About this Event
Are traditional hiring models fit for the future — or already outpaced by AI and workforce transformation?
Our flagship Future of Talent events are built on a simple idea: the people in the room already have a huge amount of knowledge, experience, and hard‑won insight.The world of work is shifting — quickly. The question is no longer just who you hire, but how work gets done. As AI reshapes tasks, skills become more fluid, and organisations rethink how they access talent, traditional models of Talent Acquisition are being challenged. In many cases, they’re being redefined entirely.At the same time, organisations are grappling with how to make better use of difference. Conversations around diversity have become more complex—and often more polarised — but the need to build teams that bring together different perspectives, experiences and thinking styles has never been more important to performance.
We’ll hear from thought leaders, including Jo Sutton, Global Head of Contingent Workforce at Rolls-Royce, who will explore why the future workforce won’t be built through traditional hiring alone, drawing on practical experience of balancing workforce agility, cost, governance and access to critical skills. We’ll also be joined by Simon Fanshawe (Diversity by Design), one of the UK’s leading thinkers on diversity, who will challenge how organisations think about diversity — not as a programme, but as a practical driver of better decisions and outcomes. But this is designed as a working conversation, not a lecture. It’s a space to openly share what’s working, what isn’t, and what you’re trying next.
This is a day to compare notes, challenge assumptions, and explore how Talent Acquisition evolves — whether that’s into something broader, more integrated, or something entirely different.
Key Themes We’ll Explore:
From Talent Acquisition to workforce orchestration
How organisations are moving beyond hiring into more integrated ways of accessing and deploying capability across the business
Workforce architecture in practice (buy / build / borrow / bot)
Making deliberate decisions about when to hire, redeploy, automate, or access external talent — and who owns those choices
AI and the reality of transformation
Where AI is genuinely reshaping hiring and work—and where governance, risk, and organisational complexity slow adoption
Making diversity a driver of performance
Moving beyond polarised debate to understand how different perspectives strengthen decision-making and outcomes
Connecting skills, mobility and workforce strategy
Unlocking talent from within and aligning hiring, learning and workforce planning around capability — not roles
Why Attend?
- Senior leaders and specialists sharing real-world insight — to be announced soon
- Leave with frameworks, questions, and approaches you can apply immediately
- Learn what leading organisations are doing now — and what is genuinely working
- Engage with a senior, invite-only group of HR, Talent Acquisition, and Workforce leaders facing similar challenges
This is a complimentary, invite-only workshop, designed exclusively for employer in-house HR, Talent Acquisition, early-careers, contingent and Workforce leaders. Register your interest now and we will update you to let you know if you have secured a place.
Speakers
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Ken Brotherston TALiNT Partners CEO & Founder -
Simon Fanshawe Diversity by Design Co-FounderSIMON FANSHAWE OBE is a diversity consultant, broadcaster and author. He is the co-founder of the leading consultancy Diversity by Design. He and his colleague Rachel Cashman have the top ten business podcast “Fearless Diversity”.
He is currently Chairman of Hexagon Housing Association and the Rector of Edinburgh University.
He has grown and sold successfully two businesses. He was one of the six co-founders in 1989 of the lesbian and gay equality campaign Stonewall – a key influencer in the strategy to create legal equality for lesbians and gays, which was completed by the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act in 2014. His latest book “The Power of Difference” was published in 2022 by Kogan Page
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Jo Sutton Rolls-Royce Global Head of Non-Perm Workforce ProgrammeJo Sutton is Head of Non-Perm Workforce Programme at Rolls-Royce Plc, leading a major transformation focused on the future of flexible work. She is responsible for shaping the organisation’s approach to contingent labour, workforce governance and alternative delivery models, helping ensure the right workforce solution is used for the right business need. Drawing on extensive experience in talent acquisition and workforce transformation, Jo is passionate about creating workforce strategies that balance business agility, capability development and long-term sustainability.
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Olly Harris Enterprise Solutions from Michael Page Global Managing Director -
Melanie Forbes e-team Managing Director EMEASince 1999, eTeam has been trusted by global organizations to lead critical workforce programs. Operating across 140 countries and serving over 500 Fortune 1000 clients, we take responsibility for execution, accountability for outcomes, and measurable success. eTeam provides experienced teams to drive business transformation, deliver compliant global hiring, and build global capability centres, closing the gap between strategy and execution. We are consistently recognized by global industry bodies and our partner ecosystem for delivery excellence.
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Lucy Hegarty GSK Head of Recruitment (EMEA) -
Rhian Harris Unifrog Employer Partnerships ManagerUnifrog, the universal destinations platform, supports over 2.4 million UK students to make informed decisions about their future and build successful applications. A certified B Corp on a mission to level the destinations playing field, Unifrog is used by over 66% of UK state schools and colleges, has over 160k UK student logins per week, and is fully embedded in our partner school curriculums. Unifrog helps you to supercharge your early careers recruitment and inspire your future workforce with access to the biggest, most engaged community of students from every background. Raise brand awareness amongst a diverse talent pool, upskill the next generation of your workforce, and develop a talent pipeline of engaged students. We also enable you to connect with motivated teachers and careers leaders through the Unifrog online community and in-person conferences.Visit their website to find out more: www.unifrog.org/employers
