POSTPONED: Alumni Networking hosted by the Exeter Centre for Leadership (ExCL) and MBA

EVENT POSTPONED

We regret to inform you that this event has been postponed due to the outbreak and rapid spread of the coronavirus.

Our paramount concern is always for the health and safety of those attending the University’s events.

Please revisit the alumni events webpage for updates and we will inform you as soon as this event is rescheduled.

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Creative Differences: how cognitively diverse teams create more impact

To mark Neurodiversity Celebration Week, join us in London on the Thursday 19th March for an alumni networking event on the topic of Neurodiversity and Talent – hosted by our MBA and Leadership faculty.

You will have the opportunity to hear from and pitch your questions to a panel of guest speakers including Professor Ruth Sealy, who has global expertise on women on corporate boards and was the lead researcher of the annual Female FTSE Report from 2007-2016.

Speakers

Professor Ruth Sealy - Chair
Professor in the Exeter Centre for Leadership, Ruth will share her research into the power of diversity in organisations. Ruth will explore the issue of cognitive diversity and the benefits that can be gained when organisations acknowledge that the different ways in which people think bring breadth to the innovation on offer.

Charlie Eckton (Consultant Pschologist)
Charlie Eckton is a Consultant Business Psychologist with Genius Within. She has worked in the field of neurodiversity for 15 years, in education, the secure estate and the corporate sector. She specialises in advising organisations on how they can recruit, retain and empower neurodiverse staff so that talented individuals can excel.

Ian Iceton (Group HR Director, River and Mercantile)
Ian has spent 20 years as a HR Director in four businesses. He was a trustee and honorary treasurer for the CIPD. Alongside his current day job, Ian is studying towards a part-time Doctoral study (DBA) at Cranfield University and has launched his personal website: autisminwork.com