This beautiful hand-illustrated poster from Pop Chart Lab documents the history of Graphic Design from the Victorian era into the modern digital age. Each key style of graphic expression is represented by its respective design elements, sorted into movements tracing back nearly 200 years. In the words of Pop Chart Lab – ‘From the finials and fronds of […]
The notion of moving from ‘good to great’ is often used as a key driver in encouraging improved performance within organisations. But a fascinating article by Huggy Rao and Robert I. Sutton in McKinsey Quarterly suggests that if you want to create and spread excellence, you should start by eliminating those negative, destructive behaviours that […]
Gatehouse have released their fifth annual State of the Sector report, looking at the key challenges facing Internal Communications in 2013-2014. Conducted in November 2013, the survey received 157 responses from organisations ranging in size from a few hundred people to more than 50,000 employees. The full report is well worth a read, as always, […]
Almost every organisation today is looking to develop some form of social media activity, but there’s a significant difference between those companies simply implementing a social media strategy and those looking to build a social business. In their really useful new e-book “The Seven Success Factors of Social Business Strategy“ Charlene Li and Brian Solis […]
Following on from their award-winning website redesign, the Government Digital Service have just published a new style guide for users creating written content on http://www.gov.uk. Aimed at encouraging the use of a more straightforward approach to copy writing, the guide includes some great advice that’s well worth considering for anyone looking to communicate more effectively, […]
In a recent article for Harvard Business Review, Chris Anderson, the curator of TED, shared some of his thoughts on what goes into making a great talk. The whole piece is well worth a read, but here I’ve picked out some of the ideas that chime most closely with my experience of giving and developing […]
Another interesting and thought-provoking take on social media from we are social, this time looking at where things might be headed in the future.
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