The Hand Talks

I was recently chatting to a few colleagues at the Design Business Association (DBA) and the conversation turned to gender equality. As the owner and founder of an all-female business, they asked me to share my thoughts in an article they published yesterday. 

COVID-19 has turned everything upside down. It’s revolutionised the way in which we work; possibly forever. And it’s presenting some really exciting ways in which the design sector can address ingrained and outdated practices. In a week where we have both International Women’s Day and a return to school for pupils, what a timely moment to look at ways in which changes to our workplace practices could benefit working parents, and in fact, us all.

In a sea of other creative agencies, it can sometimes be really difficult to stand out. Yes, your work will do some of the heavy-lifting but it certainly can’t do it all. So, it’s important that you differentiate yourself and give clients a reason to engage with you over others.

One question we get asked almost daily by creative agency owners is whether to employ someone internally to do new business or whether they should work with a new business agency. Although it’s a tricky one for us to answer, given what we do, it is an interesting area to explore.

From time to time, we’ve all be caught off guard by what seems like the most basic of questions. You’ve done your homework, you’ve prepared and researched for your new business meeting and you feel ready to tackle the world head on.

And then you get ‘the question.’

Coming out of the crazy year that was 2020, it’s fair to say that we could all do with some pointers on how we approach this new year.