Values are proving a powerful asset during the pandemic. How and where are values being put to use? And where are teams having to think more deeply about the role of their values?

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We often have conversations about reflection v aspiration. The conversation happens in multiple spaces, not least when developing values and behaviours; culture change; employer brand.

How to make your hybrid experiences fly. Find out how to blend creativity, with the appropriate tech to generate buy-in, alignment and change.

How one global business used data to connect the impact of its purpose on both employees and customers

As people and tasks become more distributed, it's easy to create unintentional silos and to reinforce those that already exist. Purpose has the power to unite. And to create meaning, belonging and connection in the employee experience. With so much at stake, why wouldn’t you evaluate its impact?

The overnight experiment in remote working has created a huge challenge for human connection. We’ve spoken to HR, L&D, and comms teams in the UK and US to find out what works and what doesn’t. And what lessons can be learnt as we move towards hybrid working.

Positive psychology meets design thinking to offer a really practical and informed guide to designing a great employee experience, get your discounted copy

A round up of our work this week designing and prototyping the learner experience for a multi-day virtual programme; delivering new values installs; and launching EX by Design – How to Create an Effective EX for Competitive Advantage

Over the wall run residential camps for children with serious illnesses. We ran a design sprint to rethink options to better connecting children with each other and extending OTW’s virtual services through COVID and beyond.

What we’ve been up to this week. Lots of links to read, watch and listen to some interesting stuff.

We believe the case for focusing on employee experience is strong and will continue to be so, read on to find out why.

Employee experience design is applying design thinking to how we understand people and their experience. And how we develop, test and iterate solutions to meet their expectations (as far as is possible)

Employee experience is the experience someone has of you from the moment they first consider you as an employee to the moment they leave… and way beyond. Because experience exists as a memory potentially long after someone has stopped working for you. Employee experience is by its nature subjective and involves emotions and feelings.

Four ways to keep the magic in your virtual learning programme

How to design and deliver virtual events that intrigue, inspire and connect

Three ways corporate ego gets in the way and what to do about it