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Future Collective presents:
Join us for the inaugural The Future Collective Breakfast - the first in a series of inspiring events from Unboxable and Tomorrow’s People and proudly sponsored by Cornerstone.
Connect, collaborate, and spark new ideas as we explore what becoming genuinely future fluent require
BECOMING FUTURE FLUENT
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April 22nd | 7:30am
The Commons, 1 Albert Street, CBD
The organisations that will navigate the future of work, aren't the ones with the best strategy documents. They're the ones that have connected the insights of now to the thinking and action needed for the future.
That gap - between what the data tells us and what organisations really need to do next, is what this breakfast is about.
Drawing on original New Zealand research and the latest global thinking, the morning will move from the insights of now to the impact and thinking needed for the future — from where organisations actually are, to what becoming genuinely future fluent requires. The conversation covers strategy, operating models, and the skills infrastructure that sits as the missing link between the two.
Event Highlights
Leveraging the insights of now to become future-ready
Jane Ward, Tomorrow's People
Drawing on the HR in Aotearoa 2026 report, Jane maps out key challenges facing HR leadership - a leadership capability crisis, relentless change, and a significant AI readiness gap. This session explores the “knowing vs doing” dilemma and sets the stage for a practical conversation about future-capable organisations.
Becoming Future Fluent: How to Shape Tomorrow by Leading Today
Fiona Hewitt, Unboxable
Fiona challenges leaders to go beyond managing change and instead design organisations that continually adapt, learn, and perform amid uncertainty. She unpacks the critical shifts in leadership, capability, and culture necessary to build truly future-fluent organisations and what this means for HR leaders shaping tomorrow.
THE SPEAKERS:
Fiona Hewitt:
Fiona Hewitt is the Managing Partner and Future Thinker at Unboxable. She works with organisations and senior leaders to rethink how to lead and adapt in a changing world. Her work centres on building the thinking, capability and culture needed to shape tomorrow by how they lead today
Jane Ward:
Jane Ward is the founder and CEO of Tomorrow's People, and the author of the annual HR in Aotearoa research report. She's spent nearly two decades at the intersection of HR, technology, and organisational strategy, helping organisations make smarter, more strategic decisions about their people systems and the way they work.