Corporate Social Responsibility CSR strategy Design Thinking Volunteering

4 Ways to Improve a Workplace Giving Platform and Experience

Online giving and workplace cause related practices are increasingly popular forms of employee engagement. In the US alone, charities raise about 5 billion USD from workplace giving initiatives. In India, everyday giving receives close to INR 350 crores or 5.1 billion USD. Causes that directly impacts and betters human life and quality are among the most valued by staff. […]

Culture Design Thinking Employee Branding Internal Communications Leader communication

Placing communication at the heart of Global Capability Centers

Organizations that set up global capability centers mostly focus on getting the location, systems, processes and transitions right. Establishing operations at a global capability center takes many forms. Organizations either set-up the center themselves, take the support of a local vendor to build-operate-transfer the unit or buyout an existing center giving them ready access to talent and […]

Communication Design Design Thinking Employee Engagement Information Overload

10 Reasons Why Design Deserves More Attention Than It Gets

The role of design in communication is often misunderstood. Designers are often assumed to be those who create cute animations, spruce up awful presentations, make posters look catchy and cover up bad ideas and poor thinking. The Design Summit, organized by NASSCOM at Bengaluru today debunked such myths and provided interesting insights into the world of […]

Career Management Design Thinking New Media and career Persuasion Skills

5 Points To Consider While Upskilling Yourself

How do you ‘upskill’ yourself? You don’t expect such a question to pop up in a Whatsapp group but a post from a communicator piqued my interest. Responses to that post included friendly suggestions to ‘do what it takes’, ‘read and interacting with peers’, ‘do courses online’, ‘write’ and ‘teach’. When I Googled ‘upskill’ the […]