Past event
Organised by The CIPD in Wales
Creating a Culture that Cares
Are you a small business owner or HR professional that struggles to connect the quality and productivity of your services or products to the commitment from your people?
Do you struggle to know exactly how to get your people bought into producing brilliant, high-quality results?
Psychological Safety is a buzz phrase that gets floated about but are we really sure what it means? Does it mean that mistakes are ok even if they cost us money? Do we know how to create safety in our environments in a practical and real-world way that supports our organisations results?
Sometimes we can feel like we are doing the right things, but we still don't seem to get buy-in for the quality of our services or products and it can cost us money and impact our customer experience.
Join us for a look into how LSN Diffusion tackled this by hearing from Mitch Watson who has had great results from his approach.
There will also be time to share your own challenges in this area and get advice from the SME network on how they have solved similar problems in their organisations so you can take away real life practical solutions to your business.
EUR ING Mitchell Watson BEng (Hons), MSc, RSci, CEng, MIMMM
Mitchell Watson is a seasoned Manufacturing Technical Manager with over 12 years of experience in the manufacturing industry. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Materials Science and an MSc in Lean and Agile Operations while starting a Master of Business Administration in September 2024. Mitch has a proven track record of optimising production processes, reducing costs, and improving product quality.
Mitch has a keen interest in his own and others professional development and is currently a professional member of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. Mitch has achieved Registered Scientist and Chartered Engineer status before recently attaining European Engineers status with Engineers Europe.
Over the last few years, he has completed ILM L7 in Strategic Leadership and Management, CMI Level 3 in Project Management, ILM L5 in Leadership and Management. He has also achieved a black belt in Lean Six Sigma and completed other courses such as Managing Safely IOSH.
Throughout his career, Mitch has led cross-functional teams in implementing advanced manufacturing technologies and lean manufacturing principles. His expertise in process improvement and project management has resulted in significant efficiency gains and cost savings for his employers.
Mitch is known for his strong leadership skills, attention to detail, and ability to solve complex technical problems. He is passionate about continuous improvement and is always looking for innovative ways to enhance manufacturing operations. In his free time, Mitch enjoys walking his 2-year-old cockapoo, going to the gym and training for triathlons hoping to complete the Swansea Half Iron Man in Summer 2025.
11:00 - 11:30 - Introduction and a talk from Mitchell to gain insights into some of the challenges in winning people over and keeping them engaged in quality and results with a chance to ask questions.
11:30: 11:50 - We will head into breakout rooms where you will get a chance to share your challenges and ask other SME HR professionals' advice on how they would approach the real-world challenges you face, so bring your examples to the event!
Breakout rooms remain as inclusive as possible, if you would prefer not to have your camera on or speak, you will be able to use the chat function to ask questions or offer advice.
11:50 - 12 m - Round Up of our key takeaways and sharing of resources to help you with further reading on the topic.
SMEs are vital to Wales for jobs, future economic growth, productivity and innovation. But so often, the HR team is at best small and quite commonly a stand-alone role. This network stands to create a space for those in this key sector to share challenges, experience and insight, and is open to members and non-members.
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*This event may include an external speaker who has prepared their own presentation. Any views or opinions expressed by the speaker are their own and do not reflect those of the CIPD.