The Odyssey

Nobody Trained Us for What Was to Come

A keynote event for leaders navigating a world that has changed.

Odysseus won the war. The difficult part was getting home.

And by the time he got there, the world he was returning to had changed.

Sound familiar?

Today’s leaders are navigating a similar kind of return journey. AI is reshaping work, old assumptions are being challenged, difficult decisions have no easy answers, and the gap between how leaders and employees experience change can feel wider than ever.

In this keynote, I explore what The Odyssey can teach us about navigating uncertainty, change and the choices we face when there is no obvious way forward.

As we explore The Return, we may encounter:

• The Cyclops — ego, intelligence and the strengths that can become weaknesses

• The Gods — responsibility, control and the temptation to blame

• Ithaca — knowing what you are actually moving towards

• Scylla & Charybdis — making decisions when every option has consequences

• Xenia — what welcoming the stranger can teach us about culture and belonging

This isn't another talk about AI, leadership trends or the latest management model.

It's a story about what happens when the world changes—and the old ways of navigating it no longer work.

Come along

This is a free, one-off keynote event, bringing together leaders and people from different organisations who are thinking about how to navigate the changes ahead.

Come for the story.

Stay for the conversation.

Leave with some new questions to take back to work.

Places are free but limited. Drinks provided.