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Now Learning Week: Navigating Disruptors Positively

May 19, 2025

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Be part of our exclusive, complimentary Disruptors Week, which is free for all of our managed clients. This special three-day event is designed to equip leaders and teams with the insight, confidence, and practical tools needed to thrive amidst rapid change. From wellbeing and resilience to leadership in uncertainty and the evolving role of AI, each session offers expert guidance and interactive learning to help your organisation embrace disruption and emerge stronger. Join us as we navigate the future together—positively, strategically, and with purpose.

Now Learning Week: Navigating Disruptors Positively


Monday 9th June – 12pm-1pm

Empowering People; Enhancing Performance (Sarah Williment)

In times of rapid change, uncertainty, and complexity, supporting your people’s wellbeing isn’t a luxury if we want to achieve sustainable high performance – it’s a strategic imperative.

This 45-minute taster session will consider the conditions we need to create, and explore some of the practical ways, to foster resilience, ensure psychologically safe environments, and build greater individual accountability to perform and thrive in constantly challenging environments.

Sarah Williment is an organisational development and systems coach, ILM Certified Coach and Mentor, and Strengthscope® Practitioner. She is passionate about finding ways to enable us all to be our best selves at work, and in life more broadly. Her work is grounded in a whole systems approach, enabling people within teams and organisations to explore and build a deeper understanding of the ways in which they show up and connect with those around them. Sarah’s commitment is to support all her clients in creating organisations where people can fulfil their true potential and achieve sustainable change.


Tuesday 10th June – 11am-12pm

The Calm in the Storm: Strategic Leadership for Turbulent Times (Dave Buffham)

In today’s fast-moving and uncertain environment, senior leadership teams face extraordinary pressure to stay aligned, make tough calls, and guide their organizations through disruption. This dynamic webinar will equip senior leaders with proven strategies to build resilience, foster trust, and lead decisively—even when the path ahead is unclear. Drawing on real-world examples and leadership best practices, you’ll gain insights into how to maintain clarity, cohesion, and confidence in your top team when it matters most.

Whether you’re navigating economic shifts, internal transformation, or external crises, this session will help you elevate your leadership approach. Learn how to create psychological safety while driving accountability, sharpen strategic decision-making under pressure, and unlock your team’s full potential to lead change from the front. Join us for a powerful hour of practical tools and bold leadership thinking tailored for those at the top.

Dave Buffham is a seasoned leadership strategist and executive coach with a reputation for helping senior teams navigate complexity with clarity and confidence. With a background in organisational development and decades of experience working with top-tier leaders globally, Dave brings practical insight, strategic thinking, and a calm presence to every challenge he tackles.


Wednesday 11th June – 4pm-5pm

Beyond the Hype: Leading Through the AI Disruption (Niels Brabandt)

AI is here; there is no more question of “if” we need to deal with it. From decision-making and operations to customer engagement and workforce transformation, artificial intelligence is already disrupting the foundations of leadership. This focused session offers to explore the real-world impact of AI as a disruptive force. The content is based on scientific evidence and real-world application — cutting through the noise to examine what matters the most in today’s times.

Participants will gain clarity on how AI is challenging traditional leadership models, where it enhances human capability, and where, or if at all, it threatens to replace it. Together, we’ll confront the questions: What roles do leaders still play in an age of AI and automation? How do we lead when algorithms outperform intuition? How do we navigate the ethical, strategic, and human dilemmas AI introduces?

Niels Brabandt is an internationally recognised leadership expert, speaker, and advisor to senior executives across industries. With a sharp focus on sustainable leadership and a background spanning organisational development, technology, and change, he helps leaders make sense of disruption—and find their role within it.

Why Attend?

At Now Training, we’re here to help organisations not only adapt to change but lead through it. Disruptors Week is your opportunity to explore how to navigate uncertainty, build resilient teams, and lead with clarity in a rapidly evolving world. Through practical, expert-led sessions, you’ll gain insights into emerging challenges such as AI, leadership in turbulent times, and performance under pressure.

Reserve your spot for free and take the next step toward confident, forward-thinking leadership. Simply complete the form below to secure your spot.

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