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The Fallout of Ending DEI Programmes: A Step Backward for Employee Experience

Lee Smith, co-founder of The EX Space, addresses his concerns raised by the recent trend of major companies reducing or eliminating their Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programmes. Touching upon the implications, the human-centric movement and his thoughts on the decision with where to go from here.

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Employee Engagement

Tackling the energy crisis and frozen middle

We reflect on our first webinar of 2025, where we welcome special guest Abi Humayan to talk about the biggest challenges facing organisations today: The Energy Crisis and Frozen Middle.

Is your recruitment process damaging your reputation (and hurting your potential hires)?

Lee Smith, The EX Space co-founder, highlights how an organisation's approach to recruitment can impact its reputation and also the potential hire's perception of the business.

90% of strategies fail, time to listen to the voice that can change that

This guest blog from Cat Lewis talks about the power of employee voice, ahead of her session on the subject at the upcoming EX Expo

Human-Centred

Employee Experience

Workplace Experience

It's time to put people at the heart of internal comms

150 years after the birth of the internal communication profession, it's time for a new direction for IC - one that puts people at its heart. Introducing our upcoming book, People-Centric Internal Communication.

Human-Centred

Employee Experience

Workplace Experience

Was 2024 the year that EX died?

EX Space co-founder, Lee Smith, ponders whether 2024 was the year EX died. The examples given highlight the consequences that poor employee initiatives can create for businesses. He argues that organisations need to put people first now more than ever.