TV presenter, writer and environmentalist Philippa Forrester to host Nature of Work Live

October 5, 2021 1:00 pm

Particularly experienced in live TV, Philippa Forrester has presented everything from children’s TV to Tomorrow’s World and Robot Wars, as well as many wildlife programmes. From 2010, she produced four series of the very popular Halcyon River Diaries, which followed her family as they discovered and worked to conserve the ecology of a river at the bottom of their garden, in particular otters. Also an accomplished writer, Philippa has degrees in both English and Ecology & Conservation, and recently published On the Trail of Wolves after spending a year in the wilds of Wyoming studying these often controversial creatures. We are truly delighted that she is to present Nature of Work Live.

Philippa says: “I am thrilled to be hosting Nature of Work Live in November, curated by Digital Workplace Group. Being so passionate about wildlife and nature, I was really energized by the book Nature of Work, which is the premise for the event. Bringing the beauty, simplicity and cohesion of nature into the world of work is inspired and may well just change the way we work – truly a new story of work for a living age.”

What is the ‘living age’?

We’ve all heard of the ‘industrial age’. And since then, we’ve gone through the ‘information age’, ‘knowledge age’ and, more recently, the ‘digital age’.

What we see now is a ‘living age’, an age defined by our relationship with nature and all that is alive (including humans); one that starts to repair the damage done to our planet and to rebuild a healthy, functional and respectful relationship with nature and each other. Read Paul Miller’s article on the living age.

Why attend Nature of Work Live?

Do you want to see positive change in your organization and the world around you? Would you like to anticipate the future or just react to it? Nature of Work Live is for those who want to explore, understand and bring to life a new story of work.

We’ve already had some great conversations with four of our speakers when they joined as guests on the Nature of Work podcast, which you can listen to now:

• The natural ingredients of work at ready-meals pioneer COOK, with Rosie Brown (and James Rutter), COOK
• Embracing heart and soul at iconic fashion brand Stella McCartney, with Lucy Colclough, WorkWILD and Abigail Wilmore, Stella McCartney
• Imagine a workplace as beautiful as Gaudi’s Barcelona, with Nellie Hayat, VergeSense

During this 3-day event, you will hear from more than 45 guest speakers – from organizations such as Adobe, BBC, Cisco, International Monetary Fund, LEGO, Microsoft and Workplace from Facebook – who are all blazing a trail to happier and healthier ways of working.

Nature of Work Live is free to attend and open to all – join us to explore, understand and bring to life a new story of work for a living age.