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“Dearly Beloved. We are gathered here to get through this thing called Life”

14 October 2021

Type ‘Coach’ into Linkedin and you’ll get an avalanche of results (7m+). It’s one of those broad terms that can mean a multitude of things. So why do we call our coaches, coaches? And what exactly do they do?...

One of &us: Alex Sisan, Hiring Manager

1 October 2021

The people and personalities at &us are fundamental to who we are as a business, so we spoke to the man who oversees all our hiring to find out how he’s seen the company grow and how he thinks work might work in the years ahead...

Future of Working: Experimenting with the world of work

30 September 2021

Humans are spectacularly bad at predicting the future and have always had to make the most of imperfect data to cast our best bets. Almost 18 months into the pandemic, this has never been more true...

Oscar Morton, Product Designer at &us

30 September 2021

We threw some questions at Oscar, our Product Designer, about what his job entails and what it's like to work at &us...

Why your organisation should look less like a human and more like a jellyfish

22 September 2021

I was watching an episode of The Octonauts the other day. (For those of you who don’t have toddlers, The Octonauts are a collective of animals on a mission to Explore! Rescue! and Protect! the creatures of the ocean), and I came across the Siphonophore...

What makes a designer at &us?

21 September 2021

Design means many things to many people, especially since the explosion of digital. But what does it mean at &us, and what do we look for in a designer? There’s not a single answer to that question...

Future of Working: Designing for hybrid work

20 July 2021

Remote work doesn’t work for everyone, and not only for logistical reasons. But picking up where we left off doesn’t seem realistic either. Ultimately, there are things from both worlds that we need to keep and that we need to bin...

One of &us: Lisa Tilley, Coaching Lead

8 July 2021

This month we caught up with our Coaching Lead, Lisa Tilley. A self-confessed country bumpkin, she recently returned from a decade Down Under, where she’s spent her career working with multinational businesses as they navigate change and tackle innovation...

Future of Working: The ‘New Normal’ doesn’t exist

1 July 2021

The Future of Working is a series by &us examining the policies, ideas, and concerns for the future of working, learning from those who’ve already started their journey. We’ll look at where we work, when we work together, and how we work, asking, what is a better future, and how might we get there?...

Make changes before waving a rainbow flag

30 June 2021

When Pride Month came around this year, our first reaction was to change our logo like a lot of other companies do. Our designers were happy to do it but questioned the idea by asking if this was really the best we could do to support the LGBT+ community...

Accelerating Volunteer Journeys with the British Red Cross

28 June 2021

Our brilliant Strategist Felicity Walsh and Junior Designer Oscar Morton, talked to Catalyst Network about our work for the British Red Cross...

One of &us: Annabelle Régent, Senior Designer

1 June 2021

Annabelle Régent is one of our senior designers whose superpowers include making complex stuff simple and helping others grow. She’s created new experiences and solved challenges for international e-commerces, services and organisations and we’re lucky enough to have her on our team...