Connecting Narratives for Change Festival 2025 | Theme 2: Kinder Workplaces

Connecting Narratives for Change Festival 2025 | Theme 2: Kinder Workplaces

A community festival exploring 'How can we live the Good Life?'. In Theme 2, we will unpack: How can we create kinder workplaces?

By Common Ground

Date and time

Location

Common Ground Civic Centre & Consultancy

21 Bedok North Street 1 Singapore, 469659 Singapore

Refund Policy

No refunds

Agenda

8:30 AM - 9:30 AM

Registrations


Arrive at Common Ground Civic Centre for registrations between 8:30am - 9:30am. Coffee and light refreshments will be waiting to help ease you into the day! After registrations, feel free to mingle, ...

9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Opening Session: Citizen Circles


If kindness was a KPI at the workplace, what would we track? Kindness at the workplace is often an organic byproduct of good people doing good work. But what if we see kindness as essential, intentio...

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Morning Tea Break


Light refreshments will be available all day - partially catered by the local businesses located in Bedok Central!

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Parallel Breakout Sessions A

Common Ground

Myles & More


In Parallel Breakout Sessions A, choose to hear from middles managers of a cultural-change consultancy that helps people develop thinking + people skills (Common Ground) and a founder of a creative a...

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Lunch Break


Lunch will be provided - catered from the local businesses located in Bedok Central!

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Parallel Breakout Sessions B

Common Ground

Kontinentalist


In Parallel Breakout Sessions B, choose to hear from a data-storytelling studio powered by a diverse team with a diversity of needs and working styles (Kontinentalist) and a cultural-change strategis...

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Afternoon Tea Break


Light refreshments will be available all day - partially catered by the local businesses located in Bedok Central!

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Closing Session: The Un-Panel

Common Ground

Kontinentalist

Myles & More


What can we *really* do to encourage our workplaces to support the Good Life? In this closing Un-Panel, we'll come back together as a large group in this self-moderated, participant-driven conversati...

About this event

  • Event lasts 8 hours 30 minutes
  • Paid venue parking

In Theme 2, we will explore other ways we can support our peers and teams more effectively and more kindly so that we can all do Good Work together more sustainably.

Through a series of workshops, conversations and experiential activities, discover and connect with different approaches to creating kinder workplaces.

View the full programme lineup: here.

TICKETING INFORMATION

  • All-day Pass: $90 w/ GST
  • Early-bird All-day Pass: $72 w/ GST - Save 20%

This ticket gives you full-day access to the programmes for the theme of your choice, which include the Opening Session: Citizen Circles, x2 Parallel Breakout Sessions of your choice and the Closing Session: Un-Panel.

Early-bird Period:
1: How can we build healthier homes? | 23 Jul - 13 Aug
2: How can we create kinder workplaces? | 3 Aug - 23 Aug
3: How can we gather as whole communities? | 3 Sep - 23 Sep

  • Single Session Pass: $39 w/ GST

This ticket gives you access to x1 Parallel Breakout Session of your choice. Lunch and light refreshments will be provided!

Please note: Single Session Pass is only available in limited quantities for selected Parallel Breakout Sessions.

  • Pay-it-Forward: $

We want to ensure that members of different communities are able to access the festival. If you would also like to contribute, the proceeds from the Pay-it-Forward option goes towards a complimentary or discounted ticket to individuals or communities who may not otherwise be able to afford it. This contribution will help us give others the same meaningful experience that you’ll have at the festival!

Accessibility

We believe in the accessibility of the festival. If cost is a concern, please reach out to us at civiccentre@ourcommonground.com.sg and we’ll work with you to find a solution.

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

Connecting Narratives for Change Festival is an annual community festival for anyone interested in change-making in Singapore. Each year, we gather at Common Ground Civic Centre to work on the things that matter to us that need to change.

At the festival, we collaborate with socially-oriented organisations from different industries and sectors who are the Resident and Community Partners at Common Ground Civic Centre. Through experiential activities, each of our programme partners will respond to these social concerns through their perspectives and expertise, unique to their own domains.

This year, we want to explore how we can live the Good Life - by building healthier homes, creating kinder workplaces and gathering as whole communities.

EXPLORE THE FESTIVAL

ABOUT COMMON GROUND

We are a cultural-change consultancy that leads a civic centre with a mission to create whole communities. We help you work on what's not working for yourself, your people and your organisation so that we can all do better together.

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ABOUT OUR RESIDENT & COMMUNITY PARTNERS

This festival is in collaboration with the Resident & Community Partners of Common Ground Civic Centre. Our Resident & Community Partners comprise socially-oriented organisations from various sectors, industries and organisation types.

Get to know our Resident & Community Partners:

Artably | Brave Feats Student Care | Daughters of Tomorrow | Green Nudge | InSchool | Kontinentalist | Lepak Conversations | Myles & More | Studio Dojo | The Black Sampan | Werable

Frequently asked questions

Will refreshments be provided?

Lunch and light refreshments will be provided throughout the day for both ticket types (i.e. All-day Pass and Single Session Pass). This will be partially catered by the local businesses in Bedok Central!

I'm not able to make it for the full day. Am I able to still attend?

The festival is designed as a full-day experience so that participants can explore different perspectives that respond to the same central question. With that said, a limited quantity of single session tickets are available for selected Parallel Breakout Sessions.

What if I change my mind about the sessions I want to go for?

Sessions are selected on a first-come-first-serve basis when you purchase tickets. If you'd like to change sessions, you may write in to civiccentre@ourcommonground.com.sg to check if there are still spots available.

I have more questions about Connecting Narratives for Change!

If you have any additional questions not listed here, feel free to get in touch with us at civiccentre@ourcommonground.com.sg.

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