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    The importance of creativity in communications

    The importance of creativity in communications

    Creativity lives on and here we look at how organisations can best hitch their wagons to the creative surge we are seeing today. We take ...
    Pardon my pyjamas

    Pardon my pyjamas

    As an antidote to all the advice about the dos and don'ts of video conferencing during lockdown, Firehouse managed to get hold of this tr...
    Keep Calm and Carry On

    Keep Calm and Carry On

    The definition of resilience is the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties. It’s fair to say we are all experiencing new challenge...
    Back to the Future...2020 already!

    Back to the Future...2020 already!

    With Christmas lights flickering on almost every street and mince pies offered with your morning coffee, we are fast approaching the end ...
    Courageous, authentic and curious...

    Courageous, authentic and curious...

    Anyone connected with internal comms will be very used to the concept of Employee or People Experience. Indeed the role of ‘director of ...
    Anyone for acronyms?

    Anyone for acronyms?

    Yesterday – or as some would have it: B.I.T.D (that’s back in the day for the uninitiated) I joined the A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A.A. (I might have ...
    The power of narrative

    The power of narrative

    Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin. Narrative and Story are words that are used a lot these days in association with almost an...
    Time to kick the habit?

    Time to kick the habit?

    A typical morning might go like this: Alarm erupts: 6.12am. Alarm repelled: 6.12am and 10 seconds. Radio 4 (Today programme) obliterates ...
    Where do we hold our next event?

    Where do we hold our next event?

    It’s a question on the lips of every conference organiser or internal comms manager, almost all the time. “Where do we hold our next eve...
    When word spreads like a virus

    When word spreads like a virus

    We’ve lived with Virals swarming across our social media platforms and digital channels, for quite a while now. And no consideration of t...
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    The Sandwich

    The Sandwich

    Keeping colleagues engaged and motivated

    Keeping colleagues engaged and motivated

    Yes, we did it!

    Yes, we did it!

    Firehouse joins DRPG

    Firehouse joins DRPG

    Bee one to watch!

    Bee one to watch!

    Hollywood comes to Manchester

    Hollywood comes to Manchester

    Dystopia to Utopia

    Dystopia to Utopia

    50 years in the making

    50 years in the making

    Dangerous Liaisons

    Dangerous Liaisons

    Meet Kel and Ollie - our new joiners

    Meet Kel and Ollie - our new joiners

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