The Livestream Series · 2026

Conversations with
the people shaping
modern leadership.

Unscripted. In depth. Recorded live. A curated collection of conversations with the CEOs, CFOs and thinkers building the most admired organisations in the world.

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Episode No. 01 · Journey to CFO

The journey
to CFO.

A candid conversation with Martha Harvey-Jones, Co-CEO of Leathwaite, the global search firm placing the world's most senior finance leaders. On what makes a modern CFO, and the path that actually gets them there.

Martha Harvey-Jones Co-CEO, Leathwaite

Series One · In association with ACCA

The journey to
the top job.

Four conversations with CFOs and CEOs who have reached the summit of global business. On how they got there, and what they have learned along the way.

No. 02

In association with

Journey to CFO

Inside the £2.5 billion engine room of British food.

Seven and a half thousand people. One balance sheet. The CFO steering Bidcorp UK through inflation, post-Brexit supply chains and a hospitality sector in permanent flux, on the discipline and the instinct it takes.

Alison Brogan CFO, Bidcorp UK

No. 03

In association with

Journey to CEO

Leading a nation's largest insurer, quietly.

Pioneer Insurance has protected Filipino families for more than seventy years. Its CEO on the values-led leadership style he has refused to trade for fashion, and why the quietest voice in the room is often the one worth listening to.

Lorenzo Chan CEO, Pioneer Insurance

No. 04

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Journey to CEO

Carrying a 175 year institution into the next century.

Saffron Building Society was founded in 1849 and still answers to its members, not a stock market. A conversation with the CEO on mutual values, modern finance and what it takes to lead an organisation older than the lightbulb.

Colin Field CEO, Saffron Building Society

No. 05

In association with

Journey to CEO

Forty five thousand people. One shared standard.

Crowe Global is the eighth largest accounting network on Earth. Its CEO on what it actually takes to run a six and a half billion dollar professional services firm across more than 150 countries, and the quiet revolution reshaping the industry from the inside.

Kamel Abouchacra CEO, Crowe Global

Series Two · World Class Manager

Ideas, data, and the
future of management.

Five deep dives into the ideas, research and provocations shaping how the best organisations manage, lead and grow today.

No. 06

Presented by

WCM Livestream

Great management, made repeatable.

Every organisation has a few brilliant managers. The problem is that brilliance rarely scales. A provocative session on how the world's best companies codify, teach and multiply the habits that turn great managers into the norm, not the exception.

Scaling Great Management A WCM Original

No. 07

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WCM Livestream

Five things that will define your career this year.

AI is reshaping every role. Flat structures are collapsing traditional career ladders. Reputation now travels at the speed of LinkedIn. An unflinching look at the superpowers that will separate the people who thrive in 2026 from the ones who get left behind.

Career Building Superpowers A WCM Original

No. 08

Presented by

WCM Livestream

On the front line, and everything that comes after.

Former Met Police commander and best-selling author John Sutherland spent a career running towards what the rest of us run from. A searching conversation on leadership under real pressure, the cost of service, and the future of the people who keep the country safe.

John Sutherland Author and former Commander

No. 09

Presented by

WCM Research

What the data really says about your managers.

Thousands of assessments. Dozens of organisations. One uncomfortable truth about who is actually running your business. An unfiltered look at what our latest research reveals about the state of management today, and the patterns leaders cannot afford to ignore.

Inside the Data A WCM Research Session

No. 10

Presented by

WCM Livestream

The AI powered manager is already here.

Dr Hayk Hakobyan, CEO of InsightGenie, on the arrival of the manager who is augmented, advised and assessed by artificial intelligence in real time. What it means for leadership, for teams, and for the people whose jobs have just quietly changed forever.

Hayk Hakobyan CEO, InsightGenie

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Conversations with the people shaping modern leadership.

The journeyto CFO.

The journey tothe top job.

Inside the £2.5 billion engine room of British food.

Leading a nation's largest insurer, quietly.

Carrying a 175 year institution into the next century.

Forty five thousand people. One shared standard.

Ideas, data, and thefuture of management.

Great management, made repeatable.

Five things that will define your career this year.

On the front line, and everything that comes after.

What the data really says about your managers.

The AI powered manager is already here.

Great management,made accessible.

Conversations with
the people shaping
modern leadership.

The journey
to CFO.

The journey to
the top job.

Ideas, data, and the
future of management.

Great management,
made accessible.