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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Game changing values

Values shape culture. They verbalise “the way we do things around ‘ere”, guiding our actions and behaviours, empowering us to create the future we want to experience. But the future we want to experience may look very different now, to what it did pre-2020. With flexible working, a wider…

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A 30-year high in inflation is driving up the price of our everyday expenses. Food, clothing, petrol – yep, it’s all going up. And with our energy bills seemingly doubling overnight and possible tax increases on the horizon, there’s no respite expected just yet. It’s clear that the cost-of-living crisis is…

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Today we’re sharing the second in our series of posts dedicated to the results of Roundel 2021, our in-depth report on global employee experience trends. As part of our research, we asked our respondents if 2020 held any silver linings for their organisation (there were some positives, promise!) and… 25%…

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We recently launched Roundel 2021, our in-depth report on global employee experience trends (and, if you ask us, the best thing to come out of 2020!). If you haven’t had a chance to dive into the full report yet, don’t stress – we’re going to be covering some key…

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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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Ready or not, Boris thinks it’s time to return to the office post-COVID19. At the start of the pandemic the advice was clear: stay home. Workers hurriedly grabbed their laptops and chargers – the lucky ones also took their screens – and set up ‘shop’ at home. All of…

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When it comes to creating the very best employee experience for your people, taking a one size fits all approach just isn’t going to cut it. It’s time to focus on the moments that matter. In this post, Homie Lauren shares her top 10 tips for mapping your unique…

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Bristol is a city steeped in history. More than just the ‘Mild, Mild West’, it’s spawned tarmac, Wallace and Gromit, Concorde, Banksy, hot air balloons, the SS Great Britain, Massive Attack – and of course, Home. This little corner of the UK has always suited us well. It’s progressive,…

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What key moments are organisations focussing on in 2020?

These days we’re finding ourselves having more and more conversations about employee experience – so we decided to launch Roundel 2020, a piece of global research to understand the trends, practices and priority areas. Our workplaces are in the midst of huge transformation and businesses are realising they need…

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Doing a world of good

If you’re a regular subscriber to the Institute of Internal Communication’s Voice magazine, you might have spotted my name in this month’s edition. The IOIC invited me to share my experience on communicating sustainability to employees and driving behaviour change. The featured article, titled Doing a World of Good…

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Culture

If you know me you’ll be aware that at any point I am likely to turn a conversation into a song. Right now this thread is taking me back to my Latin American dancing days of the late 60s where the cha-cha was my signature junior competition dance –…

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Global Trend Awards

This time last year we brought in a haul of nine awards from the GlobalTrend Awards… and we’ve only gone and done it again! This year we’ve been recognised for a series of films that we produced for our client Northwell Health – scooping up a further seven different…

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Designers on holiday

Here at Home, we are all given a yearly personal development fund to help realise the very best versions of ourselves – both as an employee and individual. The logic is simple: fulfilled and stimulated people make happier Homies. This year, I decided to do something a bit different….

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Feedback - The sh*t sandwhich

It’s British Sandwich Week and to mark the occasion, we think it’s about time everybody said goodbye to the worst kind of sandwich:   The sh*t sandwich / ðə; ðɪ / ʃɪt /ˈsænwɪdʒ; -wɪtʃ / noun a method of delivering some bad news, advice, or a rejection of someone’s idea(s) by…

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GlobalTrends Awards

We’re extremely proud to announce that we’re gonna need a bigger awards cabinet. Last week we won a whopping nine at the GlobalTrend Awards. Normally we enter our work for internal comms awards, but this time around we were rubbing shoulders with some really stiff competition and up against…

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Millennials lonely hearts column

WANTED:  Employer with great reputation, culture and benefits. ABOUT ME: GSOH, autonomous and love to make a difference. Would like to hear from well-located employers with plenty of opportunities…   Is this a wish list for millennials, or simply what everyone wants from their employer? And are millennials really…

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