BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Inside Out Community - ECPv6.16.5.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://theinsideout.community X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Inside Out Community REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261014T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261014T170000 DTSTAMP:20260624T165637Z CREATED:20260624T165635Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260624T165637Z UID:10000149-1791993600-1791997200@theinsideout.community SUMMARY:The Stakeholder Whisperer DESCRIPTION:The Stakeholder Whisperer\n\n\nMastermind\n\n(12.30 GMT / 13:30 CET) Caught between rising expectations and an operating model that hasn’t kept up? Join us to unpack why even strong creative leaders end up firefighting\, and what it takes to build the structure for strategic leadership to thrive. \n\n\n\n\nDate & Time:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation:\n\n\n\n\n\nOnline \n\n\n\n\n\nType:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Event\n\n\n\nYour stakeholders don’t know what they need. Not really. \n\n\n\nWhat they ask for is shaped by habit\, assumption\, and the limits of what they think is possible. Your job isn’t just to deliver the brief\, it’s to decode it. \n\n\n\nIn this one-hour Mastermind\, author\, educator\, and information designer Bill Shander shares a practical framework for getting from what people ask for to what they actually need. \n\n\n\nBill will show you how to have smarter conversations with clients\, colleagues and stakeholders\, on what they ask for and how they ask for it\, and how to deliver products and services that meet those needs. \n\n\n\nIn this session Bill will cover: \n\n\n\n\nWhy stakeholder whispering is a skill every in-house creative needs\n\n\n\nHow to tap into a user-experience and curiosity mindset \n\n\n\nHow? The Socratic Method\n\n\n\nHow? The Dance of the Six Ws\n\n\n\nWhy it doesn’t always work\, but how to increase the odds\n\n\n\n\nWhether you’re navigating complex client relationships\, managing up\, or trying to get more meaningful briefs\, this session will change how you listen to\, and engage with\, stakeholders. \n\n\n\nWho is this for?\n\n\n\nThis Masterclass is for in-house creative leaders who want to play a more strategic role\, improve collaboration and stakeholder management.  \n\n\n\nAbout our speaker\n\n\n\nBill Shander is an author\, educator\, and information designer\, helping clients turn their data into compelling visual and often interactive experiences. He teaches data storytelling\, information design\, and data visualization on LinkedIn Learning (2M+ learners reached!)\, and in workshops around the world. He is a keynote speaker and has lectured for graduate and undergraduate students and staff at Harvard\, Northeastern\, Stanford\, and more. His first book\, Stakeholder Whispering\, was published by Wiley in 2025. \n\n\n\n\n\nWhere and when\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nOnline via Zoom\n\n\n\n14 October 2026\n\n\n\n16:00 BST / 17:00 CEST / 12:00 EDT\n\n\n\nIdeal if you’re logging in from: UK\, Europe\, North America \n\n\n\n\nCost\n\n\n\nFree to Visionary Leader and Future Leader members \n\n\n\nBooking is essential. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nUpcoming Events\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nprev\n\n\n\nNext\n\n\n\nView All\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n July 15\n \n \n The Exchange – 15 July 2026 \n \n The Exchange \n \n 8AM BST | 9AM CEST | 3AM EDT | 5PM AEST – virtual peer-to-peer group coaching for Visionary Leader members📍Ideal for:… \n \n View Details at The Exchange – 15 July 2026 on July 15\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n July 15\n \n \n "The tsunami and the team" – Burnout and overwork in in-house creative teams \n \n Mastermind \n \n (12.30PM BST / 13:30 CEST) In-house creative leaders have always dealt with too much work and not enough resource…. \n \n View Details at "The tsunami and the team" – Burnout and overwork in in-house creative teams on July 15\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n July 16\n \n \n The Exchange – 16 July 2026 \n \n The Exchange \n \n 4PM BST | 5PM CEST | 11AM EDT | 1AM AEST – virtual peer-to-peer group coaching for Visionary Leader members📍Ideal… \n \n View Details at The Exchange – 16 July 2026 on July 16\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n August 5\n \n \n The Exchange – 5th August 2026 \n \n The Exchange \n \n 10AM BST | 11AM CEST | 5AM EDT | 7PM AEST – virtual peer-to-peer group coaching exclusive to Visionary Leader… \n \n View Details at The Exchange – 5th August 2026 on August 