and I have a dream...
Well, actually I had a dream would be more accurate. This event is manifestation of that dream into reality.
A few months back, a vision popped into my mind along with a question;
What if I could bringing the best minds in progressive People and PX design together and create an immersive learning experience to break free from the pattern of stale traditional HR conferences?
I thought, “hey, I know some people, maybe I could pull this off”... I fired out a handful of emails to some of my favourite People people with the subject line; “I have a vision... and you’re are in it”.
In the email I shared my vision for this event. Low and behold, the responses came back quickly with an overwhelming, “FUCK YEAH” (or words to that, affect
).
So here we are. The inaugural PX Espresso Live.
Over the past few few weeks, SHRM have proven exactly how needed this is and honestly, we have a similar issue in the UK with CIPD.
Who is ready to shake shit up?!
Thank you also to our Partner sponsors
The chance to be in an intimate in-person learning experience with 12 of the brightest minds in the profession does not happen often... I am beyond excited to pull this together for you. It's going to be, EPIC!
The 3 day experience will be structured like this:
The full immersive experience sold out in a flash!
You can still pick up a ticket for the 3rd day below whilst tickets last
The evolution from HR to PX requires People functions to be agile, data driven, strategic and proactive... all the things we will focus on in this immersive learning experience!
The 2 days will consist of carefully curated workshops, masterclasses, firesides and facilitated discussions, all focused on the adoption of progressive people practices and product-led PX.
The catch?
There will only be 40 attendee places available… yes, only 4-0
This is going to be a super high touch, high value experience for those who bag the seats!
Will you be in the room?
Day 3 is the larger capacity event bringing together 120 CPOs, HoPs and People Leaders.
Think, live on stage panel style podcast recordings with audience interaction and Q&A, actionable insights, and some good laughs along the way!
Not least, the chance to spend a day hanging out with progressive People people who just get it. Your people!
All 12 of the immersive learning contributors will have a place on stage throughout the day, along with a selection of special guests to top up the already packed speaker line-up. I say again… E.P.I.C
But Luke, what about the espresso? Excellent question! The plan is also to have a selection of speciality coffees around the room for you to taste throughout the day. Coffee nerds (and functional caffeine addicts
) ASSEMBLE!
A final thank you to our feature sponsors
Meet your all-star cast of speakers and contributors coming together to melt faces and blow minds
Jessica is the Amazon bestselling author of 'Built for People'! Currently the hands-on COO @ Talentful. Jessica has extensive experience in high-growth tech companies, including as COO at Whereby, VP of People, Culture, and Talent at UK Tech Track #1 Wonderbly - Her expertise lies in creating excellent workplace cultures that drive business success.
Not your typical Chief People Officer, JooBee is a trained Systems Engineer with a PhD in Leadership Development. Throughout her extensive career, she's worked with 2, 20 and 200-year-old companies with revenues ranging from 10m, 100m to £1 billion. JooBee is an OG pioneer of product lead PX (although she would be too modest to agree!).
Luke is a Head of People (in recovery)… and Founder & creator of Sapienˣ the ultimate PX platform for progressive people leaders. Luke is (I am
) supporting a new generation of impactful, strategic and growth oriented People leaders to smash HR silos, add strategic value and turn People functions into a growth drivers.
Lauren is a People Experience leader who honed her craft during ASOS & Booking.com's remarkable hyper growth phases, before finding her home in scaling start ups. She’s known for growing and transforming People teams; embedding the concept of People Experience as a Product and accelerating the speed of cultural change 5x QoQ.
Marie is an award winning People Experience Design leader specialising in using skills from other disciplines like Product, Operations and Marketing, to create employee experiences that attract, retain and nurture high-performing talent. She's co-created and delivered meaningful & measurable cultural change in start-ups of 10, 30, 100 and 450+ employees from VC-backed to Series D.
Founder & CEO of Never Mind The Job Spec, Glenn has over 20-years experience in talent acquisition, partnering with startups and scale-ups in the Fintech, Insurtech, PropTech, NFP, ClimateTech and eCommerce sectors. His concept of HUMAN-CENTRED HIRING focuses on delivering high quality candidate experience, building talent brand advocacy and values-based evaluation.
Adam is one half of the co- founding duo of Open Org a company on a mission to rebuild trust, by bringing transparency to the world of work. Prior to that his career spans 12 years in hands-on talent, people, and other Founder roles. He scaled his last business, Scout, as Co-Founder & Chief People Officer from 0 to 72 in just 18 months.
