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We help build amazing Employee Experiences

Humankind creates tailor-made solutions for your organisation and – more importantly – the people who bring it to life. We’re passionate about the future of work, and want to help build the best workplaces in the world.

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Better Workplaces

Employee Experience

Humankind partners with organisations and HR teams of all shapes and sizes to build amazing employee experiences and leading employer brands. We deliver personalised, innovative and engaging employee initiatives that connect people strategy to business strategy.

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Executing people strategy

Outsourced HR

Humankind understands small business and provides access to HR advice, resources and support – all the benefits with none of the hassle. We can help you with foundational support and policy development through to employment relations and day-to-day HR operations.

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Recent blog posts

Mental Health Awareness Week: Developing an employee-centred approach to wellbeing at Humankind

Mental Health Awareness week is 23-29 September this year. With so much of our lives affected by what happens at work, we’re excited to share our thoughts about supporting wellbeing in the workplace. In this post we describe how we recently refreshed our own Wellbeing Philosophy using Employee Centred Design.

Is your work culture determined by the personalities of your people?

For decades, employers have screened prospective employees with personality tests, aptitude tests and logic skills, trying to find that perfect fit for their team. And we’ve been debating the effectiveness of all these tests for just as long.

Employee experience is as much about people as it is the design we wrap around them.

Having a human voice within your organisation is critical for strong culture but also for attracting top talent. This means being clear about your values and communicating them with intention so that your team can behave in ways that contribute to your success, without you having to remind them.

Understanding Employee Experience: Part 3

This is the third article in a series looking at Employee Experience and Employee Centered Design.

Understanding Employee Experience: Part 2

In my first article in this series, I introduced a new model of Employee Experience with the acronym PREP, that lays the foundation for organisations to deliver more employee focused outcomes. I encourage you to read the series from the beginning!

Understanding Employee Experience: Part 1

This is the first article in a series of 3 to be published over coming weeks, sharing my thoughts on how we can make the concept of ‘Employee Experience’ something that has meaning and value. If you’ve been thinking that it seems like it’s just a new wrapper on the same old ‘employee engagement chocolate bar,’ these are the articles for you!

Preventing and responding to bullying and harassment in the workplace

There is increasing awareness amongst employers of the importance of employee experience (EX); seeing their organisation through the eyes of the employee. In this guide, we explore how inappropriate behaviours such as bullying and harassment affect employee experience.

EX Awards Blog Series – Winner Interview 3 – Blair Loveday, Chief Culture Officer

“Humankind were independent and their process was really rigorous and robust, which really resonated with us. The feedback from the EX Awards programme was also great in identifying areas we could work on. I would recommend it to everyone.”

EX Awards Blog Series – Winner Interview 2 – Kirsti Grant, People & Culture Advisor & Phil Thomson, Co-Founder & CEO

“Everyone in the team is mission-driven. Our users are part of the journey we go on, so when we win awards like this, they feel like they’ve played their part both internally and externally.”

EX Awards Blog Series – Winner Interview 1 – Steve Martin, Lightspeed Graphics

“The benefit of entering the awards is that it’s like a disciplined review – it enables you to pause and reflect on the programme with your team on how it’s all working.”

Upcoming Employment Law Changes

At Humankind, we want to help you to create the best employee experiences, and in doing so you cannot underestimate the importance of getting the basics right...

Employee Experience Insights

Throughout the 2018 Employee Experience Awards programme, EX18, we heard many stories...