The Personality of a Company: Workplace Cultures We Admire

The Personality of a Company: Workplace Cultures We Admire

The average person spends about 90,000 hours at work over a lifetime. With so much time spent at work, your workplace can have a huge impact on your quality of life and overall happiness. According to The Conference Board’s Job Satisfaction 2019 report, 46.3% of US workers are not satisfied with their work.

While several different components play into high job satisfaction, one of the main drivers is company culture. 

credTen: Top 10 Conferences in Culture & HR 2019

credTen: Top 10 Conferences in Culture & HR 2019

As 2019 draws to a close, we’re busy with goal-setting, planning, and putting strategies in place that will position us for a successful 2020. What’s one of our favorite areas of focus? People. And we know we’re not alone in using this time to research the latest HR tech, reviewing our onboarding process, hosting book clubs on company culture, and read up on hour to boost employee wellbeing. 

In this edition of our credTen series, we’re highlighting 10 events focused on the future of work, employee benefits, organizational change, talent development, and company culture. 

A Helping Hand: Serving Our City Through credService

A Helping Hand: Serving Our City Through credService

November is more than the second to last month of the year—it’s also National Gratitude month. At cred, we have a lot to be grateful for, especially as we reflect back on 2019. This year, we planned and attended lots of events, moved into our new office, and—for the first time—had multiple summer interns

As a PR agency based in the heart of San Francisco, we’re grateful for the city we call home and enjoy partnering with local organizations through credService. credService is our community service initiative, where we participate in quarterly volunteer activities around San Francisco to contribute to our community.

Innovations in E-Commerce and Digital Media @ Rakuten’s Optimism Conference

Innovations in E-Commerce and Digital Media @ Rakuten’s Optimism Conference

October is conference season here in San Francisco and one of our favorite can’t-miss events is Rakuten Optimism. Held at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on October 23, Rakuten gathered 3,000 attendees to hear talks from the likes of Rent the Runway Co-Founder and Jetblack CEO Jennifer Fleiss, Google Chief Evangelist of Brand Marketing Gopi Kallayil, and many others to discuss the newest trends in digital innovation. 

Silicon Valley Meets Hollywood at Confluence Summit 2019

Silicon Valley Meets Hollywood at Confluence Summit 2019

Since the early days of Hollywood, technology has played a pivotal role in innovating the entertainment business. Today’s streaming wars and personalized viewing platforms only scratch the surface of the opportunities and challenges that entertainment pros face.

Last week, Winston Baker hosted its annual Confluence Summit—a conference drawing 200 tech founders, investors, and entertainment executives together to explore topics around the intersection of the entertainment business, creative content, and technology. 

Kindness, Collaboration and Hard Work: Takeaways from NPR’s How I Built This Summit

Kindness, Collaboration and Hard Work: Takeaways from NPR’s How I Built This Summit

Last week, 800 attendees gathered at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco for two days of inspiration, community building and talks from some of the world’s best known companies—from Spanx, JetBlue, Birchbox, Away, FitBit, Edible Arrangements, Stacy's Pita Chips, Drybar, Allbirds to Instagram—and the movements they built.