At Home, our vision is to make every employee experience a great one. But, unfortunately, sometimes the feeling we experience before work, especially on a Sunday evening, can be the total opposite. We’ve all had them at one time or another – those pit of your stomach work dreads…

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The Creative Reality Check of The Work Project Landing on a visual identity is never an easy task. Design can be very personal and subjective. When we started The Work Project, there was excitement and optimism that the research and visual identity would be something we’d be proud of….

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I don’t believe in the ‘dream job’. I would describe myself as a realist when it comes to work. I’m not sure if a dream job exists. My dreams tend to be filled of lying on a beach, reading books, doing whatever I like, rather than working. But just…

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Hey, it’s Jess, Homes’ social media intern! Gen Z graduates this one’s for you, but it’s also for the leaders wanting an insight into the next generation and what we want from the world of work… This month Home welcomed me with open arms as their first social media intern….

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Our very own Creative Director Sarah Clackson tells us about her experience at Werkhouse 2022… Recently I had the delight of being a roving Creative Director again for Werkhouse. This was my third time, and I always come away feeling so inspired and proud of the journey I see…

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Creativity isn’t just for designers. Turns out we can all live creatively, every day. It’s no secret that us Homies enjoy living creative lives. Home is famed for creative thinking – and a belief in the power of creativity. In fact, we’re often finding opportunities to infuse our creativity…

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Creating a joyful experience for remote employees Christmas is a little different this year, but that doesn’t mean we can’t find new ways to spread some festive joy. When social distancing got in the way of the normal Christmas party, Aztec Group asked for some help to design a…

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Being Covid compliant doesn’t mean you can’t be creative. We don’t do things the usual way at Home, so why should our workplace signage be any different? We wanted to put our Homie magic into our reboarding graphics to bring a smile to people’s faces as they return to…

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Although the usual method of video production is finding its way back to some kind workable solution, the majority of you will still need to think about other ways to get messaging out. So, here are a few helpful pointers on how you can achieve the best possible quality…

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Ideas for film when working at home

As the industry gets its head around enforced remote working, and not being able to send crews out, we need to be flexible and shout about other options to get our messages across.  Don’t forget you all have great stories to tell. So, let’s hear them. And you’ll be glad…

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Staying connected through COVID-19

How can we best support our people through COVID-19? It’s the question on every leaders’ lips. Now working remotely, employees at one of the world’s leading financial institutions were looking for new ways to make working from home, work for them. They needed a place where they could find…

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Working out our new normal

Without knowing how long many of us will be working remotely, we’re starting to seek out what the new normal should look like.

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In early January I was struck down with a viral chest infection and forced to rest in bed, tucked up with a hottie (just a hot water bottle unfortunately!), lots of liquids, green juices and a restless, fertile imagination. With the green juices flowing round my body, I started…

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‘Twas 23 nights before Christmas, and there was much to ponder, for we at Home were hosting our One Night of Wonder! OK, OK – that’s as far as the Christmas poetry will go, promise. It was a cool and crisp night, and the neon Home roundel and fairy…

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Home internal communications reading list

As August is now upon us, and many of you will be off on your summer holidays, I wanted to pull together a list of some of our favourite books, magazines and podcasts from everyone in the studio here at Home. It’s a collection of inspiring things we’ve read…

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Creative Comms

In these challenging times you might be wondering whether it’s worth investing in creativity to land your messages internally? You’re under pressure with your budget, but you know, you still need to deliver. The thing is, a great creative idea needn’t cost the earth. Something simple can stand out,…

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Comms Error!

Communicating to an audience as diverse as it is globally dispersed is no mean feat. Some are desk bound, others are so remote they could be whittling spoons in the wilderness. They all have a preferred method of being communicated to and most of those methods aren’t part of…

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Never mind bloody Brexit or the nasty things that are happening across the globe. The Home world was rocked in April by the disappearance of one of our mascots, the beautiful Stanley Douglas Lines – my cat. Stanley and I had recently moved to a new neighbourhood and it…

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Unleash innovation from within

Everything is changing, all of the time. Large players want to disrupt their own markets before fresh-faced start-ups do. And to attract and retain key talent companies need to be more agile, innovative and inclusive – giving their people both a voice and the chance to really make a…

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Retention Blog Header Image

Last week I helped one of our wonderful clients create a presentation for a webinar she was giving on the subject of retention. She’d written some dynamic words that encapsulated her beliefs. We had a healthy conversation around some of her ideas and theories and we enjoyed one another’s…

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