On the 14th of April 2025 the next community afternoon will take place where leaders from UT can join to learn from each other and with each other. The topic of the next edition will be social safety.

The afternoon will be opened by keynote speaker Daniel Seesink.

Grooming professionally, why should you?
Social safety is one of the main needs for humans to feel secure in the different environments they live in on a daily basis. How can we learn from apes what these needs require to be met? Because as primate-colleagues we might as well share our best-practises, don’t you think? Apes like chimpanzees, bonobos and gorillas - just like us - encounter situations in which change has an effect on the social structure of their groups. And therefore has an effect on the common behavior of individuals. How can you cope with those changes in order to stay part of the group? And how do leaders take their responsibility? The apes will show us what we can do.

Through his lecture Daniel Seesink takes us back to the behavioral basics via the recognizable habits that great apes show us. Based on sociobiology he shows how alpha males and silverbacks organize and lead their families. The grooming they do forms an interesting metaphor for how people can meet the need for social and psychologically safe contact. Of course Seesink will translate the grooming of apes to achieving a social safe culture in your organisation.

The day will continue with a practical workshop where we introduce a conversation tool about social safety and (personal) boundaries. During the workshop you will have a guided conversation (short version) about social safety and undesired behavior. The goal of the workshop is to talk about do's and don'ts and experience how it is to have a guided conversation about this topic. The tool can be used after the workshop (digital or physical version available) to also have the conversation within your team.

To deepen the experience of the day and learn more about how your colleagues are dealing with difficult situations regarding social safety peer-to-peer sessions are provided. Together with a facilitator you will have the possibility to connect with other UT leaders and discuss a group-chosen case from one of the participants.

Date
14 April 2025
Time
13:00-17:00

We think it is important to talk about social safety at UT. Therefore, we make it possible to join only a part of the programme. You only get the full-experience if you participate the whole day. However, if due to other obligations you can not participate the whole afternoon, you can choose to join:
- Part 1: Keynote speaker
- Part 1+2: Keynote speaker & Workshop
- Whole afternoon: Keynote speaker, workshop & peer-to-peer session
Note: It is not possible to join later during the programme.

Indicate your choice during sign-up in the remarks.
Requirements
Formal leadership position

Please indicate during sign-up how long you will participate (Part 1, Part 1+2, whole afternoon)

Leadership community event - social safety

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