The Agency Gap: THG Lisbon Launch in partnership with Forum 500
We are delighted to be launching The Hanwell Group here in Lisbon in partnership with Forum 500. Please join us for drinks, where Chris Wilkins will share his reflections on what he dubs 'The Agency Crisis', in conversation with Simon Jacot de Boinod of Forum 500.
Why do so many people feel that the world is simply happening to them? It is one of the defining questions of this political moment — and the thread, Chris argues, that connects much of what has felt so turbulent about the last two decades. From the aftermath of the financial crisis to the rise of populism across the West, the politics of our time makes far more sense when seen through the lens of eroded agency: the growing sense that individuals and communities have lost the ability to shape their own futures.
Is agency lost? Or is it there to be reclaimed — by leaders, by institutions, and by anyone willing to act rather than wait.
The Hanwell Group is a global campaigns and advisory firm for businesses, organisations and leaders committed to generating change.
Forum 500 Founded in London in 2010 by Simon Jacot de Boinod and Jessica Fellowes, Forum 500 is a global, invitation-only community of exceptional leaders drawn from the senior echelons of business and beyond including family offices, entrepreneurs, financiers, economists, scientists, technologists, artists, designers, writers, and public intellectuals. Members of Forum 500 reside across 26 cities. The main membership chapters are in: New York; Los Angeles; Chicago; London; Zurich; Dubai; Mumbai and Singapore. Further chapters are centred in: Vienna; Milan; Lisbon; Tel Aviv; Abu Dhabi; Nassau and Montevideo. Further chapters will open in late 2026 in Hong Kong, Seoul and Tokyo. http://forum500.club/
Space is limited so please register your interest today and we'll be in touch.