We’ve grown our flock from 4 to 9 in under a year. Here’s what our team has taught us about keeping culture alive while scaling fast, in their own words.
We’ve been pondering a lot lately, check out our musings below….
Enough With the Fluff: HR Leaders on What Really Drives Employee Engagement
We asked HR leaders from Ikea, Innocent Drinks, Zinc & Process Street what actually drives employee engagement. Five things every people manager needs to hear, for 5 years of Strive.
How to Scale Company Culture Without Losing It: Lessons from FT1000 Founders
Scaling fast? Learn how to maintain company culture during growth with insights from FT1000 founders and practical tips that actually work.
Corporate Retreat Planning Guide (2026 Trends & Ideas)
Discover the top corporate retreat trends for 2026, from wellness integration to experiential learning. Get expert planning tips and ideas for your UK corporate summer event.
The Ultimate Do’s & Don’ts for Your Next SKO
Three industry experts share their golden rules for creating an unforgettable Sales Kick Off. From the prep that makes the magic happen, to the stories that make it stick.
You’ve Got £100K to Engage Your Employees. How Do You Spend It?
We asked people leaders at Wuffes, parcelLab, and Astrid & Miyu: If you were given £100K towards engaging your employees, how would you spend it?
Why Only 10% of UK Employees Feel Engaged
We delve into the Uk’s engagement crisis to see what’s really going wrong, and how a connecting your team is the cure.
How Top Companies Are Prioritising Employee Wellbeing
We reached out to people-first companies to ask what strategies they’re implementing to promote employee wellbeing. Here’s what they said…
Is the UK facing a burnout crisis? And what can we do about it…
Co-founder Phoebe Cherry shares her personal experience with burnout and offers practical advice for recognising, preventing, and addressing it. Both personally and at work.
Prioritising Mental Wellbeing at Strive
We sat down with our co-founder, Lily Jones, to chat all things employee wellbeing. From burnout to what really works.
Industry Expert’s 4 Non-Negotiables for Engaging Your People
To celebrate 4 years of Strive, industry leaders share their top 4 non-negotiables for engaging people and building workplaces that truly inspire.
Our New Growth Manager: Meet Beth Spacey
Here at Strive, we are thrilled to announce that Beth Spacey has joined the team as our new Growth Manager! Beth is bringing an incredible repertoire of experience from her previous role at another leading event agency, where she worked on global, large-scale events that connected people from all over the world. Strive has an ambitious year ahead, and we can’t think of a better person to help drive our next chapter of growth.
Strive’s Core Values: What Drives Us to Deliver Exceptional Events
At Strive, we’re pretty obsessed with culture and company values. We take the time to dig deep into our clients values to understand their culture before we being the event planning process.
Doing the Impossible: How to Convince Your SLT to Work with an External Events Agency
You’re an in-house comms or HR professional and you’ve been tasked with putting together the next company event for your people. You’re excited right? But you’re also not sure when you’re going to find the time.
Keeping Teams Motivated and Engaged Over the Summer Months
Despite the occasional pitter-patter of rain hitting my window as I write this, it is indeed British summer time! 🌞 Summer is an incredible time for everyone to enjoy warmer weather, take a well-earned holiday, and spend more time socialising with friends and family after work.
10 Reasons Why Employee Engagement Events Will Improve Employee Wellbeing
At Strive, we firmly believe that employee engagement events can significantly enhance the wellbeing and morale of teams. And you’re probably thinking ‘of course they’re going to say that, they plan employee engagement events’, but… it’s true!
Why Your Company Needs a Team Kick-Off
The beginning of a new financial year or calendar year is a fantastic opportunity to celebrate success, and regroup and set the stage for team success for the year ahead. There is no better way to do that than an in-person spectacular team kick-off event.
5 reasons to hire Strive
Planning and executing a successful employee conference requires careful attention to detail, strategic thinking, and extensive coordination. Clients that work with us often say ‘where have you been?’ or ‘we wish we found you guys from the beginning’.
How our Step Challenge made us all more productive
We’ve recently completed the first Strive community step challenge aptly named ‘Stride into Summer with Strive’, where 58 participants spanning Strive clients, suppliers, friends and family came together for 2 weeks to drive up our step counts…
Do’s and Dont’s of Company Culture
In the past, company culture was likely handled very differently from what we see today. It’s possible that the HR department were asked to ‘improve the company culture’ by the CEO, and off they went on a mission to remind their staff of the organisation’s core values and goals. Free snacks in the staff room, team birthday celebrations and employee engagement surveys might have been implemented for a short while, but soon enough, these ‘perks’ would dwindle and other priorities would take over. Thus, the company culture mission slipped back to the bottom of the ever growing to-do list.
