The Creative Engagement Group (TCEG) announces the appointment of Kristen Erickson as Principal Consultant and Vice President of Forty1 its employee engagement division.

There is an unforgettable moment when head knowledge becomes heart knowledge. You can’t predict when it will happen or what will trigger it. For me, it was in 2018, standing in the basement of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, staring at a painstakingly embroidered pillowcase given by a mom to her nine-year-old daughter when the child was sold into slavery.

The days of “lights, camera, action” are different. Now that everyone has a video camera and player at their fingertips on their smartphones, videos are not just accessible – they’re expected. Top internal communicators use video regularly for good reason: video engages, adds a human element, boosts information retention and reduces the need for meetings.

Creating an inclusive and diverse business culture was vital before the pandemic, but has become urgent for success in a post-Covid world, according to a new study on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) conducted by Forty1, the employee experience division of The Creative Engagement Group (TCEG).

Could providing volunteer opportunities to your employees help build employee engagement?

Yesterday, on April 20, rage and fear in America were replaced with relief and hope. Justice was served when the jury found ex-police officer Derek Chauvin guilty on all three counts of murder and manslaughter for taking the life of George Floyd.

Today, Monday, April 19, the jury and the world are hearing closing arguments in the murder and manslaughter trial of Derek Chauvin. As individuals, we will draw our own conclusions. It is the jury that will have the responsibility for making the ultimate decision. While we wait, we observe in ourselves and others, emotions that are difficult to control and discuss. In our workplaces, business leaders are struggling to acknowledge appropriately the profound impact of this trial on their employees, and how they will respond to the verdict.

Have you overheard your employees saying things like “I don’t know where to go for company news” or “I feel like we don’t hear from company leaders enough” or, worst of all, “We have an intranet?”

I’m looking forward to International Women’s Day on March 8, with more optimism about gender equality progress than ever before. Although the World Economic Forum says we’re unlikely to see gender parity in our lifetimes, or even in our children’s lifetimes, I see hope. I see progress in the face of the first female Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris. And I heard hope in the voice of Amanda Gorman as she recited this line from her inaugural poem, “Where a skinny Black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother can dream of becoming president only to find herself reciting for one.”