Good Habits of Successful Design Agencies

As industry rushes to embrace automation, the needs of the human workforce risk being sidelined. By sharing some good habits of successful design agencies I've worked for, I'd like to bring the attention back to the people and maybe even help improve staff retention rates in the process.

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1. GOOD HABITS OF SUCCESSFUL DESIGN AGENCIES by Mark Barraclough
2. 5 MACS 21 YEARS 45 AGENCIES GOOD HABITS OF SUCCESSFUL DESIGN AGENCIES 00. ABOUT ME
3. GOOD HABITS OF SUCCESSFUL DESIGN AGENCIES TUC SURVEY, 2019 01. FLEXIBILITY of the UK workforce do NOT have access to flexible working. 58%
4. FLEXITIME
5. TAG TEAM Share the load
6. REMOTE WORKING Photo by Avi Richards on Unsplash If the works gets done, does it matter where?
7. GOOD HABITS OF SUCCESSFUL DESIGN AGENCIES 02. CREATIVITY PABLO PICASSO “Computers are useless. They can only give you answers.”
8. CREATIVE BUILD YOUR OWN SPACES
9. INCREASE THE INPUTS READ WATCH LISTEN
10. Photo by Shreyas Malavalli on Unsplash
11. GOOD HABITS OF SUCCESSFUL DESIGN AGENCIES HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE (HSE). 2017/18 03. HEALTH 57% of all sick days are lost to work-related stress, anxiety and depression.
12. with height-adjustable desks STAND & DELIVER
13. LESS LESS MORE Photo by Kobby Mendez on Unsplash Photo by Kotagauni Srinivas on Unsplash
14. ENCOURAGE EXERCISE SECURITY SHOWERS STORAGE
15. GOOD HABITS OF SUCCESSFUL DESIGN AGENCIES THE EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE INSIGHT UK The UK wastes 1.8 BILLION hours a year due to not having the right technological support. 04. TECHNOLOGY
17. DECENT IT SUPPORT “OH, YOU’RE ON A MAC”
18. Photo by Taylor Vick on Unsplash SERVERS THAT SERVE
19. GOOD HABITS OF SUCCESSFUL DESIGN AGENCIES MILKROUND: PUTTING IN THE HOURS: WHY WORKPLACE FRIENDSHIPS ARE WORTH THE EFFORT 66% of 18-24 year olds said they found it difficult to start friendships at work. 05. CELEBRATE
20. Photo by Alvaro Reyes on Unsplash ESCAPE THE OFFICE
21. Photo by Natalie Pedigo on Unsplash
22. WIN AWARDS if you don’t enter them You won’t
23. CONCLUSION
24. GOOD HABITS OF SUCCESSFUL DESIGN AGENCIES THANK YOU Mark Barraclough Freelance Designer barrasmith.co.uk