Founded in 2004, SocioDesign is a London-based design and strategy agency that works with consumer-facing brands ranging from tiny startups to household names like Sonos. Last year, the studio launched its type foundry offshoot SocioType with a view to helping its clients stand out in an increasingly noisy world. “Our work at Socio has always […]

Omse has designed a green-fingered new identity for gardening marketplace Sproutl, which hopes to demystify plants for all Sproutl sells plants and gardening accessories, as well as offering jargon-busting advice to anyone that’s less than an expert in the field of plant care. The marketplace was set up in 2020 by former Farfetch execs Anni […]

Savvy business leaders have seen firsthand the power of good communication with employees, and how it can drive business success from the inside out. While good internal communication gets the message out, great internal communication helps employees connect the dots between the business strategy and their role. In other words, when it’s good, it informs; […]

Digitalisation of the recruitment process has been accelerated significantly by the pandemic: with the right tools, you can easily access an international talent pool. And with a marked increase in the number of remote and hybrid roles, the best people could be at your fingertips – wherever you’re based. “Candidates are no longer expected to […]

So you’ve finished your book. Have you been looking at publishing classes to figure out how to bring your story into the world? I did years ago. It was 2013.  Pin MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech was turning fifty, I had just switched from a very toxic day job to a much more peaceful […]

Since joining Penguin Random House in 2019, creative director Tim Lane has formed a department set on enhancing the publishing company’s online presence. He talks to us about the changes he has implemented and why “What we suffered with I think when I joined was we reverted to nostalgia a lot,” says Tim Lane, creative […]

Michael Gove’s white paper on levelling up contained a surprising amount of references to the creative industries. Here, Josh Siepel of the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre examines the part creatives can play When the UK government published its levelling up white paper on Wednesday, it was heralded – by government ministers at least […]

Welcome to my round-up of the best-of-the-best recent leadership and communication blog posts.  This Round-Up of Leadership and Communication Blogs: These Companies Seem Immune to the Great Resignation. Here’s WhyBy Jared Lindzon (@JLindzon and @FastCompany), Fast Company Research shows these commonalities between companies that are able to retain their top employees. “According to a recent […]

The campaign, created for the US market, is linked to a petition that aims to make race-based hair discrimination illegal in all 50 US states Dove’s ad campaign arrives in the wake of new research by the brand which reveals that Black girls can experience discrimination about the way they wear their hair from the […]

Are you writing a memoir or novel? Are memoirs nonfiction? Or is there a difference? Pin When you’re writing memoir, you do have to tell the truth. You don’t have to get the truth down perfectly, giving some opportunity to fill in the blanks. However, to call it memoir, the story needs to be your best attempt […]