The Challenge Help a community credit union transform a prime downtown location in to a hub for business services and a center for employee excellence Project Background Downtown Tuscaloosa, Alabama was rapidly changing. With new [...]
The Challenge Deliver a new headquarters that promotes unsurpassed member experience, employee passion, and continued financial success Project Background Over 60 years, Oregon State Credit Union grew on a foundation of strong values: member focus, [...]
The Challenge Recruit the best talent in the region with a workplace that stands out as a great place to work. Project Background Pioneer Federal Credit Union’s mission is resonating with the people of [...]
The Challenge Transform an aging facility into a flagship branch for American Lake Credit Union, helping them attract a younger demographic while remaining comfortable for existing members, and design an operations space within the branch [...]
Establish TLC Credit Union, now a part of Fibre Federal Credit Union, as a market leader in the Oregon Coast area by creating a branch presence that truly resonates with the community. Project Background Fibre [...]
The Challenge Make an impact in a new market with a branch that enhances the wellbeing of HAPO Community Credit Union’s staff and members by designing and building with wellness in mind. Project Background [...]
Isolation continues to be a growing issue in the workforce as the pandemic rages on. Yet this is more of an employee experience issue than an inherent property of working from home, and both the [...]
The past couple years have been a case study in disruption, and one attribute that stood out among the most resilient organizations was flexibility. The shifts in consumer preferences and digital transformation didn’t begin [...]
There’s a heated debate that’s been going on for decades, the battle between open offices and private workspaces. And today that debate has a new dimension – working from home or at the office? [...]
How many credit union employees can sit down and focus on a task without distractions when they need to? Only 26%. You didn’t misread that, only 26% of credit union employees are satisfied with [...]
Buildings often don’t get the credit they deserve. They ground your organization and play a deep, cultural role – even when many employees aren’t there. They serve as a physical embodiment of your brand, [...]
Our Design Directory Jenny Bengeult joins Kelly Hellickson and Hilary Reed at EmpowerFion their podcast The Speakeasy for a series of three episodes on credit union trends relative to employees, brand, and workplaces. In the [...]
We all know that feeling you get in a drab building, be it a bank branch or a corporate office. A building that feels uninspiring and demotivating. And these buildings are all too common, with [...]
As we emerge from the pandemic, we have an opportunity to look at the disruption it caused to the credit union industry as a case study for the larger scale disruption cause by technological advancements [...]
We recently had a conversation with Whitney Loe to discuss the future of retail banking, digital transformation, and the role of people in banking. As Director of Business Development at Ignite Sales, Whitney has gained [...]
