About this Event
Wellbeing & Trust: Hidden Productivity Levers Within Tech
As technology leaders navigate AI adoption, increasing delivery pressures and hybrid working, one question is becoming more important than ever:
What really drives high performing teams?
Join us for the second installment of Tech Leadership @ WRK London, where we'll explore how trust, psychological safety, wellbeing, and leadership behaviours influence team performance, innovation and the ability to successfully navigate change.
This event brings together leaders from engineering, technology, and people functions to share practical insights on building high trust environments, spotting issues before they impact performance and creating the conditions for teams to thrive.
Hear from:
🔥 Wanda Haddock
Head of AI Transformation at QuantSpark and a Certified Business Psychologist. Wanda will discuss how AI is impacting the shape of organisations and the knock-on effects this is having on employee identity in the workplace.
🔥 Louis Kangurs
Co-Founder & CIO at Enably. Ex CIO @ Keyloop, Louis will provide an executive perspective on how the topic translates into business outcomes, delivery success and organisational performance.
🔥 Si Jobling
Engineering Manager at Rightmove and creator of the PETALS Team Health Framework. Si will share insights from team health data and discuss practical ways leaders can measure and improve team effectiveness.
🔥 Kimberley Wadsworth
Director of People & Culture at World 50 Group and a Certified Business Psychologist. Kimberley will explore the organisational factors that support high-performing teams and how people leaders can help create environments where individuals and teams can succeed.
We'll explore topics including:
- Where trust is really built and broken within technology organisations.
- How leaders can create high performing teams without creating a culture of surveillance.
- Why burnout can continue even when workloads reduce.
- The relationship between psychological safety, innovation and change adoption.
- How engineering leaders can influence.
- What organisations can do to create consistency, strengthen engagement, and improve retention.
Who should attend?
This event is ideal for:
- C-suite leaders across tech, product, data, and people
- Technology Leaders at the function head level
- People Leaders at the function head level
- Change & Transformation Leaders
- Managers across tech, product, data, infrastruture, and business change
What you'll take away
- Practical approaches to measuring and improving team health
- Insights into building trust at team and organisational level
- Real-world lessons from engineering, technology, and people leaders
- An understanding of how wellbeing impacts productivity, delivery and retention
- Opportunities to connect with fellow technology leaders
Event Format
The evening will begin with networking, food and drinks before hearing from our speakers. We'll finish with an audience Q&A and further networking at a local pub for those who want to continue the conversation!
Whether you're leading a team of five or an organisation of hundreds, this session will provide practical insights into one of the most overlooked drivers of performance in technology: trust and wellbeing.
Event venue & nearby stays
QuantSpark, 230 Blackfriars Road, London, United Kingdom
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