Poetry in Business Conference
HEAR FROM SPEAKERS, PANEL MEMBERS AND POETS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THIS INNOVATIVE AND CREATIVE PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE.
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POETRY IN BUSINESS CONFERENCE
The Poetry in Business Conference is ground breaking. You will hear from speakers, panel members and poets at the forefront of this innovative and creative professional practice.
How can poetry when harnessed in the service of business create a human centric workplace, innovative leadership and creative enterprises? This conference will showcase how. Each speaker brings years of experience and insight that demonstrate how poetry can enhance leadership, increase wellbeing and drive a more creative and innovative growth strategy in your organisation.
This conference is vital for our times, cathartic and healing, helping people embrace uncertainty with ease instead of fear. Our final session will equip coaches, therapists and counsellors with the skills and resources to apply key concepts immediately in their practices.
- 🗓️ Dates: 14th November 2025
- 📍 Location: Online on TEAM
What is the Poetry in Business Conference
- It’s the beginnings of a Community of practice.
- It’s creating human centric workplaces through language.
- It’s finding the beauty and truth in your workplace so that you and many more people thrive.
- It’s a route to Neuroinclusion.
- It’s the result of 8 years of Kate exploring the Power of Poetry to Make a Positive Impact in the workplace.
- It’s the culmination of speaking, listening and connecting with poets who work, business poets, those who love poetry and want to find more meaning in the workplace.
- It’s where poetry, science and enterprise overlap.
This is what it means to Kate our founder, come and find out what Poetry in Business means to you.
The Bridge@ Poetry in Business
The first ever Poetry in Business Conference marked a watershed moment in bridging the historically divided realms of creative expression and corporate enterprise. This groundbreaking event demonstrated how poetry can create more human-centric workplaces while fostering innovative leadership and creative enterprises. This article acts a moment for me to reflect on what was truly an inspiring moment in my professional development and a chance to consider how I fully embrace divergent thought in finding solutions. I can’t hope to fully do this justice given the depth of discussion on the day; rather provide a small look in to my experience from the day.The event operated in a modular manner with each session bringing together keynote speakers and panellists to share their knowledge, experience and insights. In addition, each session was captured by a poet in residence; an individual who could offer accessible insight into the unique experiences and content shared. I was honoured to have the opportunity to act as a full conference poet in residence, seeking to find the common threads across our contributors (more on this to follow later in the article). This real-time creative documentation added an unprecedented layer of meaning and interpretation to the proceedings.Each hour-long session was punctuated by "play breaks" - dedicated intervals designed for reflection and practical application. These breaks offered participants curated resources including podcasts, TED talks, and guided writing exercises, acknowledging that true learning and creativity often emerge in the spaces between formal instruction.Before starting a full reflection, I must start by thanking Kate Jenkinson PhD, FCIPD (she, her) who without her desire to create a space for this community to flourish, I would not be as inspired as I sit here today. Rather than seek to summarise her journey, I would advise you to listen in to one of her previous interviews, where she speaks so elegantly about the role of poetry in business.
