Explore the latest behavioural science to achieve breakthrough results, overcome inertia and make lasting change easier.

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Explore the latest behavioural science to achieve breakthrough results, overcome inertia and make lasting change easier.

This session explores some of the latest behavioural science behind achieving breakthrough results, overcoming organisational inertia and making lasting change easier.

With key learnings for people professionals, it will provide practical insights into how people think, behave and respond to change—helping you increase engagement, strengthen collaboration and turn good intentions into meaningful action.

You’ll leave better equipped to influence workplace behaviour, support cultural change and achieve greater impact with less wasted energy and effort.

How many workplace problems remain unresolved, even when the answer appears to be in plain sight? How many promising ideas fail to gain traction, causing opportunities for growth, collaboration and innovation to be missed?

For HR and people professionals, one of the greatest barriers to organisational progress may have little to do with competitors, the economy or reductions in funding. It may come from within: inertia.

People do not always act on what they know is good for them, and organisations can struggle to translate policies, plans and good intentions into sustained changes in behaviour. Understanding why this happens can help people professionals design better interventions, influence more effectively and create workplace cultures in which positive change is easier to achieve.

This practical session explores some of the latest behavioural science behind motivation, decision-making and habit formation. It will help you understand how to overcome inertia and support lasting change—both in your own work and across your organisation.

We’ll explore:

  • How to recognise and harness some of the mind’s most common habits, so they work for you rather than against you
  • How a £3 bucket led to a £500,000 saving—and what this demonstrates about employee insight and practical problem-solving
  • How switching the focus can improve engagement and results
  • How the brain’s natural desire for efficiency can unintentionally reduce your impact
  • How behavioural insights can strengthen people initiatives, organisational change and workplace culture

You’ll leave with practical ideas that can be applied to employee engagement, change management, learning, wellbeing and organisational development—equipping you to influence behaviour, unlock opportunities and achieve more with less unnecessary effort.


Speakers bio:

Sue Evans - Fast Pathways

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