Turmoil or turning point? | 17 January 2024

At GGI's main monthly webinar in January, the topic of discussion will be Turmoil or turning point? What boards of organisations with a public purpose will be navigating their way through in 2024.

The event is taking place on Wednesday, 17 January 2024, from 08.30 to 09.30 and will be run virtually on Zoom.

2024 will be the year of elections, with more than half of the world’s population – more than 4 billion people – having the opportunity to exercise their democratic rights in general elections from India to the USA, and, more than likely, here in the UK.

The UK general election will be a critical one; the country faces a series of challenging decision points ranging from familiar topics such as immigration and levels of taxation, international conflicts and global trade, as well as new challenges including the impact of AI on jobs, services and security.

With so many competing priorities, the challenge for leaders of public-facing organisations to get their message across is going to be considerable, but the voices of service users from health, education, local public services and the like really must be heard.

In this session, our experts will set out the likely scenarios for 2024, the political ebbs and flows of the year ahead and, most importantly, explore the most effective ways for public service leaders to get their voices heard.

To register, click the link below and fill in the registration form.

Please email events@good-governance.org.uk should you have any queries.

Professor Penny Macbeth is director and CEO of The Glasgow School of Art. She has comprehensive knowledge and experience of leading strategic activities and developing organisations, with an ability to advocate for creative industries at the highest levels. As project sponsor for the Mackintosh project, Penny has been instrumental in steering the Strategic Outline Business Case through to the completion of phase one of the project. In January 24, Penny will become chair of the Specialist Institutions Forum on behalf of Universities UK.

A strong creative and cultural advocate and innovation leader, Penny is regularly invited to join international and UK-wide conversations and initiatives in support of creative industries and their importance within all areas of the economy. Having been an art and design academic for many years, Penny is committed to developing transformational and professionally relevant learning environments for students.

During her time at Manchester Metropolitan University, Penny was Dean of Manchester School of Art and Deputy Faculty Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Arts and Humanities external engagement and partnerships. Penny was also academic lead and project sponsor for the ground-breaking School of Digital Arts: SODA.

Penny is a researcher and maker. Her work explores cloth’s potential as a carrier of narrative and catalyst for community empathy and cohesion; research is drawn from artists, practitioners and archival sources.

Dan Corry is chief executive of NPC, a charity think tank and consultancy that aims to increase the social impact of the non-profit and corporate. Before this he held a variety of posts in public policy and economics. He was head of the Number 10 Policy Unit and senior adviser to the prime minister on the economy from 2007 to 2010, chair of the Council of Economic Advisers in the Treasury, a special adviser to the secretary of state in the Education Department as well as at DTI and DCLG, a director in the economics segment of FTI Consulting, ran the New Local Government Network think tank (now called New Local) between 2002 and 2005, was senior economist at the IPPR in the 1990s and was a government economist in the civil service before that.

Dan is a trustee of homelessness charity St Mungo’s and of the What Works Centre for Wellbeing, and a former member of the Research Committee of the ESRC and of the Greater Manchester Economic Advisory Panel.