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Following our journey into the future back in May 2019, it was time for BRIDGE Singapore’s Purpose Journey event series to reopen its doors. Forty curious guests relaxed into the velvety couches of Prudential Tower’s Hemingway Lounge – glass of wine in hand, eager to delve into all things Conscious Leadership.

BRIDGE Singapore recently launched ‘The Purpose Journey’, an event series co-created with its guests, designed to take the audience on a journey towards making purpose matter. To kick off the series, we started with a journey into the future. What could be in store for us in 2030? What will leaders and organisations of the future even look like? To help answer these questions we were excited to be joined by Futurist Benjamin J Butler.

HRD Connect exclusively talked to Sophie Ireland and Jane Sassienie, about what makes a good leader, as well as discussing the importance of a conscious organisation. Sophie Ireland (S.I) and Jane Sassienie (J.S) share their thoughts on these topics.

In a guest post for the Brighton Meaning Conference James Boddy explores the three tensions to accelerate your purpose journey.

At the HRD Summit 2019 in Birmingham, BRIDGE’s Sophie Ireland and Jane Sassienie, Global Directors, ran a fascinating CoLab entitled “consciousness in a leadership environment”. Charlie Braithwaite, HRD Connect writes a summary of the session.

Timothy Henry is one of the co-founders of Conscious Capitalism. He’ll bring his philosophy of trusting, human workplaces to Meaning this year.

Businesses have both the obligation and opportunity to play a vital role as a force for good in the world. And “doing good” is not restricted simply to the familiar domains of CSR and philanthropy. So how do purposeful businesses achieve commercial success whist being a force for good?

Graham Abbey joins HRD Connect to discuss why organisations are now looking at organisational purpose as a sustainable model for gaining a competitive advantage. He shares some of the most pioneering work going on in this area.

A global merger between U.S. and Chinese companies required the development of a leadership philosophy that combines Eastern and Western cultures. Jerry Connor, Yi Min and Ranjani Iyenjar discuss what happens when the two are brought together.

Future HR leaders will need to break away from the ‘one model fits all’ orthodoxy if they are to fully exploit the function’s unique vantage point and build organisations to last.