5\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 2\n \n \n The Exchange – 2 September 2026 \n \n The Exchange \n \n 10AM BST | 11AM CEST | 5AM EDT | 7PM AEST – virtual peer-to-peer group coaching for Visionary Leader members📍Ideal… \n \n View Details at The Exchange – 2 September 2026 on September 2\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 3\n \n \n Ahead of the Curve: Future-Proofing Creative Teams When Everything Keeps Shifting \n \n Mastermind \n \n (13:30BST / 14:30 CEST) The big question for creative leaders is not just how to use AI\, it’s how to future-proof the… \n \n View Details at Ahead of the Curve: Future-Proofing Creative Teams When Everything Keeps Shifting on September 3\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 9\n \n \n Building a Brand World: Inside Gymshark's Creative Vision \n \n Mastermind \n \n (12.30PM BST / 13:30 CEST) What does it take to build a brand that feels coherent\, recognisable and culturally relevant… \n \n View Details at Building a Brand World: Inside Gymshark's Creative Vision on September 9 URL:https://theinsideout.community/event/the-stakeholder-whisperer/ CATEGORIES:Mastermind ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://theinsideout.community/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/The-Stakeholder-Whisperer-1.png LOCATION:https://theinsideout.community/event/the-stakeholder-whisperer/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261029T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261029T120000 DTSTAMP:20260630T094949Z CREATED:20260630T094202Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260630T094949Z UID:10000155-1793275200-1793275200@theinsideout.community SUMMARY:When Ambition Outgrows Infrastructure DESCRIPTION:When Ambition Outgrows Infrastructure: \n\n\n\nThe Architecture of Strategic Creative Leadership\n\n\nMastermind\n\n(12.30 GMT / 13:30 CET) Caught between rising expectations and an operating model that hasn’t kept up? Join us to unpack why even strong creative leaders end up firefighting\, and what it takes to build the structure for strategic leadership to thrive. \n\n\n\n\nDate & Time:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLocation:\n\n\n\n\n\nOnline \n\n\n\n\n\nType:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout the Event\n\n\n\nThere’s a pattern showing up across in-house creative teams. Most in-house creative teams don’t start life as strategic partners. They start as production engines\, built for speed\, efficiency and cost control. And for a while\, that works. \n\n\n\nBut over time\, something shifts. Trust grows. The work becomes more complex. The organisation begins to expect bigger thinking\, stronger creative ownership\, visible leadership impact. The ambition evolves\, but the structure often doesn’t. \n\n\n\nThat gap between rising expectations and unchanged infrastructure is where many in-house creative leaders find themselves right now. Caught between what the business wants from them and what the operating model actually allows. Strategic thinking squeezed out by delivery pressure. Business is becoming the dominant signal of value. Firefighting dressed up as leadership. \n\n\n\nThis isn’t a personal failing. It’s a predictable organisational pattern.In this Inside Out Virtual Mastermind\, we are joined by Gareth Chilton\, Founder of ManMachine\, to explore what’s really driving this compression and what it actually takes to build the conditions for strategic creative leadership to thrive. \n\n\n\nThe central idea is this: strategic creative leadership is not simply a matter of talent or influence. It is the product of architecture. If the ambition of the organisation evolves\, the operating model must evolve with it\, otherwise even the strongest leaders will find themselves pulled back into the weeds. \n\n\n\nGareth will cover: \n\n\n\n\nHow in-house creative teams evolve from production engines to strategic functions and where the tension starts\n\n\n\nThe compression effect: what it feels like to be caught between rising expectations and operational constraints\n\n\n\nThe three structural drivers behind that compression: operating model lag\, misalignment between ambition and infrastructure\, and accountability without mandate\n\n\n\nThe common symptoms\, inability to say no\, constant firefighting\, lack of protected strategic time\,  and why they’re structural\, not personal\n\n\n\nThe Conditions that need to exist for creative leadership to thrive\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhere and when\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nOnline via Zoom\n\n\n\n29 October 2026\n\n\n\n12.30 GMT / 13:30 CET\n\n\n\nIdeal if you’re logging in from: UK\, Europe\, the Middle East\, or India\n\n\n\n\nCost\n\n\n\nFree to Visionary Leaders and Future Leaders \n\n\n\nBooking is essential. