Insights

We share our insights, learnings, knowledge, musings and ramblings on what’s recently hit our radar in the Events and Experiential world.

28 June 2026

Do you need a recruiter or recruitment consultant?

A few weeks ago, I presented on the difference between a recruiter and a recruitment consultant. It’s a topic that comes up regularly and, if I’m honest, one that I’ve…

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21 June 2026

The events industry may never embrace a four-day week. The six-hour day could be the compromise.

One of the conversations I’ve found myself having more and more over the last year isn’t actually about recruitment. It’s about flexibility. When people come to me to discuss hiring,…

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10 June 2026

The hidden cost of waiting to hire…

Over the last few months, I’ve lost count of the number of conversations I’ve had with agency owners, MDs and senior leaders who all say roughly the same thing. “We…

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2 June 2026

Here’s what senior leaders in the Events and Experiential industry are telling me about recruitment right now…

Over the last few weeks, I’ve probably spoken to around 40 senior leaders across the events industry. Some have been agency owners, some managing directors, some commercial leaders and some…

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14 May 2026

How to make sure you’re hiring a sales professional… not a door knocker.

There’s a version of hiring I see all the time, especially when a business decides it’s time to grow. Revenue needs to increase, pipeline needs to improve, and fairly quickly…

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5 May 2026

The quiet event professionals nobody talks about… until they leave

Last week I was asked to speak about something that doesn’t get talked about enough in our industry. Not AI, not growth, not disruption. Just people. But not the obvious…

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2 April 2026

Recruitment Trends for Q1 2026 and What I’m Seeing Next

I spend my time speaking to owners, HR leaders and C-suite decision makers across events, experiential and MICE, so what follows isn’t theory. It’s what’s actually happening on the ground.…

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