Join ideasUK for our next webinar exploring a challenge facing almost every modern organisation: how can we as individuals, and our teams in the work environment, be more digitally connected than ever before, yet feel less bonded, engaged and aligned in driving improvement?

In “Hyper-connected yet under-bonded: The effects on Continuous Improvement”, we will examine how constant communication, hybrid working and increasing operational pressures can unintentionally weaken collaboration, trust and the shared ownership that continuous improvement depends upon.

Featuring practical insights and real-world case studies from Wye Valley NHS Trust, this webinar will showcase how organisations can rebuild engagement, encourage meaningful participation and create stronger improvement cultures in demanding environments.

AI is changing not just how we work, but how we innovate. In this session, Courtney Redding shares how they have implemented AI chatbots at Ricoh UK Products Ltd to enhance both employee suggestions and recognition scheme nominations. By guiding employees in real time on what makes a strong idea or nomination, the chatbot makes it easier for individuals to raise and submit with confidence. It helps structure their thinking, ensures the right level of detail is included, and reduces the number of submissions that require follow-up due to missing or unclear information.

Courtney will talk through the practical approach that has been adopted, how the tools were developed, and how they support a shift from high volumes of ideas to more actionable, high-quality contributions. In addition, this session will explore the potential impacts of using AI in this space, alongside the benefits achieved and some of the challenges and considerations to think through when introducing AI into innovation processes.

Leaders are told to be productive and innovative, usually in the same hour, and then quietly judged when it doesn’t work. This webinar challenges that lie. 6 habits that help leaders stay productive while fostering innovation is for leaders who want to deliver results without suffocating their best ideas. You’ll learn how to stop measuring value in hours, create space for thinking without guilt, and make real progress on bold work while everything else keeps running. Less busywork. Better decisions. Bigger outcomes. For you, your team and your organisation.

Terez Rijkenberg knows exactly how C-suite leaders think when the pressure is on. She coaches senior executives every day on how to stay strategic, productive, and decisive when t ime is scarce and the stakes are real. Having worked with 100+ CEOs across FTSE 100, private equity-backed, and high-growth organisations, she’s seen what actually drives results and what quietly gets in the way. A former Chief People Officer, and the creator of the RAFT® Executive System and Radical Adaptability™ framework, Terez helps leaders stop confusing busyness with value and start thinking in ways that create both productivity and innovation. In this session, she shares the habits she teaches executives that make the most difference to delivering results and innovation.

This session was delivered by Jonathan Knight, a renowned expert in the field of Design Thinking, and covers a brief review of the meaning and history of the terms design, design thinking and innovation; design thinking and innovation – the differences and how they how they interrelate; reference to the ISO 56000 series and how design thinking is reflected; a couple of case studies to illustrate how to innovate by design!

If you missed our latest session, you missed a real treat! We had all 100 lines in use, so apologies if you tried to access and were unable too!

As a reminder Shishir Kumar presented the session on Innovation Excellence in ADNOC L&S. He shared how they are building a thriving culture of innovation that delivers real business impact, with the frameworks, campaigns, and leadership practices that are empowering employees and embedding innovation into daily operations, and driving continuous improvement across the organisation.

ADNOC L&S is a fully integrated global energy maritime logistics leader that operates onshore and offshore energy-related logistics activities, including international energy transportation, for more than 100 customers in over 50 countries with offices in 19 cities.

With a total fleet of 340+ owned vessels and an additional 600+ chartered every year, a talent base of over 11,500 people and a steadfast commitment to decarbonization and technological innovation, ADNOC L&S offers secure, dependable, and efficient maritime and logistics solutions across the entire energy value chain.