What big agencies get wrong about change comms
Grace shares her experience and advice on change comms and discusses how sometimes big agency support isn’t the right type of support.
Are you leading Internal Comms or just managing information?
Kate shares way to lead Internal Comms more strategically.
Starting from zero - how to set up internal comms that works
Kate talks about setting up an internal comms function that works by:
1) Starting with your why
2) Knowing your people
3) Auditing what you’ve got
4) Building a simple plan
5) Making it two-way
6) Supporting your people managers
7) Learning and evolving
Introducing Co:Lab - a creative space for exploring the future of internal comms
Kate introduces our new venture Co:Lab - which we’re so excited to launch in partnership with the IoIC, and will be presenting at the IoIC Festival in June.
The neuroscience of effective internal communication: how to make messages stick – part two
Here comes part two of Sophie’s blog exploring nueroscience and effective internal comms.
The neuroscience of effective internal communications: how to make messages stick - part one
Sophie writes about the nueroscience of effective communications in our latest blog.
The importance of feedback for team performance: five ways internal comms can help create a culture of open and constructive feedback
When you think of giving and receiving feedback at work it’s often in the context of a performance review. But recent research shows how feedback within teams can improve their performance and that this has a knock-on effect on wider business performance. Yet giving and receiving feedback is something many people find hard. So, how can we as IC pros help individuals, teams, managers and senior leaders become comfortable enough with feedback that everyone gains?
Flexibility isn’t just for office-based jobs: how internal comms can help businesses improve their offering for frontline workers
Kate explores how IC teams can help businesses embrace flexible working for frontline workers - ensuring they have the tools, knowledge, and support to make it work beyond office-based roles.
Bringing your culture to life: vision and values that unite
Sophie writes about one of Cosy Meerkat’s internal comms workshops - the culture one!
Photo by Bakr Magrabi: https://www.pexels.com/photo/compass-on-hand-3203659/
Storytelling in Internal Comms: learning from the experts
Sophie talks to Rebecca Spago, copywriter and former journalist, about how to write compelling stories that stick inside a business.
Photo by Mark Neal: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-person-holding-book-2954199/
Enough with the 'trends' - let’s talk about what really matters
Kate dives straight in to her thinking around trends and why IC trends are not actually trends!
Photo by Alesia Kozik: https://www.pexels.com/photo/graph-of-the-movement-of-the-value-of-bitcoin-6770775/
