Informa + Clarion + the side of the deal nobody’s talking about.
When I first saw the news about Informa buying Clarion, I did what everyone else probably did. I looked at the size of the deal, thought about what it meant…
When I first saw the news about Informa buying Clarion, I did what everyone else probably did. I looked at the size of the deal, thought about what it meant…
Something slightly strange is happening in recruitment. The better technology gets at helping us present ourselves, the harder it’s becoming to work out who is actually any good. AI has…
Every quarter I like to take a step back and reflect on the conversations I’ve been having across the industry. One of the biggest advantages of what I do is…
A few weeks ago, I presented on the difference between a recruiter and a recruitment consultant. It’s a topic that comes up regularly and, if I’m honest, one that I’ve…
One of the conversations I’ve found myself having more and more over the last year isn’t actually about recruitment. It’s about flexibility. When people come to me to discuss hiring,…
Over the last few months, I’ve lost count of the number of conversations I’ve had with agency owners, MDs and senior leaders who all say roughly the same thing. “We…
Over the last few weeks, I’ve probably spoken to around 40 senior leaders across the events industry. Some have been agency owners, some managing directors, some commercial leaders and some…
There’s a version of hiring I see all the time, especially when a business decides it’s time to grow. Revenue needs to increase, pipeline needs to improve, and fairly quickly…
Last week I was asked to speak about something that doesn’t get talked about enough in our industry. Not AI, not growth, not disruption. Just people. But not the obvious…
I spend my time speaking to owners, HR leaders and C-suite decision makers across events, experiential and MICE, so what follows isn’t theory. It’s what’s actually happening on the ground.…