2020 7 ON YOUR MARKS SPEAKERS PAUL CAMPBELL PETER DOOLAN RICHARD ADDY CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER, EVP OF DIGITAL DIRECTOR & CO-FOUNDER, W.L GORE & ASSOCIATES TRANSFORMATION & AKAS INNOVATION, SALESFORCE Well known for waterproof, What’s the story you tell yourself? breathable GORE-TEX® fabric, Peter is a passionate voice What’s the story you tell others? W.L.Gore & Associates’ portfolio on business, technology and Richard is an expert in fusing includes everything from high-performance industry issues. He has responsibility for together audience insights, strategy formulation, fabrics and implantable medical devices to a diverse group of designers, innovators, creative development and communications for mobile, automotive and aerospace electronics. entrepreneurs and engineers serving large and greater business impact – all based on facilitation strategic customers globally. through creative storytelling. Already an innovative company, Paul is driving revamp of the innovation strategy of the company The Salesforce team includes deep design thinking Richard’s consultancy, Akas, has worked with by being the catalyst for understanding and applying practitioners and technology specialists who apply organisations such as The Bill & Melinda Gates key techniques such as Open Innovation, Lean the incredible power of cloud computing to create a Foundation, The World Bank, The Guardian, C40 Cities Innovation, Venturing, Business Model Innovation and transformation vision that delivers strategic value and and Cancer Research UK. Design Thinking. business success. Before striking out on his own he worked as a Chief Paul, himself a serial intrapreneur, will talk about how Prior to joining Salesforce Peter led solution Adviser at the BBC and has over 25 years’ experience large incumbent organisations with legacy systems engineering and consulting teams with Oracle working as a strategist and a Government Economist innovate themselves on the path to reaching far in North America and Europe. Over his 22-year advising CEOs, Government ministers and business enough to remain relevant. He will share insights on career with Oracle he served global customers with leaders. how to drive innovation beyond ideation by creating enterprise applications and technology transformation Richard enthusiastically completed two Wavelength an environment where experimentation and new projects in the most demanding business programmes, and credits Wavelength with being a key businesses can flourish. environments. influencer in starting Akas. Paul leads the Gore Innovation Centre (GIC), located This breadth of experience has allowed him Richard is a Trustee at Mind, the UK’s leading mental in Silicon Valley. GIC is the first such facility at to develop the technical, business, and social health charity, and sits on the Advisory Board of the Gore and in their first few months of operation GIC perspectives required to offer practical solutions to University of South California’s Media Impacts Project. have already formed partnerships with, and made Salesforce customers globally. investments in startups, a first for Gore. Previously, Paul ran the Silicon Valley Innovation Centre for Schneider Electric, which was also the first such facility for SE. www.wavelengthleadership.com
CONNECT 2020 8 ON YOUR MARKS SPEAKERS STEVE MCGUIRK CBE STUART TOOTAL DSO OBE SUE GARRARD FORMER CHIEF FIRE OFFICER FORMER COMMANDER 3PARA FORMER EVP SUSTAINABLE & CEO, MANCHESTER FIRE & IN AFGHANISTAN BUSINESS AND RESCUE SERVICE & EXPERT COMMUNICATIONS, UNILEVER In 2007 – in a blaze of media WITNESS, GRENFELL TOWER publicity – Stuart resigned as Sue was responsible for leading and PUBLIC ENQUIRY a Colonel in the British army embedding Unilever’s ambitious Steve had a distinguished first career as a Chief because of his concern for the poor treatment USLP (the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan) into Fire Officer and CEO in the Fire and Rescue sector of the wounded under his command in the business and ensuring progress against its 70- – joining the Service at the age of sixteen in 1976, Afghanistan bringing to an end a distinguished plus time bound targets. and leaving in 2015. military career. Sue was responsible for teams in 180 markets During this period, he served in a number of fire and In 2006 he commanded