Learning at Work Week 2026: “Many Ways to Learn
Author WIG Date 21 May 2026
A virtual event on how cross-sector learning builds leadership capability and supports lifelong development.
Hear WIG alumni share lessons from secondments, mentoring, leadership programmes and trusteeships - and what they learned by stepping beyond sector boundaries. You’ll leave with fresh perspectives and practical takeaways that can inspire and shape your own leadership development.
You’ll gain insights into:
- Building leadership capability through multiple pathways – what leaders gain from secondments, mentoring, leadership programmes and trusteeships when navigating uncertainty and change.
- Applying cross-sector best practice for greater impact – how learning across sectors drives innovation, improves outcomes and strengthens organisational effectiveness.
- Inclusive, social learning that lasts – the value of relationships, shared experiences and peer learning in sustaining engagement and continuous development.
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Event Speakers
Harriet Wallace is Director Sustainability at Imperial College, London where she is leading the programme to implement Imperial’s sustainability strategy, develop and deliver the Sustainable Imperial initiative set out in Imperial's 'Science for Humanity' strategy. She is a scientist by training and a policy, strategy and change practitioner by profession. Harriet has had a lifelong interest in how we can make the most of science’s potential: for understanding the world better; for solving real-world problems; and to inform and influence both policy-making and human behaviours. She previously worked in government, most recently as Director International Research and Innovation at BEIS - leading on the government’s science and innovation relationship with the rest of Europe and the world and sponsoring several Public Sector Research Establishments including the National Physical Laboratory and the Met Office; before that her roles included leading development of the government’s Clean Air Strategy at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural affairs. Before joining government, she worked at Unilever on social and environmental responsibility and their corporate brand.