Supporting businesses through COVID-19

When we last wrote about how automation & AI will change the way businesses work with talent, I don’t think we expected the levels of automation that we are currently experiencing with the likes of GPT-4.

Remote working has become the new normal over the last few years, but what actually is a virtual team? If your company works with multiple people who are all based in different locations, have different skill sets, and report to different people — but are all working towards a common goal, then...

A great freelancer is a great find. However, mismatched expectations can quickly ruin what would otherwise have been a great relationship! So how do you avoid this? Read on to see some of the most common gaps between client expectations and the reality of managing freelancers. 1. “Briefing? What...

As a project manager, you may be well-versed with managing a team you work with in close proximity. But working with a remote team of freelancers is a different ballgame. Getting the best out of a remote team requires a very particular set of skills — one of which is the ability to write clear and...

New year, new logo. What a year it’s been. After the many challenges we’ve faced - as businesses and individuals - we can certainly say it’s been a valuable year, with many learnings to take away. If we had to choose three words to best describe the bittersweet traits 2020 has bestowed on us, for...

Pre-2020 the idea that so many businesses globally would operate as virtual companies, with remote and distributed teams being the norm was quite a foreign thought. However, gone are the days where employees all commute into the same central headquarters, with each and every employee clocking in...

We are without a doubt facing “unprecedented times”. The “global pandemic” has shaken the entire world to its very core and has resulted in a huge shift in the way we all live and work. Whilst we can only hope that we can look back one day soon  and think of our “quarantine-life” as a thing of the...

Have you ever considered what a strangely outdated entity an “office” really is? Thousands of people commuting on crowded trains every single morning in order to sweatily walk into a space that is designed to limit their flexibility; an often mundane corner designed to serve as a forceful reminder...

You’ve got ambitious plans for your business or division but not enough resources. You also have a clear strategy in place, you know the direction you want to head in but getting there is a frustratingly slow process. That’s a problem we often hear from directors and managers. Have you considered...

It's no news that these past few months have not been the easiest. While we talk of remote working and social distancing being the new norm, we must not forget the hundreds of thousands of lives lost globally, and by no means should we consider the continuing daily death rate as a normality.