John is the other half of Open Org’s co-founding duo! Open Org is the global member network of companies and people leaders who access community, resources, hands-on support to transform engagement, communication and trust at work. He's had a squiggly career spanning talent, product, marketing, and people ops and loves all things open source and community-led.
Frieda is the Head of People & Culture at series B scale-up, Sastrify. She is passionate about scaling global teams, through building an impactful people function focused on delivering an engaging employee experience. Most recently, this has involved transforming her People team into a PX Product Team.
Alicia is co-founder of the The Future Kind, she loves designing powerful people experiences. From embedding design-thinking into employee experiences to developing company Operating Systems, Alicia is your go-to geek for customer-centric culture development.
Nat is Alicia’s POC and co-founder of The Future Kind. As an ex-Head of Culture of a growing start-up and with 10 years experience of designing standout experiences, Nat loves putting people first, from developing (excellent) end-to-end employee experiences to crafting growth-proof cultures.
Megan brings a unique blend of UX principles and organisational psychology to the world of work. Currently transforming the HR function into a People Experience function at the BBC, Meg has a rich background in product strategy, user research, and people experience.
Welcome to the post-HR generation
Traditional HR is outdated, restrictive, and reactive - it just isn’t fit for purpose in most modern organisations.
On top of that, the institutions which are meant to inspire, educate and lead in the development of our profession... ahem SHRM and CIPD, I am looking at you
... are proving to be monoliths of and era of HR long since past.
It's time to take back our profession from these self-serving institutions and usher in the era of People Experience to evolve the very fabric of HR.
This is a movement I am calling “the post-HR generation” - An incredible global community has already started to form around this idea and this event is my first in-person opportunity to bring that community together…
So, are you ready to shake sh*t up in the post-HR generation?!
Come and join your people. We got you! and together... We got this!
Note: this is an event for People / HR practitioners only.
All ticket sales and applications from sales representatives or individuals who aren’t a close match to the intended attendee profile will be rejected.
See FAQs below for more info on the ideal attendee profile.
The ideal profile of attendee is the People Lead (HoP, CPO etc) in a start-up or scale-up with a headcount of 50-2000. Of course, this is open to all Progressive People practitioners at all stages of career working in companies of all stages and sizes… However, to maximise the learning experience and leverage the specialist experience of the speakers to maximum effect, applications for the Full Immersive Learning Experience will be prioritised on the core criteria of being a People Lead (HoP, CPO etc) in a start-up or scale-up with a headcount of 50-2000 first.
Nope. Sorry! This is an event for People / HR practitioners only. All applications from sales representatives or individuals who aren’t a close match to the intended attendee profile will be rejected. See FAQ “Who is this event for” for more info on the ideal attendee profile. Equally, ticket payments for the PX Espresso Live event on day 3 will be refunded in full and reallocated if brought by individuals outside the Ideal attendee profile.
Yes, we can provide full refunds up to 14 days before the event. Please email luke@sapienx.com to request a refund. We will consider refunds within 14 days of the event on a case by case basis.
We are working on a digital version of the immersive learning experience. We don’t know exactly if/when this will be available… Please stay tuned for more information on this and submit your interest to be notified once this is available.
That's the plan! We are hoping to export this format to other European locations first (Amsterdam is likely… then maybe Berlin). Beyond that, we have our sites set on Austin, TX
To be in the know, it's best to follow Luke and SapienX on LinkedIn and sign up the weekly PX Espresso newsletter.
Yes, we will provide food and drink (especially coffee!) throughout the event. If you have any dietary restrictions or requirements, please let us know in advance by emailing luke@sapienx.com - You will also have chance to declare special requests in the pre-event attendee questionnaire, however, the earlier we know the better so that we can make every attempt to accommodate special requests and requirements.
Yes, you can transfer your ticket to another qualified attendee. Please email luke@sapienx.com with the details of the new attendee at least 3 days before the event. The new attendee must be a like-for-like swap (i.e a People Practitioner in a similar size and stage organisation).
None whatsoever
Please come in whatever you feel comfortable in (but clothes of some kind are mandatory
).
Potentially. We are partnering with a limited number of sponsors who align with theme and vibe of the event. If you are interested and would like to see if this event or a future event aligns please email luke@sapienx.com and we can have an exploratory conversation.
Have any other questions? No problem, just email luke@sapienx.co.uk
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