Insights to build a better employee experience

Who, what, when, how, why? Let’s see what old and new trends the year 2022 has brought in internal communication!

They’re with us day in, day out, watching us from our desk, nightstand, or kitchen table. Smartphones are an instrumental part of our daily lives, and in return, we’re not that happy about being separated from them either. Instead of forbidding them, what can companies do when it comes to having a smartphone in the workplace?

We introduce our app’s newest feature: Community. If you missed it, or just want to learn more about how to forge a workplace community, read our summary!

Most of us are familiar with the unpleasant excitement or fear experienced before a university exam, job interview, or any other important test. Anxiety before and during stressful situations is a common psychological response. However, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is more than a temporary nervousness before tense situations. GAD is a general, long-term and intense anxiety condition that often makes it difficult to perform everyday tasks and reduces the quality of life of those affected. In our article you can learn about its symptoms, causes and treatment.

Engaging physically active employees who don’t have desk jobs (that is, don’t have a workstation) with company communications is a real headache for HR professionals. Retaining them can even cause a few sleepless nights. In many instances, we try to solve it with bandaid solutions. We’ve put together the current, subpar internal communications practices and their consequences, as well as comfortable, handy alternatives.

The Hungarian startup Blue Colibri, which deals with organizational internal communication and the digitization of employee education and administration, raised 1.250.000 EUR.

It’s no accident that 87% of the global workforce reaches most company news via the intranet (including email and in-person meetings), which is the exact amount of people who say they don’t feel committed to their current workplaces. Could it be, that those employees aren’t engaged, who are forced to engage with the company communication using out-of-date and ineffective channels?

‍Workplace stress is a problem affecting many employees. A 2021 survey by the UK Health and Safety Executive examined the mental health of 100,000 workers. According to the research, 50% of incapacity for work was due to work-related stress, depression, and anxiety in 2020 and 2021. This results in a significant financial disadvantage not only for employees but for companies as well. In this article, we give you 4 effective and immediately applicable tips for dealing with stress!