Page 11 - BOSS Today Issue 39

Written by
Joshua Allsopp
of OPI, who is a
member of the
Leaders of the
Future Committee

Our award-winning Leaders of the Future
Conference returned to London’s historic
Stationers’ Hall on Friday 9 March

OSS’s annual and award- earthquake during an attempt to
Bwinning Leaders Of The Future climb Mount Everest. He spoke
Conference was held at London’s about learning from apparent
historic Stationers’ Hall on 9 failure and challenged the crowd
March. to conquer their own ‘Everests’.
Chaired by Leaders of the Aged just 22, Staniforth told
Future Committee members attendees how he had managed
Aaron Hopkinson of Brother to overcome the trauma of the
UK and Emily Jones of Fellowes earthquake and his own mental
UK, the event gathered up-and- health challenges to become the
coming young talent from across fastest person ever to climb the
the office products sector for a 100 highest points in the UK. His
day of motivational speeches, positivity and sense of adventure
networking and workshops. were infectious, and he was the
The first speaker was record- talk of the conference.
breaking adventurer Alex The OP industry’s very own
Staniforth, who left the room in mountain climber, BOSS CEO
awe after sharing his inspirational Philip Lawson, had the unenviable
story of surviving the 2015 Nepal task of following Staniforth’s

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