Christine Armstrong

Speaker | Researcher | Writer

Hi, I’m Christine.

I help you to understand the new world of work.

My job is to conduct and review the research into what works and what doesn't. Especially against the backdrop of a global cost-of-living and supply chain crisis. To deliver practical strategies to improve productivity, communication, retention and well-being, based on what real people, working in real teams are experiencing.

As well as conducting tailored research we consolidate all the research coming in from different organisations. To ensure you have the best strategy grounded in the best insight.

Speaker

Keynotes and workshops (in-person and online) about the new world of work. These are research-based, action-driven and never, ever dull.

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researcher

Hire me and the team to talk to your people, conduct qual and quant market research, and turn the insights into a content you will proud to show off.

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Author & Writer

Christine has had bylines in The Times, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, Management Today, Red Magazine, and more.

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This is how I got here.

It looks neat, but of course it was a bit of mess most of the time.

**1970s**

Childhood around the world. This is me in Mauritius with a shocking nappy.

**1990s**

York Uni for Politics. I did not study hard enough but I made the friends of my life.

**2000s**

Intense but exciting jobs in London, Toronto, Washington DC, travelling. Meet a good man along the way.

**2011**

Have second baby. Career gets far worse so leave job and start interviewing women who do know how to make it work.

**2012**

Thinking, interviewing and looking for fivers down the back of the sofa.

**2013**

Co-found Jericho Chambers, based on what we’d now call a hybrid model, and figure some stuff out. Have third baby.

**2018**

Publish The Mother of All Jobs: How to have a children and a Career and Stay Sane(ish) with Bloomsbury. Front page of Sunday Times mag, lots of speaking & writing.

**2019**

Quietly launch Armstrong & Partners: research & speaking. In 2020, start my weekly vlog about where work and life collide.

I’m obsessed with researching how we work. My favorite topics include:

We’re all experimenting with new ways of working. But the evidence about what does and doesn’t work already exists. Super practical.
People value their time differently now. They are seeing the world afresh and want new things from leaders. Let’s explore what.
Jacob Rees-Mogg thinks he knows that office-based work = productivity. But the data is much more complicated than that. We break it down in the most practical way.
We’ve learnt that we’re TERRIBLE at setting our own work life boundaries and need help before we get to mass burnout. How do you support yourself and your team?
How are teams and leaders responding & what impact is that having? What can we learn from previous downturns? What are the main things you need to know to get through this?
It’s not just about water-coolers. We know how to drive collaboration but have to be a little more considered about it when we’re not together 5 days a week.