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The Odyssey: Nobody Trained Us for What Was to Come

A free keynote exploring The Odyssey and what it can reveal about the difficult journey home.

About the programme

The Odyssey: Nobody Trained Us for What Was to Come is a keynote event for leaders navigating a world that has changed.

Odysseus won the war. The difficult part was getting home. By the time he got there, the world he was returning to had changed. Sound familiar?

Today’s leaders are navigating a similar 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.

As we explore The Return, we may encounter the Cyclops and the strengths that become weaknesses; the Gods and the temptation to blame; Ithaca and knowing what we are moving towards; Scylla and Charybdis and decisions where every option has consequences; and Xenia, what welcoming the stranger teaches 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 for the story. Stay for the conversation. Leave with some new questions to take back to work.

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