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Our Big Chat about…Thinking outside the tick box inaugural webinar
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Guest speakers
We’re chuffed to bits to present the inaugural Our Big Chat about…Thinking outside the tick box with Distinguished Professor of Organisational Psychology Professor Sir Cary Cooper, pioneering headteacher and BGT finalist, Dave McPartlin, and BBC Inclusion & Diversity Champion and Chair of the Council for Supplier Diversity UK, Sunita Hirani.
Opening Act: Dave McPartlin:
Dave is the Headteacher of Flakefleet Primary School which melted hearts as a Britain’s Got Talent Golden Buzzer act in 2019 and was voted Happiest Primary School at the National Happiness Awards, 2018.
Flakefleet Primary school is in a highly disadvantaged area but under Dave’s leadership staff and pupils at the school have developed an infectious can-do attitude that saw them reach the finals of one of the world’s biggest TV shows.
Through their achievements the school has been able to demonstrate to the community the positive power of having the highest of aspirations and daring to dream, which is the school motto.
Twitter: @dave_mcpartlin
Act Two: Sunita Hirani
Sunita is one of the BBC’s key equality, diversity and inclusivity experts with a career in supplier management spanning over 15 years.
At the BBC she has actively shaped the supplier diversity agenda and is procurement lead for supplier diversity.
Partnering with Workplace (HR) D&I Strategy she has helped design and deliver D&I strategy for the organisation and is BBC Interview Champion to ensure fairness and equality throughout hiring process.
She is also chair of the Council for Supplier Diversity UK, which offers support to corporates either on or embarking on the journey towards a more diverse supply base.
Headline Act: Professor Sir Cary Cooper:
Cary is one the world’s most influential voices in occupational health and wellbeing and has been an adviser on the subject to the World Health Organisation, ILO, and the EU.
He is currently Chair of the National Forum for Health and Wellbeing at Work and is a founding President of the British Academy of Management, President of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), former President of RELATE and President of the Institute of Welfare.
He was also Chair of the Sunningdale Institute in the Cabinet Office and National School of Government.
He has written over 250 books on occupational health psychology, workplace wellbeing, women at work and occupational stress.
He was awarded the CBE by the Queen in for his contributions to occupational health and in 2014 he was awarded a Knighthood for his contribution to the social sciences
Twitter: @ProfCaryCooper