the 3rd Battalion of the who engage with Governments and key external rescue organisations and dealt with many difficult, tragic Parachute Regiment (3 PARA), the first UK Battle stakeholders; lead employee engagement; handle and complex emergencies and crises. He also led Group to be sent to southern Afghanistan, for which the media; and are accountable for issues and crisis Greater Manchester’s city-wide resilience arrangements he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order management. She left Unilever in late 2018. for a number of years. (DSO) for his outstanding leadership’. The fighting 3 Sue has an unusual background, with two spells in the PARA took part in has been described as the most In recognition of Steve’s public work in the Fire and public sector, and roles in advertising and public affairs intense level of combat experienced by the British Rescue Sector, he was awarded the Long Service and agencies in the private sector. Sue’s most recent role Army since the Korean War. Good Conduct Medal in 1996, the Queen’s Fire Service prior to Unilever was as Director General for Customer Medal in 2002, the CBE in 2005 and was recognised by Since 2008 Stuart has been a key part of a Barclays’ Strategy and Communications at the Department of the London Business School in their Leadership Awards global security operations. He has also set up Work and Pensions. In this role she was also a member in 2016, as their ‘Master of Reinvention’. veterans’ employment programme, which has of the DWP’s Executive Team. assisted over 2,000 individuals. Steve embarked on a second portfolio career when leaving the Fire Service, which still encompasses leadership roles. He is Chairman of a Hospitals Foundation Trust, and Chairman and Trustee of the Fire Research and Training Trust. He is also currently undertaking an important role as Expert Witness to the Grenfell Public Inquiry as well as being a member of the Strategic Advisory Board of the new National Leadership Centre (NLC). www.wavelengthleadership.com
CONNECT 2020 9 ON YOUR MARKS SPEAKERS DAME SUE CAMPBELL CBE HEAD OF WOMEN'S FOOTBALL, FA & FORMER CHAIR, UK SPORT In the three years before the UK won the London 2012 bid, Sue took an existing organisation, UK Sport, and transformed it, culturally and organisationally, into an organisation fit and ready to be the driving force behind the UK’s outstanding medal success. Sue was appointed as Head of Women’s Football by the FA in January 2016 and is overseeing the transformation of women’s football for both athletes and fans. Sue was Chair of UK Sport, the strategic lead body for high performance sport in the UK. It invests Exchequer and National Lottery funds in Britain’s best Olympic and Paralympic sports and athletes to maximise their chances of success on the world stage. The success of Sue’s influence at UK Sport was always going to be measured in one way – medals. In Beijing Great Britain & Northern Ireland went from 10th to 4th in the medals table and at the London Olympics from 4th to 3rd. This success is even more impressive as it was delivered through 47 different sporting disciplines and thus 47 different governing bodies. Now as Head of Women’s Football at the FA, Sue is continuing to drive change. A recent survey by analysts Nielsen Sports revealed that almost one in five adults in the Lessons in leadership from UK would call themselves a women's football fan – a 60% Dame Sue Campbell CBE, increase in the past two years. And of course England’s Head of Women’s Football, Lionesses made it to the semi-finals in the Women’s World FA & former Chair, UK Sport Cup – a brilliant achievement. www.wavelengthleadership.com
CONNECT 2020 10 ON YOUR MARKS SPEAKERS DR WANLI MIN YEMING WANG DR ZELLA KING FOUNDER & CEO, NORTH GM, ALIBABA CLOUD EMEA FOUNDING DIRECTOR, SUMMIT CAPITAL & FORMER PERSONAL BOARDROOM Launched in 1999, Alibaba.com VP AND CHIEF MACHINE is the leading platform for global Zella is the co-author of Who is in INTELLIGENCE SCIENTIST, wholesale trade. They serve millions your Personal Boardroom? She will ALIBABA CLOUD of buyers and suppliers globally challenge you to stop networking In early 2019, Dr Min founded North Summit with the mission being to make it easy to do and start thinking about the network of people Capital, an organisation which consults with business anywhere