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhat you’ll take away\n\n\n\n\nLearn the three structural drivers of creative compression and how to diagnose them in your own organisation\n\n\n\nUnderstand what conditions need to be in place for strategic creative leadership to genuinely flourish\n\n\n\nHear a practical framework for thinking about operating model change\n\n\n\nBe inspired to shift the conversation in your organisation from individual performance to system design\n\n\n\n\nFormat\n\n\n\nThis session is part of the Inside Out Mastermind series — bringing in-house creative leaders together to go deeper on the challenges and opportunities that define the job. \n\n\n\nAbout our speaker\n\n\n\nGareth Chilton is the founder of ManMachine\, a multidisciplinary consulting team in the MarTech and AdOps space. \n\n\n\nWith over 20 years’ experience leading digital and operational transformations from both agency and client side\, including work with Unilever\, Reckitt\, Coca-Cola and BAT — Gareth brings a systems-level perspective to the challenges facing in-house creative leaders. \n\n\n\nWhere others arrive with a deck and leave teams to figure it out\, ManMachine works collaboratively inside the operation redesigning workflows\, clarifying operating models\, and configuring MarTech\, AI and automation for real-world constraints. The goal: helping organisations scale creative output without endlessly adding tools and headcount. \n\n\n\nHe now works with CMOs\, Creative Directors and marketing leaders to redesign their operations for production at scale\, built on systems thinking\, workflow design and governed processes rather than one-off fixes. \n\n\n\nHe’s also a valued Advisor to the Inside Out Community.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nUpcoming Events\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nprev\n\n\n\nNext\n\n\n\nView All\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n July 15\n \n \n The Exchange – 15 July 2026 \n \n The Exchange \n \n 8AM BST | 9AM CEST | 3AM EDT | 5PM AEST – virtual peer-to-peer group coaching for Visionary Leader members📍Ideal for:… \n \n View Details at The Exchange – 15 July 2026 on July 15\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n July 15\n \n \n "The tsunami and the team" – Burnout and overwork in in-house creative teams \n \n Mastermind \n \n (12.30PM BST / 13:30 CEST) In-house creative leaders have always dealt with too much work and not enough resource…. \n \n View Details at "The tsunami and the team" – Burnout and overwork in in-house creative teams on July 15\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n July 16\n \n \n The Exchange – 16 July 2026 \n \n The Exchange \n \n 4PM BST | 5PM CEST | 11AM EDT | 1AM AEST – virtual peer-to-peer group coaching for Visionary Leader members📍Ideal… \n \n View Details at The Exchange – 16 July 2026 on July 16\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n August 5\n \n \n The Exchange – 5th August 2026 \n \n The Exchange \n \n 10AM BST | 11AM CEST | 5AM EDT | 7PM AEST – virtual peer-to-peer group coaching exclusive to Visionary Leader… \n \n View Details at The Exchange – 5th August 2026 on August 5\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 2\n \n \n The Exchange – 2 September 2026 \n \n The Exchange \n \n 10AM BST | 11AM CEST | 5AM EDT | 7PM AEST – virtual peer-to-peer group coaching for Visionary Leader members📍Ideal… \n \n View Details at The Exchange – 2 September 2026 on September 2\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 3\n \n \n Ahead of the Curve: Future-Proofing Creative Teams When Everything Keeps Shifting \n \n Mastermind \n \n (13:30BST / 14:30 CEST) The big question for creative leaders is not just how to use AI\, it’s how to future-proof the… \n \n View Details at Ahead of the Curve: Future-Proofing Creative Teams When Everything Keeps Shifting on September 3\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n September 9\n \n \n Building a Brand World: Inside Gymshark's Creative Vision \n \n Mastermind \n \n (12.30PM BST / 13:30 CEST) What does it take to build a brand that feels coherent\, recognisable and culturally relevant… \n \n View Details at Building a Brand World: Inside Gymshark's Creative Vision on September 9 URL:https://theinsideout.community/event/ambition-outgrows-infrastructure/ CATEGORIES:Mastermind ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://theinsideout.community/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Gareth-Ambition-Infrastructure.png LOCATION:https://theinsideout.community/event/ambition-outgrows-infrastructure/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR