Overview
- Kate opened the Future Workforce Summit at London’s Salesforce Tower, delivering her first major speech in about two years after completing cancer treatment.
- She urged executives to value time and tenderness alongside productivity, stressing that profitability and positive social impact are not incompatible.
- The Centre for Early Childhood published The Human Advantage, a Deloitte-prepared report linking early-years investment to the uniquely human skills the future workforce will need.
- Taskforce members reported reaching roughly 500,000 babies and young children to date and set a target to surpass one million in 2026 through expanded business-led initiatives.
- More than 80 business leaders from companies including Aviva, NatWest, Iceland, IKEA, the Co-op, LEGO, Unilever and Deloitte attended, and Kensington Palace released the full speech video on official channels.