The digital workplace has recently been hailed as a solution to many of the problems that plague traditional workplaces, such as lack of collaboration, low engagement, and inefficient processes. This in part, because our ways of working have changed dramatically since 2020, and digital adoption has moved forwards much faster than we could have hoped…
Imagine this. You’ve spent months planning your new company intranet and now it’s ready for launch. From building a business case to making sure everything is up to date and working correctly, you’re convinced that your new hub won’t go the way of other intranets. This one, the one you planned and built, is destined…
Technology has radically transformed society, culture and our daily lives over the past two decades. From the internet to mobile phones and beyond, since the start of the millennium technology has quickly evolved to become more personal, portable and accessible.
Safe to say there’s not one corner of our lives technology hasn’t touched. Now it is…
Like it or lump it, the digital workplace is here to stay. Why? Well, to start with, your employees already use a suite of digital tools (ergo a digital workplace) every single day. Secondly, the world of work is rapidly changing. With hybrid working and work from anywhere models on the rise (hurrah!), organisations need…
You’ve invested in new tech, sent round the doughnuts and painstakingly organised the Friday pub quiz. But something is still missing! Yes, your team seems happy but...not all that motivated or interested in what’s happening in your business. Why is that?
Employee engagement could be the missing link!
Why Employee Engagement Is Important
Employee engagement…
Employee engagement has very recently become a HR buzzword we can’t stop talking about. Why? Well, a boatload of research has shown that high levels of employee engagement leads to tangible results for businesses. But there’s something else too. A whopping 66% of employees the world over are disengaged. Worse still, here in the UK…
Amazingly, digital employee experience platforms are a relatively new concept. While employee engagement platforms have been popular for quite a few years now, the notion of an employee experience platform was really first explored in 2019 by Josh Bersin.
But what exactly is an employee experience platform? And how is it different from the employee engagement…
During the Tokyo 2020 Olympic games, gymnast Simone Biles shocked the world when she pulled out of both the team final and women’s individual all-around to focus on her mental health. Her decision to do whatever was needed to safeguard her health and wellbeing divided opinion. While some commented that her bold move was a…
The way we work is changing. In recent years, technology has given us more freedom over where, how and when we can work. Perhaps more importantly, our collective work mindset has shifted, forced in no small part by the unprecedented events of 2020. Now, more than ever, many employees and organisations are embracing the notion…
Believe it or not, many of us experience gamification almost every single day. Once confined to games consoles, gamification has grown legs thanks to the rise of smartphones and tablets and now has its tendrils wrapped around many of our day-to-day interactions, particularly in relation to technology.
Loyalty programs that reward customers points with each purchase…
Company culture is another one of those buzzwords that often gets thrown around when we talk about employee engagement and experience. But if you ask Google (or your preferred search engine) what company culture actually means; it seems the jury is out on a definitive definition.
The Balance Careers blog offers this explanation : …
The employee experience is the journey an employee takes from recruitment to exit interview. It starts the moment someone sees a job advert and and continues until their last day in the business.
While the length of each digital employee experience will vary, by and large the touchpoints within the journey are the same or similar.…
