It’s December, meaning that Christmas advertising is in full swing, with companies throwing everything and the kitchen sink to secure advert of the season. One early contender has fallen short with Coca-Cola trying something new with their traditional “Holidays Are Coming” ad. They decided to use artificial intelligence. We all know how it plays out; […]

If you ask any young person about pensions, they’ll either cry or laugh in your face. With the current economic landscape, retirement feels like an alien concept. Issues like the cost-of-living crisis and housing concerns are more top of mind for many young people. With the projected state pension age of 68 for those currently […]

Artificial intelligence has already established itself as a mainstay for several industries. Predictions from a few months go are being realised in real time, from alterations to search engines to brainstorming TV show ideas. Recruitment has embedded AI quicker than most, with 80% of recruiting technology vendors expected to build it into product offerings by […]

For communicators, the challenges that come with constant change can seem dense and overwhelming. But even when the technology gets more complicated, the most effective strategies were still the simplest ones. As the first snow of the season began to fall, team 106 attended Simply Expo 2024, hosted at etc. venues on Bishopsgate. It was […]

You’re a recruiter, you do this day in, day out. You know what a good candidate experience looks like, you know what needs to happen to catch the best talent, you know what a fair hiring process looks like. Your hiring manager doesn’t. Your hiring manager has one hundred other things on their mind; they […]

Imagine being handed the keys to a car but told you can only drive it on one road, at one speed, and only during daylight hours. It’s still driving, but you’re restricted by so many rules that the freedom doesn’t feel quite so… free.   The reality is, this is what work can feel like […]

Communication is a balancing act. With every transmission, communicators are often balancing several, sometimes conflicting, factors at once. At any given time, communicators are talking directly to people with vastly different sensibilities, priorities, and even job roles, finding the throughline that connects them all is always a give and take. This is most strongly felt […]

The leaves are turning, jumpers are out, and hot teas and coffees were essential at our latest IC Leaders’ Breakfast. Hosted at our offices in Southwark, we brought together internal communicators from across sector (and geographies!) to discuss the hot topics and pressing challenges in IC. Our theme was ‘Developing a culture for success’ – […]

Change management has been of the main issues of this year and something that all manner of organisations need to know how to navigate. No company goes through major change without its perennial challenges. Luckily, Poppulo took on the subject and shared a refreshing perspective with their webinar on EVP Misalignment on Change & How […]