Ashley Fell

To engage with people and connect with communities, we need to understand the data and the demographics. Population analysis tells a fascinating story of our world today and reveals clear trend lines. In this session, Ashley uses the latest demographic data to give a snapshot of the changes, the trends, the challenges and the opportunities for your brand, organisation and sector. And don't be fooled by the word demographic or data - this session will be fast-paced, engaging and inspiring.

Generation Z and Generation Alpha describe the next generations of young people. They are mobile, digital, global, visual and social. Their lives are post-life stage, their learning is post-linear and their careers post-structural. In this session, hear from social researcher Ashley Fell, who coined the term Generation Alpha and wrote the book on them, as she outlines how to best engage with the most formally educated, technologically literate and materially endowed generations in history.

In any given week, we spend more than a third of our waking hours at work, so it is the place we most need to get wellbeing right. It is also a key priority for workers, with 83% saying it is up to the employer to facilitate. Based on her book Work Wellbeing: Leading thriving teams in rapidly changing times, in this session Ashley will provide a practical, data-driven and engaging guide to work wellbeing; equipping leaders, managers and employees with a thorough understanding of what work wellbeing is, why it’s a non-negotiable for the future and how to achieve it.

Over the last couple of years, societal change has been accelerated. Great leaders need an understanding of these changes to lead their teams, engage with consumers and thrive in the future. This session will give an analysis of our fast-moving times and a snapshot of the key trends redefining the future. It will deliver an overview of the changes and insights to help you not just respond to the trends, but to shape them. From technological trends to demographic shifts, from social change to generational transitions, this session will define and strategically respond to each of these mega-trends set to shape the future consumer.

From an ageing population to changing household structures, from population growth to generational change, and from housing mobility to a global pandemic, our society continues to change rapidly, with big implications for careers and the workplace. In this session Ashley will provide an overview of the key megatrends transforming the workplace and careers of the future. She will deliver a snapshot of Australia now and by 2030, giving a forecast of the transformative changes and insights into how to engage, develop and lead the new generations.

The future is shaped not just by the technological changes but also the sociological changes. It is critical to understand the attitudes, values and expectations of the diverse generations comprising today’s workforce. This session will outline the new demographics and the social trends which have shaped Gen Y and Gen Z and will identify the HR implications of these new attitudes, values, and workplace priorities of today’s employees. Ashley will highlight the implications of this for effective employer branding, attraction and retention strategies, workplace communications and leadership styles.

In an era of message saturation and digital disruption, it can be difficult to cut through the noise, capture attention, and make our voice heard. In this session, Ashley will highlight how to communicate important information in visual ways, and how to effectively transform your data into a story. She shows how, even in our world of screens, social media and ever-emerging technology, it is the timeless power of storytelling, harnessing the unmatched visual platform that is the human mind, that best informs, instructs, involves and inspires audiences.