Can we talk about leadership through a cyber attack?

Powered by Beetroot Consulting, with the live launch of this month's episode of The Root Podcast, recorded with Fay Selvan.

When the technology breaks, leadership is what is left. In this Respectfully… conversation, Fay Selvan talks about leading The Big Life Group through a cyber attack: the reality of holding people, values and a mission steady while systems are down and the pressure is on.

So, respectfully… can we talk about it?

This is a real conversation about leadership through a cyber attack. It is also about:

• resilience in crisis
• honesty and courage
• people not problems
• the human impact of cybercrime
• ethical decision-making
• female leadership in tech
• mission-driven growth

The evening begins with a podcast discussion that opens up the theme and surfaces the key tensions, questions and lived realities. Lauren Gibson and Kanika Selvan then open those ideas out with attendees, creating a wider conversation where people can reflect, respond, add texture, challenge carefully and build on what has been said.

If you want to watch the discussion, if you want a lecture, if you want to find out 'the answer', you will be disappointed. This room is being deliberately shaped for a different kind of conversation. Made for participation, for enough room, for honesty.

At the end of the evening, Fay Selvan will be invited to press the big blue button and launch this month's episode of The Root Podcast live, together, in real time. Our room will choose to move the conversation out of the margins and into public space.

For leaders, operators and anyone who has had to make human decisions in a technical crisis, or expects to.

Info: Guests can arrive, grab picky bits, herbal tea or alcohol-free cocktails, and settle into the space. This opening half hour gives people time to land, connect, decompress if needed, and get a feel for the room before the main conversation begins.

Info: The main event opens with a short introduction to The Root Podcast and why Beetroot makes long-form conversations that give more room to nuance, lived experience and the things that get flattened elsewhere. We then move into this month's theme: Respectfully… can we talk about 'leadership through a cyber attack'? This section includes the episode trailer, the conversation with Fay Selvan, and a hosted discussion with the room exploring the realities behind the theme: resilience in crisis, honesty and courage, people not problems, the human impact of cybercrime, ethical decision-making, female leadership in tech, mission-driven growth. This is a hosted conversation rather than a panel.

Info: There will be some time to chat to others in the room, before the evening ends with the launch moment. Fay Selvan will press the big blue button, launching this month's episode of The Root Podcast live in real time with everyone in the room.

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