Background Maureen Younger is a talented writer, actress and stand up comedian who I’ve had the pleasure of knowing for a couple of years now, having first met through attending the Laughing Cows comedy night she coordinated and compered. During 2015 Maureen has spun out her own brand of comedy: MY Read more…
This post explores my personal motivations for getting involved in diversity networks in the workplace, rather than simply the business case for diversity and inclusion. The post was originally published in May 2012 on the internal collaboration platform at my workplace (accessible by 90,000+ internal colleagues), and has been digitally Read more…
Recently I attended an event at Skype entitled ‘Hey girl, lets talk about UX and gender‘. The synopsis of the event was: We’ve been having a think about what it means to create inclusive designs and work in a diverse team. How is gender identity important (or not) to Read more…
What do the following four pictures all have in common? [su_accordion][su_spoiler title=”Reveal answer”]They are all examples of where social media has been used to positively shape a brand and/or engage customers/followers in an authentic way.[/su_spoiler][/su_accordion] A personal or company brand can take years to build up and gain the Read more…
“Accelerating Innovation in the Enterprise” was a one-off lecture presented by Darren Beaumont and Hussein Badakhchani as part of Imperial College’s “Applications of Computing in Industry : 2013-14 Lecture Series“. Full synopsis for the lecture can be found on Imperial College’s website, and is summarised as follows: In this presentation Read more…
Insights from 2013’s Inside and Out targeted LGBT Interbank recruitment event
“Accelerating Cultural Change Through Connecting ERGs Globally” was a workshop I prepared, then presented with two colleagues at Out & Equal workplace summit in October 2013. The presentation and workshop is designed to give attendees a background to how a large multinational organisation in the financial sector approaches diversity, how different regions Read more…
This portfolio example was created back in 2013 to share with a local estate agents. After renting through them I had observed that their website lacked a clear identity inline with their offline visual materials – such as the postcard flyer pictured right. Their existing design lacked strong user interface Read more…