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At Humankind we like to share what we are working on or ideas we think will help you and your organisation to thrive. We're passionate about what we do and don't think we should keep it to ourselves.

Talent Spotlight: Megan Kirk, Associate Director
19
November
2025

Talent Spotlight: Megan Kirk, Associate Director

To shine a light on her journey at Humankind, we asked Associate Director Megan Kirk a few questions about growth, impact, and culture. Here’s her take.

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Ideally: Building a culture of high performance
29
October
2025

Ideally: Building a culture of high performance

Ideally engaged Humankind at a critical point, just after closing their Seed II funding round and on the cusp of doubling their headcount and expanding internationally. As rapid growth exposed gaps in early people practices, the leadership team recognised the need to build strong foundations to attract, retain, and stretch high-performing talent, and to scale their culture.

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Health & Safety when working from home
13
March
2020

Health & Safety when working from home

For many of us, COVID-19 has turned of homes into our place of work. Many employers are scratching their heads about what this means from a health and safety perspective. Are they now responsible for every employee's 'workplace' even when they have no control over the employee's home?

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Mental Health Awareness Week: Developing an employee-centred approach to wellbeing at Humankind
13
September
2019

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

With so much of our lives affected bye what happens at work, we're excited to share our thoughts about supporting wellbeing in the workplace. In this post w describe how we recently refreshed our own Wellbeing Philosophy using Employee Centred Design.

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Is your work culture determined by the personalities of your people?
09
August
2019

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

In 2018, Google Labs wanted to find the secret recipe for a perfect team to settle the debate once and for all! They called this: "Project Aristotle".

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Employee experience is as much about people as it is the design we wrap around them.
09
August
2019

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

Erica Keswin went from discouraged consultant to workplace stragegist. Like many of us, she found herself working on projects that weren't going anywhere.

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Understanding Employee Experience: Part 3
22
July
2019

Understanding Employee Experience: Part 3

In New Zealand, we tend to take a pretty DIY approach to many things. Our organisations are small on the global scale, so we tend to wear multiple hats and do what we can to keep costs down.

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Understanding Employee Experience: Part 2
10
July
2019

Understanding Employee Experience: Part 2

In my first article in this series, I intruduced a new model of Employee Experince with the acronym PREP, that layt the foundation for organisations to deliver more employee focused outcomes.

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