Despite an accelerating adoption of digital banking in response to the pandemic, credit unions and community banks are still going full steam ahead with physical branching strategies. We recently sat down with Whitney Loe to [...]
The year-long experiment in remote working is wrapping up as COVID-19 vaccines roll out, and the debate around where people work is heating up. On one extreme you have GitLab, a company that has been [...]
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, [...]
The transition to remote work has certainly been a mixed bag for credit union employees. Not commuting has been great, yet, for many, working out of a cramped apartment or balancing working with kids at [...]
The way people work is changing. Employees are finding themselves working from more locations around the office as the financial industry transitions from task-based roles to more complex and collaborative project-based work. Yet workplaces are [...]
In 2019, working from home was the second most sought-after perk behind paid time off, with 30% of prospective employees wanting this option. And it was a smart move for companies that implemented it well. [...]
Want to learn the secret behind consistently delivering successful projects? We’ve put together a series of articles to give you insight into our process – and this process not only applies to the design-build process [...]
A new branch presents an opportunity to grow your credit union or community bank, but this doesn't happen by default. It's critical to build a business and marketing case that includes a strategy to promote [...]
A great business and marketing strategy for your credit union’s branches requires a solid foundation of data that grounds it in the local market. Without this foundation, branching strategies have a tendency to drift [...]
Is your branching strategy driving growth or presenting a barrier to success? Building an effective business and marketing case to support each of your branches is critical to meeting your credit union or community bank’[...]
This past year was a difficult one, yet despite the lows we were inspired by the way that Americans rose to the challenge and supported each other. We’re grateful to our clients who worked [...]
In this industry, hardly an hour goes by without the mention of “digital transformation.” Yet this phrase is not clearly defined. What is it, how can credit unions achieve it, and how much of an [...]
Is digital transformation an all or nothing proposition for credit unions? If you ask Whitney Loe, a digital banking expert at Ignite Sales, the answer will be a resounding “no!” We recently sat down with [...]
We recently hosted an insightful conversation between our own Mark Alguard and Erik Anderson, Director of Workplace Intelligence at Microsoft author of the HBR article “Microsoft Analyzed Data On Its Newly Remote Workforce” (https://hbr.[...]
With more members moving to digital banking and a convergence around standard digital experiences, your brand and your branch experiences are becoming much more important differentiators. They represent an opportunity to create deeper connections with [...]
