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Purpose
Less than half of top professional services firms have a clear purpose, Bright Space study reveals
Bright Space study, ‘Missing the Point of Purpose’, reveals a significant gap between firms claiming to have a purpose and those effectively implementing it.
Engagement
Culture
Purpose
How to talk to your people effectively
In September, Ingrid Brown ran a workshop at the PM Forum conference on internal communications’ role in driving engagement. Read on for her insights and learnings from the delegates.
Engagement
Webinar replay and key takeaways now available
Five key takeaways from our webinar on 'Maximising trade show participation: Strategic and practical tips for making the most of your in-person B2B marketing and communications' are now available.
Brand
Transform Live 2024
Ian Firth
Ian Firth shares his five takeaways from the Transform Live conference 2024.
Brand
Engagement
Purpose
Our 2024 forecast
The Bright Space team has looked into the B2B crystal ball and shared seven predictions for the coming year.
Brand
We have been shortlisted in the Transform Europe Awards 2024
We are very excited to share that DuPont Mobility & Materials and Principal of Bright Space, Ian Firth have been nominated in the Transform Europe Awards 2024!
Purpose
Engagement
What is the value of value?
Ingrid Brown
In our article for PM Forum's 'PM' magazine, Ingrid Brown explains the importance of being joined up and why building trust with clients and buyers proves you can deliver value beyond your products and services.
Culture
Engagement
Introducing Simon Rutter
We are delighted to announce that Simon Rutter has joined Bright Space as Specialist Adviser - Employee Engagement and Strategic Internal Communications. Find out about his approach, why he believes there’s an identity crisis in internal comms – and why he’s out to fix it.
Brand
Engagement
Changes, challenges and jumping hurdles: communicating in the industrials sector
Ian Firth
We sat down with three specialists working in the industrial space to talk us through the changes they’ve seen in communications, the challenges they face, and how to jump the hurdles.
Purpose
Bright Space is a member of the DBA
We are proud to announce that we are members of the Design Business Association (DBA).
Brand
Engagement
Brand book vs brand guidelines: how to foster a comprehensive brand experience
Navigating the vast terrain of brand guidelines can seem a rather daunting endeavour for the average employee. Enter the utility of a brand book.
Brand
Culture
Engagement
Start-up struggles and priorities
We sat down with Lee Lam, Bright Space Specialist Adviser in Start-ups and Organisational Strategy, to get her thoughts on two areas we see start-ups struggle with; early-stage communications to stakeholders and brand reputation.
Brand
Why good branding means good business
Creating a brand identity in isolation or as a pure creative exercise will deliver a beautiful visual output but won’t necessarily translate into a successful business outcome. That’s why good branding is the bridge between value and stakeholders.
Brand
Purpose
Purpose and brand: getting it the right way around
What comes first; the chicken or the egg? This well-known paradox can be argued as a causality dilemma or as plain fact. The same could be said for brand and purpose: what comes first? Our theory at Bright Space is purpose precedes brand. But just because brand follows, it doesn’t mean it plays second fiddle.
Purpose
The role of purpose in successful sustainability communications
Following the highly anticipated Green Claims Directive, Bronwyn Forsyth, Strategist at Strategic Advisory and Communications shares her thoughts on regulation vs compliance, the role of purpose in successful sustainability communications and what getting it right looks like.
Culture
What International Women's Day means to us
This year, the International Women's Day theme is #EmbraceEquity, Why equal opportunities aren't enough. In celebration of the women we know, we work with and we are, we've asked a handful of the Bright Space Communications team for their IWD reflections.
Purpose
Engagement
Communicating purpose: five insights
Following our article on Communicating purpose, we asked five expert communicators to answer the question: what are the challenges you face when communicating purpose? Read on to find out some of the wisdom they imparted.
Purpose
Communicating purpose: five challenges
We’ve been debating why communicating purpose lands for some and falls flat for others. Read on to find out five challenges we at Bright Space feel communicators face with purpose messaging.
Purpose
Leading a business through purpose: a leader’s responsibility
Simon Slater
What’s a leader and what are they responsible for? Simon Slater, Special Adviser - Legal and Professional Services, shares his thoughts.
Purpose
My purposeful work
Joanne Nelson
In the first of our blogs on 'My purposeful work', Joanne Nelson, Specialist Adviser - Fintech and IT, shares how she's found her own new purpose to work happier, smarter, and on her own terms.
Culture
Purpose
So long 2022...and why the role of purpose is here to stay
For Bright Space, 2022 was a year of strategic growth and personal fulfilment leading brands to identify their purpose and articulate their value to employees, customers and investors.
Brand
Engagement
Triple awards nominations
We are delighted that our work with Tokamak Energy and DuPont Mobility & Materials has been shortlisted in four categories across three awards.
Brand
Ian Firth invited to judge Transform Awards ANZ
Principal, Ian Firth was honoured to be a jury member for the Transform Awards ANZ 2022.
Purpose
Turning successful law firms into successful businesses: Bright Space to present at Katchr conference
Ingrid Brown and Simon Slater will deliver the keynote presentation at the Katchr Connect Conference on 26 January 2023.
Engagement
Helping Motorpoint to embed ESG throughout its business
"To enable the business to progress effectively with an ESG agenda, Motorpoint has partnered with Bright Space Communications [...] to thoroughly research the business, highlight opportunities and develop a formal strategy."
Purpose
Read our Purpose guide
Download our Bright Space guide on how to define and embed your firm's purpose throughout your 'purpose journey'.
Purpose
Recording now available for 'Lag behind or lead with purpose?' webinar
We hosted a virtual round table on Thursday 31 March on why professional services firms are behind the curve, how the sector is addressing this lag and how to overcome the obstacles you might face on ‘the purpose journey’. You can now listen to the recording.
Purpose
Lag behind or lead with purpose?
Ingrid Brown
In our first article for PM Forum's 'PM' magazine, Ingrid Brown explores why accountancy and legal practices are behind the curve when articulating their purpose.
Purpose
Starting your journey towards being a Purpose driven business
Ian Firth
Three key imperatives to get you going
Purpose
Professional firms and their pursuit of purpose
Simon Slater
Firms lag behind their clients when it comes to purpose
Culture
Purpose
Making your people own, live, and love your values
Ingrid Brown
Developing a set of values is just the first step in the process of guiding the culture you need to have. The real magic happens when you set about creating a considered approach to embedding them across the business.
Engagement
Measuring brand performance
Ingrid Brown
Your brand is one of your company’s most valuable intangible assets but how well are you measuring and monitoring both its impact and success?
Brand
Managing a corporate brand isn’t what it used to be
Ingrid Brown
There was a time when creating a corporate brand and managing it was relatively straightforward.
Purpose
Corporate Purpose - a search for the meaning of life
Simon Slater
Simon contemplates the meaning of Purpose
Culture
Building trust and gaining influence
Ingrid Brown
When talking about building more confidence in business - are we really just talking about building more trust?