Three steps to avoid death by recruitment black box
10 December 2024
In Talent Acquisition, the focus is almost always on the candidate/recruiter relationship. But before we even get there, there is another relationship which needs tending to – the recruiter and hiring manager relationship. Like a clownfish and an anemone, recruiters and hiring managers need each other, but (to be brutally honest) it’s often the hiring […]
Coca-Cola’s experience shows how AI can work for and against you
05 December 2024
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; […]
From cowboy to copilot: getting your hiring manager out of the saddle and into the cockpit
12 November 2024
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 […]
Lessons On Leadership From Keir Starmer
02 September 2024
Leadership case studies come in all shapes and sizes. In Keir Starmer’s latest speechabout the incoming October budget, Starmer laid out a less than positive state of affairs, warning about an incoming ‘painful’ budget and that he’d be asking more of the British public in moving forward to more balanced times. It struck me that […]
Breaking down the stigma: IOIC’s AI And Future of Internal Communications Event
17 November 2023
Embracing a changing landscape has never been so accessible. This week, the humans of Team 106 journeyed to Riverside House to demystify the realities of AI with help from a recent white paper from the Institute of Internal Communications. As communicators, we were keen to learn what fresh insights they’d mined at the forefront of […]
Building belonging in five steps
23 October 2023
It’s a strange world right now. Conflicts in Ukraine and Middle East, inflation still high, the chill winds of recession threatening, and yet employment is still high and the number of vacancies in the UK is just shy of a million. In the midst of this turbulent environment, there seems to be a tendency for […]
Reimagining the Workforce: 106 at the Future of Work Conference
13 October 2023
The future of work has never been so bright! This week, Team 106 headed over to The Brewery bright and early for a jam-packed Wednesday, full of brilliant, and at times unexpected, insights on how we can mould the future of employee engagement. From some of the leaders shaping the world of internal comms, we […]
All the gear and no idea: getting to grips with the digital workplace
03 July 2023
“Work from anywhere.” Airbnb’s stance on remote working is largely seen as progressive in the face of industry stalwarts like JP Morgan battling to get people back in the office. But as good as this flexibility sounds, we need to ask ourselves – is our digital workplace really fit for purpose? Or do we just […]
Glastonbury – eat your heart out! We’re covering the IoIC Fest 23
29 June 2023
The Institute of Internal Communication (IoIC) Festival 2023 was the perfect culmination of fresh ideas, industry leaders and positive vibes. Across the two days, there were five concurrent streams of talks going on. Although we try, Lauren and I were unable to be in five places at once, so here are the headlines from the […]
Five steps to a shared culture
01 June 2023
A shared culture seems a no-brainer. Why wouldn’t you want to have a shared culture across your organisation? Why wouldn’t you want to create a consistent and unified employee experience, whether it’s in one location or hundreds? But the truth is that a shared culture is not always as common as people think – and […]
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