Growth powered by people

Building External Workforce Governance Without Compromising Agility

IN-PERSON EVENT
24 SEPTEMBER | WORK.LIFE BOROUGH

What happens when growth of your external workforce outpaces your People team’s governance?

Too often, scaling teams are forced to choose between rigid processes that slow everyone down or loose structures that invite risk. But governance doesn't have to kill agility.

Join us on Thursday 24th September for an intimate breakfast workshop designed specifically for HR and Talent leaders tackling the practical realities of supporting the business scale the external workforce; improving compliance and governance, and reducing cost, without compromising speed and quality of the freelancers, contractors and consultants that the business needs to get work done.

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Session Facilitators

Agenda Snapshot

Panel discussion

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Roundtable Discussions

Talent Sourcing, Compliance, and Collaboration in Practice

Small-group discussions on finding talent, managing compliance, and aligning HR, Finance, and Procurement.

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Breakfast Networking

Connect with Peers and Industry Experts

An open networking session to continue the conversation and share takeaways.

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Jack Spencer
Founder
Jools Barrow-Read
Founder
Sam Orrin
Director of Business Development
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What You´ll Learn:

1
Growth vs. Governance
Building lightweight guardrails that preserve speed and flexibility as teams scale.
2
Global Scale, Local Nuance
Solving localized compliance and hiring challenges without duplicating operational overhead.
3
Doing More with Less
Optimizing talent workflows and eliminating admin fatigue when resources are tight.
4
AI & Tech Integration
Moving beyond buzzwords - using technology and data automation to solve daily workflow friction and extract actionable insights.
5
Elevating the Business Case
Shifting People Operations from an administrative function to an intuitive, high-value partner for the rest of the enterprise.

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Jack Spencer
Founder, Freeflexer

Why Attend

And what to expect

Network
Connect with a curated community of senior People and Talent leaders facing identical scaling inflection points.
Benchmarking
Bring your active friction points to the table; collaborate to define what "good" governance looks like in practice.
Execution
Leave with a practical maturity roadmap, tech enablement signposts, and actionable frameworks to implement immediately.

Agenda Snapshot

Panel discussion

Save Money & Work Faster in 2026: Access Great Talent with Compliance Confidence

How leading companies are sourcing top freelancers while preparing for the new umbrella tax reforms.

Speakers
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Roundtable Discussions

Talent Sourcing, Compliance, and Collaboration in Practice

Small-group discussions on finding talent, managing compliance, and aligning HR, Finance, and Procurement.

Speakers
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Breakfast Networking

Connect with Peers and Industry Experts

An open networking session to continue the conversation and share takeaways.

Speakers
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Agenda Snapshot

arrival

Breakfast

Flat whites and scandi vibes breakfast.

host
Sam Orrin
Worksome
Workshop

Interactive discussion

The discussion will center around framing the challenges we all face currently. Then we’ll do an interactive peer roundtable covering: solving local challenges at scale and maturity & future state roadmaps. We’ll conclude with key takeaways, wrap-up & next steps.

speakers
Jack Spencer
Freeflexer
Jools Barrow-Read
RedWizzard
Networking

Connect with peers and industry experts

An opportunity to connect with peers and practitioners who are in you shoes.

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This is a small room by design for a handful of senior People and Talent leaders, real problem statements, and flat whites. Spaces are limited, so grab yours before they're gone.


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