Insights to build a better employee experience

At Halloween, at least we know that the scary things are just for fun. But in the everyday world of HR, there are situations that keep coming back all year round: an important message does not reach everyone, a new hire does not know what the next step is, it is unclear who has completed a mandatory training, or someone asks for the status of a simple HR request for the third time.

Today, it is no longer unusual for office employees to use artificial intelligence to speed up certain phases of their work. AI can help write an email, create a summary, or extract the necessary information from a lengthy document. However, this new technology has also brought challenges and risks: the use of AI tools can have a significant impact on internal communication as well. If we cannot distinguish official company information from AI-generated answers, things can quickly become chaotic.

A shared topic, a few bold bets, a constantly changing leaderboard, and suddenly there is something to talk about during shift changes, lunch breaks, or between meetings. The 2026 Blue Colibri World Cup betting game once again showed just how many people a simple, easily accessible gamified activity can bring together.

From September, it is not only children who return to the classroom: training season also begins at companies. Often, occupational safety materials, updates to internal policies, or data protection updates need to reach hundreds or even thousands of employees. However, effective knowledge transfer requires more than that: mandatory corporate training needs to become a functional and trackable process.

Onboarding, mandatory training and safety updates often live in three separate processes. A new colleague receives first-day information, finds a required course in another system a few weeks later, and hears about a changed safety procedure in a message or during a shift briefing.

The last summer vacations are still underway, but work schedules are slowly returning to their usual rhythm. The end of summer is a unique transitional period in the workplace: it is not always easy to pick up where we left off and smoothly get started with the tasks of autumn. However, conscious internal communication can make it easier to regain focus for the restart.

It is natural for workplace community life to slow down during the summer. The entire organization operates at a different pace: someone is always on vacation, while covering for absent colleagues also needs to be managed. During this period, internal communication should focus less on major campaigns and more on light, well-timed activities that help employees stay connected throughout the summer months. Here are a few tips.

While employees are planning their summer holidays, HR is entering one of the busiest periods of the year. Leave requests start coming in, along with the need to organise replacements. Managers are harder to reach, while changed schedules and reduced capacity add even more pressure. When administration happens simultaneously on paper, by email, over the phone and through other channels, the summer heat may not be the only thing giving HR a headache.