37. How to Build a Thriving Workplace: Key Insights from The Watercooler Conference:

48 hours. 29 experts. 2 hosts. 1 mission. To help you build amazing workplace cultures where people, and businesses, thrive.

Phew! What a week! We absolutely loved our time as the Official Podcast of The Watercooler, the UK’s premier conference and exhibition on workplace culture and wellbeing. 

Join us behind the scenes and with exclusive access to some of the event’s biggest and brightest leaders in the people and culture space. From corporate leaders at FTSE 100s to challenger banks and innovative start-ups, we brought thought leaders together to identify 10 key trends for workplace culture and well-being in 2023 and beyond.

Find out more about:

• Board buy-in
• Outsourced CPOs
• Individualisation in well-being
• Employee insights
• Mental health and suicide prevention
• Line managers are EVERYTHING
• Authenticity in leaders
• Post-COVID trauma
• The outlook for people and culture
• Making people and culture more commercial

Thank you to all the speakers, sponsors, exhibitors and visitors that made this possible, not to mention the fabulous teams at The Watercooler, Make a Difference Media and obo.

Resources

Connect with guests on LinkedIn & Twitter

Amelia Wrighton:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/amelia-wrighton/

Andrew Berrie:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewberrie/

Cass Briscoe:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassbriscoe/

Clare Dare:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-dare-02962b11/

Kate Goodyer:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-goodger-phd-c-psychol-7ba6b379/

Lara Morgan:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/laramorgan/

Louise Aston: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/louiseastwellbeing/

Nick Villani:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-villani/

Petra Velzeboer:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/petra-velzeboer/

Professor Dame Carol Black:

https://twitter.com/damecarolblack?lang=en

Thomas Bell

https://www.linkedin.com/in/thebipolarbusinessman/

Find out more about:

The Watercooler:

https://www.watercoolerevent.com/

Make a Difference Awards:

https://makeadifference.media/make-a-difference-awards/

Mind’s Workplace Well-being Index Report

https://www.mind.org.uk/workplace/workplace-wellbeing-index/

Business in the Community Prioritise People Report

https://www.bitc.org.uk/report/prioritise-people-unlock-the-value-of-a-thriving-workforce/

RAND Europe Research:

https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA2083-1.html

Petra’ Book

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1398610313/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Listen back to Truth & Lies for more on:

Men’s Mental Health

https://truthliesandwork.com/truth-lies-work-podcast/the-untold-heartbreak-of-male-leaders_1946/

Toxic Workplace Cultures

https://truthliesandwork.com/truth-lies-work-podcast/toxic-workplace-culture_1887/

Britain’s Healthiest Workplaces

https://truthliesandwork.com/truth-lies-work-podcast/the-truth-behind-britains-healthiest-workplaces_1940/

Connect with Al and Leanne

Join the conversation on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/truthlieswork/

Connect with Al on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thisisalelliott/

Connect with Leanne on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meetleanne

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/truthlieswork

Email: podcast@oblonghq.com