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Is ‘always on’ a sustainable strategy in the face of the Coronavirus?

By Nicola Kemp

Does prioritising employees' mental health demand that the industry embraces new ways of working which prioritise digital wellbeing well beyond Mental Health Awareness Week?

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Advertising through COVID-19: Lessons from past triumphs through adversity

By Juliet Haygarth

Juliet Haygarth, Managing Director of Effie UK explains how community, building trust and employee engagement are key to brands emerging from this crisis stronger.

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Fluidity isn’t a trend; we need to stop treating it like one

By Katy Woodrow Hill and Joanna Lyall

Katy Woodrow Hill, Strategy Partner at Livity and Joanna Lyall, Country Manager at Freeda U.K explore how gender fluidity signals a dramatic change in what young people demand from brands.

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How can we ensure equal representation isn’t also a victim of Coronavirus?

By Olivia Stancombe

If companies treat equality as a nice to have rather than a business imperative, we will all lose out, writes Olivia Stancombe, Senior Strategist at Forever Beta.

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A borderless way of working

By Vicky T. Chen

Vicky T. Chen, Head of Strategy for Virtue Northern Europe shares the agency’s approach to borderless working; how it is in being flexible, rather than in being big, that the agency hopes to weather this storm.

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UK kids choose problem-solving over panic in lockdown

By Izzy Ashton

While adults try to figure out what happens next, it is Generation Alpha who may find that this experience defines their lives, both in the immediate and more long-term future, as new research from Beano Brain explores.

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The Advertising Association, ISBA and the IPA have joined forces to spearhead diversity

By Nicola Kemp

The creative industries have come together to form a new Advertising Association Inclusion Group to drive diversity and inclusion across the industry.

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China: Returning to a new reality

By Pete Lin

Pete Lin, North Asia Regional Managing Director at We Are Social China writes from a country slowly emerging from lockdown and takes a look at what lies ahead for countries attempting to navigate the same.

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Diversity will be everyone’s business after lockdown

By Asad Dhunna

Asad Dhunna, Founder of the Unmistakables believes that, as COVID-19 dismantles business as usual, having diverse voices in the room has never been more vital.

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Bloom pays it forward with mentoring programme for Women’s Aid

By Nicola Kemp

Women’s advertising network launches Bloom Boost to support the next generation of female leaders.

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Navigating the new normal

By Nicola Kemp

Adjusting to lockdown is about far more than getting the right technology in place; our weekly series examines how the industry can come together to navigate the new normal.

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“I don’t deserve to be here!”: How you can deal with Imposter Syndrome

By Supriya Dev-Purkaystha

Supriya Dev-Purkaystha, Commercial Director at ForwardPMX talks about her own experiences of imposter syndrome and offers some advice when it comes to supporting ourselves and those around us.

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How do you launch a charity sports tournament in a world without sport?

By Nicola Kemp

The behind the scenes story of how Dark Horses launched a campaign for the NHS Charities Together Cup in just six days is a compelling tale of sport, creativity, culture and compassion.

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Our new age of responsibility

By Keith Weed

Keith Weed, President of the Advertising Association believes that by acting together as an industry, we can be more responsible, more trusted and more successful.

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