Brian Jones

Co-Founder and Chairman Atlantic Cedar

Brian Jones, co-founder of strategy consultancy Atlantic Cedar, is an experienced senior executive, event chair, public speaker, and entrepreneur whose career has spanned multiple business sectors at the highest levels.

Throughout his forty-year career he has spent sixteen years on the executive boards of FTSE100 companies. A four-time FTSE100 CIO, renowned Commercial and Transformation Leader, and successful Business President, Brian’s executive leadership roles have included Chief Information Officer at Allied Domecq, Head of Business Transformation at Burberry, Chief Commercial Officer at Smiths Group, and President of Smiths Detection to name just a few.

His passion for great leadership is evident in the way in which he helps other professionals to fulfil their aspirations for themselves and for their organisations, and his nine-box “Helping Leaders Get Better” framework for inspiring ‘followship’ has helped and motivated professionals around the world to become better leaders.

Motivated by his growing concerns regarding why things continue to “go wrong” in businesses, despite improved controls and processes, he became actively involved in the development of “The Testing Point” shortly after inception. Through Atlantic Cedar, he is now responsible for promoting its use in a variety of settings. At various times Brian has presented his insights at alumni events for his alma mater Harvard Business School, at London Business School, and in conference settings internationally.

Agenda - Pre Event

7:00 PM Screening and Workshop: "The Testing Point" Part 1

Very few employees will go out of their way to act purely on criminal intent or greed. Many wrongdoings among large companies often spring out of a corporate culture of pressure to deliver and fear of failure. Many enterprises are rolling out training to educate their employees on the legal rights and wrongs, but is it really enough to safeguard the organisation and yourself?

 

How good are you at identifying the red flags? Where would you really find yourself on the scales of courage vs fear and leadership vs followship when top management is piling on the pressure to make their vision a reality? Where are your organisational blind spots?

 

These are some of the questions you will be addressing through an exciting exclusive partnership of the Corporate Counsel & Compliance Exchange with the creators and producers of “The Testing Point”. “The Testing Point” is a movie and entertaining drama, not on general release. It has been designed for use in organisations to help individuals overcome the barriers that hold people back from voicing concerns at critical moments and in high pressure environments.

 

Hosted in four parts throughout the event, you are invited to tune into the story of the fictitious Ninebanks PLC and their subdivision Leadgate, at a time where their troubles are accumulating… poor results, a dramatic resignation, questionable accounting, claims of bullying and harassment, and a potentially serious environmental issue. Each screening will be followed by a mini workshop.

 

With the help of supporting materials, dive into this scenario and be prepared to challenge your own thinking. 

Agenda Day 1

2:25 PM "The Testing Point" Part 2

Join to see the second part of “The Testing Point”. Continue the conversation to get you rethinking about the culture in your own company. Could this happen in your organisation? How might you have handled the situation differently? 

Agenda Day 2

8:40 AM Breakfast, Screening and Workshop - "The Testing Point" Part 3

Join to see the third part of “The Testing Point”. Continue the conversation to get you rethinking about the culture in your own company. What steps could have been taken to ensure this doesn’t happen?

3:25 PM Screening and Workshop: "The Testing Point" Part 4

Join to see the final part of “The Testing Point”. Would you speak up? 

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Brian.

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