Reading Time: 8 minutesAmidst all the uncertainty and anxiety the COVID-19 crisis has brought to our world, these companies took actions that support their corporate values. Here are companies living their values during COVID-19. How companies care for their people during a crisis is a true test. Indeed,
Reading Time: 6 minutesIn case you hadn’t yet read enough about the Gamestop drama, I wanted to focus on one aspect of the story: its lesson on the importance for companies to align everything with mission. Last week, Robinhood had to temporarily limit trading of Gamestop and other
Reading Time: 4 minutesAt the start of 2020, we tried to write the best recruitment marketing blogs possible. We wrote about best practices for creating culture content for candidates. We wrote about what makes a compelling employee story. And we wrote about how to uncover and capture employee
Reading Time: 4 minutesUnder Hammurabi’s Code in ancient Mesopotamia, if a house caved in and killed its inhabitants, then the builder of that house would face the death penalty. It’s a pretty harsh thought, but you can’t deny that it probably did a good job of incentivizing home
Reading Time: 7 minutesScott Thompson shares the impact of Tony Hsieh on modern business, customer interactions, and Stories Inc. And, he honors Hsieh’s memory. I was shocked and saddened to hear that Tony Hsieh passed away at the age of 46 this past weekend. Hsieh has always been
Reading Time: 7 minutesNot only do we capture stories of thanks from team members at our clients’ organizations, we also love gratitude-fueled stories from our own team! The Stories Inc. team members are a thankful crew, and they’re skilled storytellers. Together, we have been through a lot in
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Stories Inc. team is safely capturing employee stories at our client sites, outside storyteller homes, and virtually — wherever work is happening! The health and well-being of storytellers and staff are of utmost importance. So, we have carefully adapted our processes to reduce the
Reading Time: 8 minutesStories Inc. co-founder Scott uses Coinbase’s new policy on workplace activism and politics to examine the importance of aligning all aspects of an employer brand—from mission to brand messages to cultural norms. In a recent blog post, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong announced that in an
Reading Time: 4 minutesOur Director of Client Services, Jill Shabelman, was invited to join Bryan Chaney on The Talent Brand podcast to discuss storytelling for talent brand. This episode is an engaging discussion between two employer brand leaders. But, it’s also a master class in recruitment marketing content
Reading Time: 7 minutesStories of teams show the candidate valuable information that they wouldn’t get from a job description alone. It’s the best way to promote your talented team in a way that candidates will trust. In this post, we use our Stories Inc. Project Team’s content to show you the impact.
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuick. Think of a piece of corporate content that fires you up, can make you cry without saying a word, and invokes action in their audience. Even if that action is just to call your mom. Those are three of my all-time favorite ads from
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn our world of company culture, we often talk about fit, and how it is something to fight (and hire) for. A lot of it makes sense – if you hire someone who fits into your existing culture, their transition theoretically should be easier than