annual conference – in pictures This event This event took place on 1 st November 2012 and we had an official artist-in-residence, Julian Burton.

The overall theme of the conference was ‘Who is responsible for employee well- being?’. We aimed to explore not just which department it sits in, but how these departments interact with CEOs, budget holders, line managers and employees – and operate in line with professional bodies and in light of national well-being activity.

Ann Francke, CEO at Chartered Management Institute, highlighted the role that managers can play, and made the business case for funding management training. More detail: Click here to read Les Worrall and Cary Cooper’s CMI report on management well-being.Click here

The importance of a supportive CEO couldn’t have been illustrated better than by John Timpson’s keynote speech. More detail: Click here to watch the video.Click here

With so many people having to ‘do more with less’ at work morale is at risk and stress is a growing concern. This means the need to prioritise well-being and resilience is greater than ever. There were calls to action from Cary Cooper and Ann Francke for HR and other responsible business functions to build the business case and safeguard funding. More detail: Click here for a guide to building morale and resilience.Click here

During the panel session Will Hutton talked about the risk of profit without purpose, and called on organisations to examine their business purpose.

The importance of employee freedom was a common theme throughout the day - we know that autonomy is one of the 6 Essentials of workplace well-being. Tom Nixon, ambassador for WorldBlu (who promote freedom and democracy at work) explored what we could achieve if we had freedom from fear. More detail: Click here for information on organisational democracy.Click here for information on organisational democracy.

The finished article! A (written!) summary of the conference and copies of presentations slides will be available to download from Good Day at Work next week.

About the artist Julian Burton is an artist and consultant who founded delta7 in His nine year old son described his work best: “my dad makes pictures of problems so people can talk about them.“ Delta7 is a change agency specialising in board alignment, employee engagement and behaviour change using our unique Visual Dialogue TM methodology. The Delta7 logo means change through dialogue, in the present moment. We help leaders and their senior teams develop strategy and engage their employees and stakeholders in a two- way dialogue about the journey the business is on. We help them to model the behaviours the organisation needs and to inspire other teams and individuals to take action to create change