Kia ora, and welcome to your Exclusive Working Session

with Professor Amy C. Edmondson and Kieran White

Hosted by Patrice Feary

Presented by PeopleTalking, this invitation-only event brings together a select group of senior executives for deep engagement and meaningful discussion.

Auckland, New Zealand

When

Friday, 14 November 2025

Time

12:30pm arrival
1:00pm start – 5:00pm finish
5:00pm – 6:00pm Conversation & Cocktails

Where

The Grand Millennium
– The Aucklander Room
71 Mayoral Drive, cnr Vincent Street,
Auckland

When

Friday, 14 November 2025

Time

12:30pm arrival
1:00pm start – 5:00pm finish
5:00pm – 6:00pm Conversation & Cocktails

Where

The Grand Millennium
– The Aucklander Room
71 Mayoral Drive, cnr Vincent Street,
Auckland

How to get there?

Parking

Valet is available: $60 per day

Self-parking: Grand Millennium Auckland has its own parking; the entrance is located just past the lobby drive entrance on Mayoral Drive. You can enter direct from the covered parking building. Charges – Guest Self-Park: $5.00 per hour until $25.00. $25.00 for 24-hours.

How to pay for parking

Vehicle owners can apply a debit or Credit Card to their vehicles license plate at the onsite kiosk, Online Kiosk or Mobile Parking App anytime when their vehicle is in the carpark building or on exit.

Online Kiosk: Scan the ‘Online Kiosk’ QR code below or visit parkgrandmillennium.co.nz when your vehicle is in the carpark, Select Pay by Plate, entering the vehicles number plate.

Mobile App: GM PARK Mobile App is the most simple and smartest way to pay for your parking. Once registered, simply drive in and drive out of Grand Millennium Auckland Carpark’s barrier arm-controlled carpark, GM PARK will do the rest! You will be automatically charged for the parking you use. Click the link(s) or scan the QR Code(s) below to download.

Download the iPhone App

Download the Android App

If the Grand Millennium are full; Nearby Public Parking Civic Car Park – the entry is on Greys Avenue and Mayoral Drive. Casual parking for $5 an hour and a maximum day parking rate of $24. Evening parking Monday to Friday: 6pm until close a $12 flat fee applies.

Arrival Instructions

Next to the Hotel Reception area you will find the PeopleTalking Event Registration Desk, where you can check in and then be escorted to the Aucklander Room for pre-event refreshments.

Agenda Overview

Arrival 12:30 pm for Coffee and Light Refreshments
1:00pm – Start
Session
5:00pm – 6:00pm join us for Conversation & Cocktails at Estelle’s – take the escalator from the Hotel lobby up to Estelle’s

Engage with a World-Leading Management Thinker

You will be joining Professor Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership at Harvard Business School, and one of the world’s most influential management thinkers.

Recognised by Thinkers50, London Business School, HR Magazine, and the Financial Times, Amy’s pioneering research on psychological safety, teaming, and organisational learning continues to shape how leaders build thriving performance cultures.

Together with Kieran White, Amy will guide you through a focused exploration of organisational challenges and the conditions that enable sustainable performance — all through the lens of your own business context.

Optional Pre-Reading

To spark your thinking ahead of the day, we encourage you to explore the following articles:

Reflection Prompt

Where is the presence – or absence – of a sustainable performance climate impacting your business?

Professor Amy C. Edmondson

Amy C. Edmondson is the Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at the Harvard Business School, a chair established to support the study of human interactions that lead to the creation of successful enterprises that contribute to the betterment of society. Best known for her groundbreaking work on psychological safety in the workplace, Edmondson is the author of seven books, along with more than 150 articles and case studies. Edmondson has been recognised by the biannual Thinkers50 global ranking of management thinkers since 2011, and most recently was ranked #1 in 2021 and 2023. She was also named the 2021 Champion of Talent Development by the Association of Talent Development (ATD). Her most recent book, “The Fearless Organisation” (Wiley 2019), offers practical guidance for leaders of teams and organisations who are serious about success in the modern economy. Amy’s new book, “Right Kind of Wrong: The Science of Failing Well,” provides a framework for thinking, discussing, and practising failure wisely, and was released in September 2023. The book is due to be translated into 15 additional languages and was selected for the Financial Times and Schroders Best Business Book of the Year award.

Kieran White

Kieran White is the Founder and Chief Vision Officer of PeopleTalking, a niche consultancy that specialises in helping organisations build better environments for the organisation and its people to thrive. Over the last 30 years, Kieran has worked with hundreds of leaders and teams and is an internationally recognised expert in the field of conversational agility, psychological safety, and human systems psychology. Kieran’s particular expertise is in supporting leaders and teams to become more conscious and skilled at helping their organisation in creating conditions that foster sustainable high performance.

Kieran continues to work directly with selected leaders and teams; however, he now spends most of his time generating new approaches to the work and serving as a design and delivery thinking partner for other PeopleTalking team members.

Kieran holds a first degree in Finance, a Graduate Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy, and a Master’s Degree in Applied Psychotherapy.

Kieran now lives in Sydney, Australia, is a father of two teenage girls, and is a passionate all-age master’s athlete, having represented Australia at four World Championships in Sprint, Standard, and Long-Distance Duathlon.