Scaling Culture

Join us at The Shard for an evening of discussion with founders and talent leaders on how high-growth businesses move from startup to scaleup without losing their soul.

We’ll explore how to:

• Keep the magic of a small team when you’re operating across different cities, countries, and time zones
• Build a business that people want to work for, where high standards are rewarded and your team feel motivated by the mission
• Create a positive culture of growth with diversity of thought drives innovation
• Keep track of what’s happening under the bonnet as you transition from hands-on founder to strategic leader

Speakers include:

Chris Blackwell - Chief People & Performance Officer at AutogenAI

Chris Blackwell is the Chief People & Performance Officer at AutogenAI (AI generated bids & proposals and one of the fastest growing UK tech companies). Chris leads global people strategy, organisational development, and the company’s approach to scaling high‑performance culture. With a career spanning senior leadership roles across fast‑growth technology and talent‑driven organisations, Chris specialises in building cultures that enable innovation, operational excellence, and sustainable scale.

At AutogenAI, he oversees talent, learning, performance, and employee experience, helping the organisation evolve its people systems as it expands internationally. Known for his strategic yet human‑centred approach, Chris brings deep expertise in leadership development, culture design, and transforming people functions into engines of growth.

Thaisa Money - People & Culture Director at Olio

Thaisa Money is a seasoned People & Culture Director with deep expertise in scaling human centred teams within fast growing technology organisations. She currently leads People & Culture at Olio, the community powered sharing app tackling waste and building more sustainable, connected neighbourhoods globally. With a career spanning senior people leadership roles across UK, European and US tech startups including Geckoboard, Capitalise.com and RetailMeNot, Thaisa specialises in building values driven, inclusive workplaces that support remote first collaboration, employee wellbeing, and organisational growth. Her work is grounded in aligning people strategy with social purpose, ensuring that individuals can thrive while contributing to meaningful, mission led impact.