by giving suppliers the tools you need to surround yourself with to be a truly traditional companies exploring how to deploy necessary to reach a global audience for their effective leader. AI to fundamentally transform their business products, and by helping buyers find products and Zella is a recognised expert on networks, networking proposition and performance. suppliers quickly and efficiently. and the concept of a personal boardroom. She is Dr. Min joined the Alibaba Group in 2013 where Yeming joined Alibaba Cloud (the cloud computing arm an Executive Fellow at Henley Business School and he lead the project to develop AI. Leading Alibaba of Alibaba Group) in 2016, taking on oversight of Alibaba Co-Founder and Director of Personal Boardroom, Cloud's Data Intelligence Unit, Wanli was responsible Cloud Global business and has been leading the teams a company that helps people build their networks for innovation direction and business strategy. He in Europe and Middle East. Alibaba Cloud is among the in a structured, purposeful way, focusing on quality graduated with a bachelor degree and at the age of world’s top three IaaS providers according to Gartner, not quantity. Used primarily by companies for talent 19 pursued a master in Physics. He received his Ph.D and the largest provider of public cloud services in management and diversity, Personal Boardroom helps in Statistics from The University of Chicago in 2004. China, according to IDC. leaders assign 6-12 people in their network to play the 12 key roles they need to help them succeed. Dr. Min holds a number of patents and his research Yeming has nearly two decades of experience in the interests include probability theory, stochastic Internet and IT industries. Prior to joining Alibaba, he Clients include: Accenture, Hertz, Lloyds Banking Group process, time series analysis and network flow held various senior management positions at Huawei, and Top Right Group. dynamics. His research on traffic flow estimates in including President of Hutchison Global Key Account, Zella’s research on career management and networks 2011 has been widely quoted and he also made a CEO of Huawei France, Deputy General Manager of has been published in top academic journals. She has a contribution to smart cities developments in New Huawei Italy. PhD in Occupational Psychology from Birkbeck College, York, Singapore and Sweden. University of London. www.wavelengthleadership.com
CONNECT 2020 11 LOGISTICS ON YOUR MARKS WHEN WHAT TO WEAR 11:30 Tue 17th March – This will be a workshop 16:00 Thu 19th March 2020 style event and Sheepdrove is a working organic Farm. What this means for you is plenty of gorgeous VENUE food but no high heels or smart suits are necessary! Sheepdrove Eco Business casual is fine and Conference Centre, please bring sensible shoes Sheepdrove Organic Farm, and warm clothes so you Lambourn, Berkshire can take advantage of the RG17 7UU beautiful countryside. GETTING THERE By car: 75 mins from Heathrow, 30 mins from the M4, 2 hours from London. NB. If you use Satnav please input ‘Sheepdrove Road, Lambourn’, not the postcode. By train: Hungerford and Didcot Parkway are the nearest to Sheepdrove. Please check website of hotel you are booked at for best routes if travelling direct to your hotel. Sheepdrove is a stunning Eco Centre in the middle of an Organic Farm. This is not at the end of a tube line! Please ensure that you plan your travel well in advance and leave lots of time to get there on the day. Coach Transfers: Wavelength will provide travel only to/from the hotels listed here. www.wavelengthleadership.com
CONNECT 2020 12 LOGISTICS ON YOUR MARKS HOTELS The Vineyard at Stockcross The Bear Hungerford Star rating: HHHHH Star rating: HHHH £189 B&B £115 B&B We have held rooms at the following five hotels. Please ensure you book your own accommodation Book by phone: +44 (0)1635 528 770 Book by phone: +44 (0)1488 682 512 and quote the reference listed to ensure you get the Ref code: Wavelength 16228 Ref code: Wavelength rates Wavelength has negotiated. Address: Stockcross, Newbury RG20 8JU Address: Charnham Street, Hungerford, Berkshire NB Rooms are subject to availability. For ease, we Email: reservations@the-vineyard.co.uk RG17 0EL suggest booking hotel rooms for On Your Marks & Distance from Sheepdrove: 14 miles Email: bearhotel1762@greeneking.co.uk