From apprenticeships and qualifications to professional development and employability skills. Supporting learners, partners, and centres with tools to deliver, assess, and grow.
Join a professional community committed to excellence in management and leadership. Access exclusive resources, and recognition pathways including Chartered Manager.
Connect, celebrate, and lead with CMI’s vibrant community. From events and awards to networks and campaigns, get involved and help shape the future of management.
Stay informed with expert insights, thought leadership, and the latest in management. From in-depth features to practical guidance, explore the ideas shaping today’s workplace.
Learn about CMI’s mission, values, and impact. From our Royal Charter to governance, careers, and sustainability commitments, discover who we are and what drives us.
31 January 2018 -
We have 330 staff based in the USA, UK and Holland and welcoming our full workforce into a one-week company event hosted near Rotterdam was always going to be a challenge for managers.
As a software platform that can create mobile apps, the obvious choice for how to engage our “Mendixites” was for the operation side of the business to collaborate with IT to create a Mendix app for employees to download.
The app contained an event schedule for the week at a glance. It was tailored for each individual employee and included details of department talks, locations for hotels, conference venues and travel arrangements.
We gave each employee a profile too. Colleague and key stakeholder information included pictures and biographies. The app enabled employees to comment on a bio depending on memorable conversations they had during that week.
Our data told us that out of around 300 attendees, 289 downloads were made.
We also created a game, which was designed with the goal to help people get to know colleagues they may not interact with on a day-to-day basis.
Each employee was given a unique QR code which when scanned selected three random questions. Questions included ““what is the first thing you do in the morning?” and “what is your hidden talent?” These were conversation starters to get employees to interact.
Each question answered was worth one point and those points were doubled if you interacted outside your department.
The feedback we have received has been outstanding, we couldn’t be more proud of the teams working within Mendix to help breed a culture determined to feel part of something amazing.
Previously companies would find creating engaging apps time-consuming and costly. Keeping up with innovation – from concept to creation – used to be impossible, but a platform such as ours enables those difficulties to no longer exist. As a ‘low code’ platform, it empowers business users to participate in app creation through continuous feedback, or direct participation in development with visual models.
Heidi Pitt Cramman is a talent acquisition partner at Mendix.
› The persistence of presenteeism and other nuanced nonsense
› A new age of vulnerability: why inclusive leadership matters more than ever
› Ask yourself: "How do I make my employees feel?"
› Finance and the Diversity Dividend
For more information or to request interviews, contact CMI's Press Team on 020 7421 2705 or email press.office@managers.org.uk
› The 5 Greatest Examples of Change Management in Business History
› Four companies that failed spectacularly, and the lessons of their premature demise
› 6 companies that get employee engagement – and what they do right
› 4 Signs That Racism May Be An Issue In Your Workplace
› How to build an Effective Team: focus on just 3 things