16 May 2025
Wonderful opportunity to attend the One HP Leading the Future of Work Conference with our Futures Centre Coordinator - Ms. Karan and Student Advocate – Ms Avon. Our learnings from the conference continuing to enhance our capacity developing our career path planning process for our students. It also allows us to maintain the same rate of change as that in the world beyond school through networking with business leaders and hearing about current trends in employment.
Keynote speaker Brad Pulford – Managing Director & VP HP ANZ presented a session on ‘How do we lead in these times?’ and shared incredibly interesting data, such as only 28% of knowledge workers have a healthy relationship with work. Fulfillment in the workforce comes through people having purpose, sense of community, growth opportunities, competence in their roles and autonomy. There were 6 key fulfillment enablers identified:
• Collaboration
• Technology
• Recognition
• Goal clarity
• Balance
• Focus and flow
In the area of technology 73% of knowledge workers agreeing: “AI makes their Job easier”, and 24% fear that AI will replace their job and human interaction. Research found that 72% of workers say its critical to have the right technology for the way they work and notably 23% say that their company currently provides the tech they need. A huge focus is on providing seamless solutions that are ‘frictionless’.
Keynote speaker Dan Haesler, a performance coach who works with international athletes, teams and business focussed on what is required to perform at the highest levels. His quote “the ability to bring the best in the moments that matter” resonated in what we are doing at Plumpton High School to enable our students to perform at their best.
He also spent some time discussing his meeting with Jessica Fox – Olympic Gold Medallist for Australia in canoeing and what mindset she has developed over time that has assisted her with her success. Her quote “I deserve to do my best”, the thought in her head whilst at the starting gate was extremely powerful as she knew how hard she had trained.
Dan also discussed the notion of pressure and its impact on performance linking it to:
• Expectations – Will I live up to expectations? (Mine or Others)
• Judgement – What will people think of me? (If I don’t)
• Consequences – What will happen? (If I don’t)
This opportunity to attend the One HP Conference supported the amazing work of our Futures Centre in securing meaningful pathways for our students beyond school to employment, university and beyond.
Thank you to Brett Salakas and HP for the generous invitation to attend the One HP Conference. Opportunities such as this are opening doors and access to networks the next generation of positively contributing young people and leaders of tomorrow in the work force
Tim Lloyd, Principal