Reconnect at the same time. Estimated transfer time: 30 minutes Distance from Sheepdrove: 10 miles Estimated transfer time: 20 minutes Pool, spa, and award-winning wine list. This is the Donnington Valley Hotel & Spa closest to a 5H London standard hotel in the area. Located in charming Hungerford, this hotel has Star rating: HHHH undergone recent refurbishment. Comfortable but no £135 B&B The Pheasant Inn frills – this hotel is well located for shorter transfers to Star rating: None – it's a pub! Sheepdrove. Book by phone: +44 (0)1635 568 140 £105 B&B Ref code: Wavelength 39445 Book by phone: +44 1488 648284 Address: Old Oxford Rd, Donnington, Newbury Ref code: Wavelength Connect 715 The Queens Arms, East Garston RG14 3AG Star rating: None – it's a pub! But a gorgeous pub Address: Ermin St, Shefford Woodlands RG17 7AA Email: reservations@donningtonvalley.co.uk £100 B&B Email: info@pheasantinnlambourn.co.uk Distance from Sheepdrove: 15 miles Book by phone: +44 (0)1488 648757 Estimated transfer time: 45 minutes Distance from Sheepdrove: 7 miles Ref code: Wavelength Estimated transfer time: 15 minutes Full Gym, spa and golf course – this is also a London Address: East Garston, Berkshire RG17 7ET standard hotel. However, please note that this hotel An award-winning country pub and restaurant. Seriously Email: info@queensarmseastgarston.co.uk has the longest transfer time to Sheepdrove. comfortable rooms however not always the most Distance from Sheepdrove: 5 miles relaxing atmosphere as it’s frequented by the local Estimated transfer time: 15 minutes ‘Horse’ community (owners and riders – not the horses themselves!). Recommended if you value a shorter An award-winning country pub and restaurant. commute. Recommended if you value a shorter commute. www.wavelengthleadership.com
CONNECT 2020 13 LOGISTICS ON YOUR MARKS THE SMALL PRINT 1. On Your Marks will take place at the Sheepdrove 5. Food: Wavelength will provide light refreshments, 7. There is no minimum number of persons required Organic Farm, Sheepdrove Road, Lambourn, lunch and dinner on day 1; light refreshments, lunch for the event to take place. Berkshire RG17 7UU. Please note that this is a and dinner on day 2; and light refreshments on day 3. 8. As Connect members are responsible for their remote location within Berkshire and it is very Members will need to organise their own breakfasts. own outward and homeward transport, no unlikely that there will be any reception for mobile 6. Passport and Visa requirements: any Connect arrangements have been made by Wavelength communication devices or reliable wifi. members who do not hold a British or EU member in the event that those outward or homeward 2. Connect members are responsible for organising state passport should contact the appropriate journeys are delayed. their own transport to the venue for the beginning consulate authority in their country of residence for 9. In exceptional circumstances Wavelength may of On Your Marks on day 1, and their return full details of the relevant visa or travel authorisation need to alter the details given in this brochure. transport home at the end of the event on day 3 requirements, and any health requirements that (a transfer to Hungerford Station will be provided). apply for travel from that country to the UK. Connect If any changes to these details are required then Please note that we do not accept any liability to members who do not hold a British or EU member Wavelength will make these changes clear to Connect members if they are unable to enjoy part state passport should ensure that they have Connect members. or all of the event because of the delay or failure of comprehensive medical insurance, which includes transport that is not provided by us. hospital treatment and medical evacuation. You should seek medical advice before travelling to the 3. Connect members are also responsible for UK from your doctor, practice nurse or travel health organising their own hotel accommodation for clinic, and ensure that all appropriate vaccinations are On Your Marks using the Booking references up-to-date. provided. 4. During On Your Marks, Wavelength optional and incidental coach transfers are available to and from the venue and the five members’ hotels listed on page 12. www.wavelengthleadership.com
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