Shaping Leadership for Industry 5.0
Four Leadership Futures reports, nine months in the making with Henley Business School’s academics, on leading in the era of Industry 5.0.

Henley Business School, a global leader in academic excellence and leadership innovation, is tackling one of the defining challenges of our time: how to navigate the shift into Industry 5.0. This new era moves beyond automation, embracing a seamless partnership between human ingenuity and next-generation technology. At its core lies a commitment to ethics, sustainability and placing humanity back at the heart of progress.
How can leaders adapt to the evolving demands of Industry 5.0 while fostering innovation and responsibility?
After nine months of collaborative research with Henley Business School’s academic experts, we developed a series of Leadership Futures reports. Each focuses on a specific theme — including People, Purpose and Technology — and is designed to equip leaders with the insights and tools needed to maintain competitiveness and drive positive change in a rapidly evolving landscape.
We investigated the opportunities and challenges of this transformative era, offering leaders a strategic roadmap for navigating a future defined by augmented human capabilities and next-generation technologies.
Our founders, Matt and Kate, also hosted a series of live webinars alongside the launch of each report. Collaborating with experts at Henley Business School, they discussed everything from leading change in the AI era to leading with purpose.




The Leadership Futures reports set the stage for a new era of leadership thinking, offering actionable insights for navigating the complex dynamics of work and leadership in Industry 5.0. By addressing the pressing need for responsible, human-centric leadership, Henley Business School is helping to shape a future where business innovation goes hand in hand with ethical progress.
The Future Collective have unlocked deep subject-matter expertise within Henley and transformed it into commercially digestible, actionable insight.
