In the first in our quarterly series of international speaker events this year, author Hira Ali will address members in the RDS Members’ Club in Dublin at 6.30pm on Wednesday, 5th March 2025.

Hira Ali is an executive coach, leadership development specialist, and speaker. Founder of Advancing Your Potential and champion of allyship programs and inclusive talent management initiatives, she is also the award-winning author of two books: Her Way To The Top: A Guide to Smashing the Glass Ceiling and Her Allies: A Practical Toolkit to Help Men Lead Through Advocacy.

This event is free to members, who may bring a guest. Note you must log in when booking to avail of free entry.

Our quarterly series of international speaker events continues i  May 2025 in the RDS Members Club as we welcome Karthik Ramanna, author of The Age of Outrage: How to Lead in a Polarized World.

Professor of Business and Public Policy at the University of Oxford and an expert on business-government relations, sustainable capitalism, and corporate reporting and auditing, Professor Ramanna studies how organizations and leaders build trust with stakeholders. His scholarship has won numerous awards, including the Journal of Accounting & Economics Best Paper Prize, the Harvard Business Review-McKinsey Prize for ‘ground-breaking management thinking,’ and three times the international Case Centre’s prizes for ‘outstanding case-writing,’ dubbed by the Financial Times as ‘the business school Oscars.’

Previously, Professor Ramanna taught at the Harvard Business School in both the MBA and senior executive-education programs. He has a doctorate from MIT’s Sloan School of Management.

In his latest book, Professor Ramanna offers a framework for managing stakeholder outrage that draws on analytical insights from disciplines as wide-ranging as the science of aggression, managerial economics, organizational behaviour, and political philosophy.

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Our quarterly series of international speaker events continues at 6.30pm on 12th June 2025 in the RDS Members Club as we welcome Deborah Perry Piscione, author of the recent Harvard Business Review publication Employment is Dead! How Web3 Technologies Will Radically Shift Our Relationship with Work.

Deborah Perry Piscione is a thought leader who helps Fortune 500 companies boost profits and grow talent by harnessing the power of Web3, ChatGPT/AI, and innovative future-of-work solutions.

In her latest book, Deborah Perry Piscione and co-author Josh Drean bring to life the seismic shifts occurring in the workforce, propelled by employees’ growing demand for autonomy, flexibility, and a sense of purpose in their work. The authors challenge leaders to embrace these changes, offering vital insights into navigating this new landscape.

This event is free to members, who may bring a guest. Note you must log in when booking to avail of free entry.