When you hear the word “office,” what do you picture? A sea of cubicles separated by six-foot walls? Low ceilings and artificial lighting? Strangely patterned carpeting? Gray upon gray upon […]
Beyond the Desk: Driving Well-Being and Productivity in the Workplace
Employee engagement – it’s a simple phrase that’s anything but simple to define. It seems like every day there’s a new article identifying “the most important element” for engaging employees […]
The Value of Creative Moments in a Digital World
When was the last time that you built something with your hands or attempted to do a creative project? As children, we had endless opportunities to be creative – from […]
Brands to Watch in 2019
At Joe Smith (the brand consultancy of Padilla), we’re all about helping brands make meaning. So to kick off 2019, we’ve taken stock of brands that excel at making meaning […]
Re-Energize Employees on the Edge
Change – it’s a funny thing. Sometimes you hate it, sometimes you need it. Everyone has those moments, right? Those times where you look around at your house, workspace, exercise […]
Recruiting and Retaining Employees in a Competitive Market
The U.S. Labor Department recently announced that the unemployment rate is the lowest it’s been since 1969. If you do the math, that’s nearly five decades! To put things in […]
Employee Engagement: Three Steps to Borrow from Customer Engagement
Every year, organizations invest significant time and money to understand and appease their customers, while often overlooking their most important customer and asset: employees. But, employee engagement is critical to business […]
Employee Experience – A Design Challenge
We all know Tom. He comes to every meeting with his laptop up, but head down. He’s at the table, but somewhere else. He’ll weather this meeting, just like the […]
Driving Employee Engagement in M&A Transactions
Change is always hard, and when organizations with distinctly different cultures and styles come together in the course of a merger or acquisition, it can be even harder. It’s important […]
Company Culture 101: Five Questions to Ask Yourself
These days, most people understand why it’s important for a company to have engaged employees. But where it gets much trickier is the how – how do you make sure […]