CIPD FESTIVAL OF WORK 2022, 15-17 JUNE, ONLINE

Purpose must be at the heart of businesses’ agendas but must be lived rather than just a badge worn because purpose-driven business is trendy – this was a core message from the CIPD Festival of Work, held on 15-17 June. In her keynote on Day Two (16 June), CIPD president Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith CBE, told delegates that businesses need to put purpose at the heart of their agendas, but do more than “virtue-signalling”, embedding their purpose in their business objectives. Environmental,...