Uncertainty is everywhere and, in 2025, you might be wondering how much time to spend on a five year strategy. Who knows what is around the corner? 

People are leaving, taking institutional knowledge with them; AI is replacing functions and muddying the water when it comes to careers; tariffs, taxes and an unpredictable global landscape makes it difficult to forecast – And in the face of uncertainty and unpredictability, we all want to be more diverse, more sustainable and more secure.  

Fallon Taylor and Dawn Newman from the Agile Business Consortium believe that Business Agility is the answer to these problems and more.  

Join our North East team to find out how the Framework for Business Agility (FBA) could unlock your ability to work with AI, rather than against it, capitalise on uncertainty and overcome challenges... all without a wasted 5 year plan.  

The session will start with an overview of the problems, with some examples of what happens when things go wrong.  

We’ll talk about AI and how it can be harnessed for good, enhancing roles rather than replacing them and how it can provide support through additional capacity, insight and work hours – and we’ll explain how Governance for Business Agility could help adoption and use of AI, and to keep us safe! 

Next we’ll move on to the impact of the economy, AI (again) and flexible working on career development, succession planning and skills.  As a careers and employability advisor, Dawn will talk about common hurdles for individuals and Fallon will talk to the organisational impact of these changes, before we explain how Business Agility can make these problems into opportunities for skills development, staff retention and navigating difficult financial landscapes with your team.  

After working through recruitment, retention and reporting issues, Fallon and Dawn will explain how Business Agility can improve diversity, increase confidence and instil resilience into your systems, people and processes through incremental implementation and improvement before signposting to free resources and support.