Flexible working: Making work, work for you

Join us at Barclays Eagle Lab on 11th September, where #YETNorth will be talking about how greater flexibility in the workplace can lead to greater diversity. Flexible working is about empowering people to work when and where they want, giving access to new talent pools and giving better balance to our lives.

As ‘flexible working’ is becoming increasingly common in many sectors and roles, we explore how you can adapt your working hours to suit your requirements and lifestyle (making work work for you!) Our speakers will share how working flexibly can improve staff motivation, retention, productivity and diversity.

We'll be joined by:

Aviva Hargreaves, Head of People at DigitalBridge

Aviva is currently the Head of People at DigitalBridge. She is introducing creative and scalable ways to showcase the DigitalBridge culture as being one where great people join, develop, make an impact and thrive.

Aviva was recently an Ambassador for the CIPD steps Ahead Mentoring programme. Within that she also promoted the work that Timewise do - advocating flexible working and encouraging employers to advertise roles as flexible and inclusive. She has also volunteered for Smartworks, a national organisation that helps women get back into the workplace.

Mike Corlett, Operations Director at DigitalBridge

Mike Corlett is DigitalBridge’s Operations Director, responsible for the support, availability and provisioning of their AWS based SaaS platform, ensuring it continues to scale and perform as the company grows from beyond it’s ‘startup’ beginnings.

Mike began his career working for the IT giant Sun Microsystems in a Professional Services roll, moving into Operations and Support for companies such as MyTravel and INRIX. As the 4th employee to join DigitalBridge, Mike has first hand experience in how important flexibility is in small businesses and startups.

Beckie Taylor Co-Founder of Tech Returners

Beckie is an Ambassador for Tech and Women in Leadership. In 2017, she launched Tech Returners to create accessible routes back into businesses through continual training and technology, resulting in more diverse and inclusive workforces. She also leads the Tech Future Female Leaders programme, which has supported 31 female tech leaders to date to Develop themselves to Succeed to then Inspire others through being role models.

Beckie has been shortlisted for the Women in IT Awards 2017 Advocate of the Year and named as one of the UK's 50 most influential women in tech by Computer Weekly.

Grace Perry, Resourcing Talent Manager at EMIS Group

Grace's role covers two areas; the Early Careers programme, which stretches through from work to Grads and Apprentices, and the Internal Mobility programme, which ensures that EMIS Group gives staff as many opportunities as possible to develop themselves and grow their careers at EMIS Group.

Outside of her role, Grace is a member of the company women’s network and more recently set up her first WIT event, The.Girl.Code.

Oliver Bullock, Development Manager at EMIS Health

Oliver is responsible for the development of hospital software used by the NHS in the UK including patient administration and healthcare integration solutions. He has worked as a software developer for 18 years in various industries. Oliver enjoys supporting his teams to get the best out of them through coaching and mentoring.

In addition to his current role, Oliver has been involved in running two successful Hackathons (CodeLife and Free Your Mind) and supporting a recent Women In Tech event, The.Girl.Code. As a father of two, Oliver understands the importance of flexible working to support family life.

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The plan:
6.00pm - Doors open for networking (Drinks and nibbles served)
6.30pm - Lightning talks and discussion with the audience
9.00pm - Finish

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