Live In-person Event
People & Culture
Under the Microscope
Boards are asking harder questions about people, culture, and capability — and expecting clearer answers.
📍The Science Gallery, London
October 2026
- Decide with Confidence
Strengthen the Case for
Every People Decision
A space for HR leaders to engage with guest speakers, challenge assumptions, and explore People & Culture through data-driven insight and evidence
Culture – What people experience
What culture looks like when observed through evidence, not opinion
Strengths, weaknesses, and alignment with strategy
Early indicators of cultural risk and drag
People – What teams can deliver
Workforce composition, capability, and skills in context
Where structure and talent support — or hinder — execution
Signals leaders use to test assumptions before acting
The Microscope – The board’s view
What boards increasingly expect from HR
How evidence changes the quality of decision-making
Moving from belief-led narratives to quantifiable insight
Who this is for?
This briefing is designed for:
CHROs and senior HR leaders
Heads of People, Culture, Talent, or Workforce
HR leaders supporting board-level decisions and transformation agendas
It is not a sales event or product launch.
This session is designed as a forum for senior HR leaders to test ideas, challenge assumptions, and shape how People & Culture data is captured, understood and discussed at leadership and board level.
Your perspective, experience, and questions are as important as the evidence we will examine together.
Why attend?
People and culture decisions now sit firmly under board and executive scrutiny.
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 session explores how HR leaders are:
Making people decisions more observable
Understanding strengths, risks, and misalignment earlier
Building confidence in the answers they take to the board
Event Agenda
08:30 — Arrival, breakfast & networking
09:00 — External keynote
What happens when people decisions come under scrutiny
Eric Wimp – Acacia Limited
09:45 — Facilitated discussion
Where People & Culture is most exposed today
Phil Spratt – Deltabase / Ben Chambers – Talent & Leadership
10:30 — Break & Networking
11:00 — Culture under the microscope
What the evidence shows about culture, alignment and risk
April O’Neil – Turtle Advisory
11:45 — People under the microscope
Structure, capability and skills — what’s actually there
Penny Gadget – Claw International
12:30 — Lunch
13:30 — Guest conversation
What surprised me when I looked at the evidence
Daphne Blake – MRD
14:15 — Building an ongoing view of People & Culture
From one-off analysis to leadership capability
Phil Spratt – Deltabase
15:15 — Break
15:30 — CHRO roundtable
What would you put under the microscope first?
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.
Ben Chambers, Talent, Learning & Leadership Leader | Talent & Leadership Club
With extensive experience shaping learning, talent and leadership strategies across global organisations, Ben brings a deep understanding of how people development drives organisational performance. Having held senior roles across corporate and consulting environments, Ben combines practical HR leadership with a strong passion for collaboration and community building, helping professionals connect, share insight and grow together.
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.
- Competitor Intelligence HQ
The HQ of People & Culture
Deltabase is a People & Culture intelligence platform designed to help organisations understand themselves and others more clearly. Through AI-driven analytics and benchmarking, we turn complex people and culture data into insight leaders can act on.
Get a clear view of what drives your culture, so you can improve retention, boost performance, and build better teams.
Workforce Intelligence
Gain deep insights into workforce dynamics, productivity, and engagement to to refine strategy and boost efficiency.
Talent Intelligence
Unlock the power of 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 HR 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.
