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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.

How Modica Scaled Globally Without Losing Their People-First Culture
11
August
2025

How Modica Scaled Globally Without Losing Their People-First Culture

This has never just been a client relationship, It’s a true partnership built on shared ambition, mutual investment and deep sense of trust between our teams. Over the years, we’ve walked together through big wins and hard calls. There have been urgent moments, celebratory moments, and countless hard-hitting conversations over lunch at Prego. We don’t just work with Modica - we proudly call ourselves Modicans.

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Inspire Day 2025
11
August
2025

Inspire Day 2025

We asked one of our newest team members, Sophie McLernon, to reflect on her first Inspire Day with us. A reminder of why we do what we do, who we do it for, and what makes Inspire Day truly special. "Day one at Humankind set a high bar. I arrived in Wellington for Inspire Day, our full-team offsite designed to live our Inspire value: to redefine, innovate, and stay ahead. For Humankind it’s not just about talking about the future, it’s about creating it...

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COVID-19 Considerations for employers
30
March
March 30, 2020

COVID-19 Considerations for employers

Each employee will experince the impacts of COVID-19 in a difffrent way. We encourage all leaders to have empathy with each employee, while still making the necessary decisions.

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Health & Safety when working from home
13
March
March 13, 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
September 13, 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
August 9, 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
August 9, 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
July 22, 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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