Transforming Obstacles into Opportunity
9:00am, Fri, 6 Feb 2026
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Type of event: Regular weekly seminar session Start time: 9:00am End time: 12:30pm Venue: The Ridgeway Community Centre,
Blackdown Close,
Buckskin, Basingstoke, Hants, RG22 5BWSee map below Description: Transforming Obstacles into Opportunities
In today's uncertain world, redundancy or job loss through changing circumstances has become an increasingly common experience. Yet within this traumatic challenge lies the potential for profound personal and professional transformation.
Join John Durrant, Co-founder of Human-Centric Engineering and general ‘misfit’, for an inspiring session that goes beyond conventional job-seeking advice. Drawing from his own journey through redundancy to entrepreneurship, John shares insights on turning career disruption into a catalyst for personal reflection and positive change.
What's in it for you? This thoughtful and practical session will help you:- Let go of regrets around circumstantial job loss or redundancy and reframe it as a transition rather than an endpoint
- Develop resilience strategies that blend professional growth with personal well-being
- Understand how to create your own "luck surface area" through "doing and telling"
- Learn systematic approaches to job searching that align with your authentic self
- Discover how maintaining physical and mental well-being supports job searching and career transitions
You'll leave with practical strategies, inspiring insights, and a renewed sense of possibility for your professional future.
Skills: Personal Development
