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Hosts IoIC’s Chief Executive, Jennifer Sproul, leadership communication expert Dominic Walters, and future of work expert Cathryn Barnard will take the stage for a very special edition of the Future of Internal Communication podcast.
Ahead of time, we will be asking Festival Goers what you’d they’d like this podcast episode to explore, answering you’re their questions to explore the rapidly changing world of work and what this means for the internal communication profession.
Find out more about the podcast and listen to previous episodes here.
Jennifer is responsible for the leadership of IoIC, the only independent professional body solely dedicated to internal communication. IoIC is the voice of internal communication, setting standards for more than 70 years through qualifications, career development, thought leadership and best practice.
Prior to joining IoIC, Jennifer has worked for over 20 years in professional associations, most recently as Strategic Marketing & Sales Director at the Market Research Society, developing and leading on activities across marketing communications (both internal & external), careers, membership, professional development and publishing.
Dominic has specialised in leadership and line manager communication and development for over 25 years. He has worked in senior ‘in-house’ roles and as a coach and consultant in the UK, Europe, Asia and the US, supporting leadership teams across a range of sectors.
He has also featured in print, podcast, TV and radio promoting effective leadership communication. Dominic has worked with leadership teams in finance, pharmaceuticals, engineering, healthcare and public sector.
Dominic is an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Bankers, and past national Chairman, Governance Adviser and Fellow of the Institute of Internal Communication. When the Festival take place, Dominic will the be President of the IoIC. He has developed the audiobook, ‘Leading Inside Out’ in conjunction with IoIC.
Cat is a co-founder at Working the Future, a business advisory firm helping organisations and their leaders make sense of the future of work. Working the Future’s trend intelligence and reports provide distilled analysis of the multiple, convergent forces driving change in the workplace. These insights are used as the foundation upon which to design practical, people-centred, future-proofing strategies.
With a prior career in workforce planning spanning three decades, Cathryn has helped build high-performing teams delivering leading edge communication technology across Europe and beyond. With additional experience of starting and growing successful businesses, Cat recognises the crucial role of human connection, relationship and communication in cementing team engagement and wider organisational performance.
Since 2019, Working the Future has supported the IoIC to analyse and report on the key trends driving change at work and to present the expanding opportunity for internal communication professionals.
