Live In-person Event
Rethinking How Organisations Measure & Act on Culture
Organisations are investing more than ever in understanding culture and employee engagement. Yet many leaders still ask the same questions:
· Do these insights really reflect everyday experience?
· Can we trust them enough to guide decisions?
· And why does feedback so often fail to translate into visible change?
Join the discussion:
📍The Science Gallery, London
October 2026
- From Insight to Impact
Strengthen the Case for
Every People Decision
A space for HR leaders to engage with peers & guest speakers, challenge assumptions, and explore new ways to measure and act on Culture
Culture Measurement — What leaders are hearing
How organisations are currently measuring culture and engagement
Assessing confidence in the insight generated
Why measurement doesn’t always reflect lived experience
Trust & Value — What decision-makers really need
Building trust in culture insight at senior and board level
The emerging role (and limits) of external benchmarking
Emerging influence of AI on employee listening & action
From Insight to Action — Where listening falters
Why feedback often highlights issues without driving prioritisation
Understanding barriers between insight and leadership decisions
What stops insight leading to visible change
Who this is for?
This exclusive event is designed for:
HR Directors and Chief People Officers
Senior People, Culture and Engagement leaders
Leaders responsible for culture strategy, employee listening or organisational development
It is not a product demonstration or a sales event. To keep the conversation meaningful, attendance is limited and curated to encourage open discussion and peer-level exchange.
Following the webinar series and the launch of our whitepaper in partnership with Business Culture Connected, this in-person event creates space to go deeper. The research sets the context but real progress comes from candid conversation, shared experience and the opportunity to challenge assumptions together in the room.
If you’re looking to move beyond engagement scores and build culture insight that informs decisions and leads to visible change — this event is for you.
Why attend?
Organisations are collecting more culture and engagement data than ever — yet many still struggle to use that insight to guide decisions and create visible change.
Yet many leaders still rely on:
Internal sentiment without external context
One-off surveys rather than ongoing signals
Narrative explanations that are difficult to evidence
This event explores how HR leaders can:
Build confidence in culture insight at executive and board level
Connect listening directly to leadership decisions
Close the gap between feedback, action and impact
Event Agenda
08:30 — Arrival, breakfast & networking
09:00 — Welcome & Overview
Framing the challenges of culture insight and action
Eric Wimp – KPMG
09:20 — Research Highlights: From Insight to Impact
Key findings on how organisations measure culture and engagement — and where it breaks down
Phil Spratt – Deltabase / Cath Longfield – Business Culture Connected
10:15 — Break & Networking
10:30 — Building Confidence in Culture Insight
Exploring trust in employee listening, measurement credibility and board-level decision confidence
April O’Neil – Turtle Advisory
11:30 — Benchmarking & AI in People & Culture Insight
Debating external culture comparison and the growing role of AI in employee listening
Penny Gadget – Claw International
12:30 — Lunch
13:30 — Turning Culture Practical approaches to making employee voice visible in organisational change
Daphne Blake – MRD
14:30 — CHRO Roundtable Discussions
Peer conversations on culture measurement, accountability and action
Moderator – Cath Longfield – Business Culture Connected
15:45 — Break & Networking
15:30 — Reflections & Key Takeaways
What this means for your People & Culture strategy
16:15 — Close & informal drinks
Meet our speakers
Credible Voices. Real-World Perspective.
Eric Wimp, HR Executive & Strategy Leader | Acacia Ltd
With decades of experience leading people and culture strategy in large, complex organisations, Eric brings a unique perspective on how People & Culture decisions are scrutinised at executive and board levels. Eric combines operational leadership with deep insight into using data and analytics to drive organisational performance.
Cath Longfield, Founder | Business Culture Connected
Cath Longfield is a co-founder of the Business Culture Awards and Business Culture Connected, established to recognize and foster exceptional organizational culture, employee engagement, and high-performance workplaces. She focuses on, and facilitates, events centered on driving cultural transformation, leadership alignment, and leveraging AI for team growth
April O’Neil, Chief People Officer / Culture Strategist | Turtle Advisory
An accomplished people and culture leader with a track record of transforming organisational culture through evidence-led practices. April specialises in aligning culture with strategic outcomes, using analytics to identify risks, strengths, and opportunities that often go undetected in traditional surveys.
Penny Gadget, Workforce & Talent Analytics Lead | Claw International
A recognised authority in workforce analytics and capability planning, Penny has helped organisations understand how structure, skills, and team dynamics shape execution. Their expertise bridges HR pragmatism with data-driven insight to support more informed decisions.
Daphne Blake, Senior HR Leader | MRD Inc
Bringing lived experience from a leading enterprise environment, Daphne reflects on what surprised her when she looked at her own company’s People & Culture data — and how those insights changed Mystery Inc’s approach to people strategy. Her perspective speaks directly to senior HR leaders navigating similar complexities today.
Phil Spratt, Co-Founder & CEO | Deltabase
With nearly two decades of management consulting experience, Phil has helped some of the world’s leading organisations deliver large-scale transformational change. As Co-Founder & CEO of Deltabase, he brings a deep understanding of how intelligence, insight and strategic decision-making shape long-term corporate success.
Our speakers bring first-hand experience from leading organisations, combined with a deep understanding of People & Culture data and analytics. Together, they offer grounded, forward-thinking perspectives shaped by real decisions, real constraints, and real outcomes — not theory or opinion alone.
Gain a clear view of what drives culture so you can improve retention, performance and organisational alignment.
Workforce Intelligence
Gain deep insights into workforce dynamics, productivity, and engagement to to refine strategy and boost efficiency.
Talent Intelligence
Unlock actionable data to make informed hiring, retention, and development decisions that drive business success.
Register your interest in attending
This is a closed-door briefing for senior People and Culture leaders.
Places are limited to ensure meaningful discussion and peer exchange.
Registering your interest allows us to confirm suitability and share further details ahead of the event.
Frequently asked questions
Who is this event for?
Why is this an invite-only event?
To keep the conversation meaningful.
By limiting attendance to a small, curated group of HR leaders, we create space for open discussion, honest questions, and peer-level exchange — rather than a large, one-way broadcast.
