Thanksgiving is a time of food, family, friends and mostly – gratitude. We are thankful for another exciting year of working towards changing the world with our clients through strategic, honest, real and joyful business. Here at FIG we have a few family traditions for this holiday – from hiking (by the ocean, in the […]
FIGISM #13: Symbiosis
Enjoying well-deserved bonding time at our FIG fall retreat this past November. Scanning the news recently, I came across a Digiday article entitled, ‘It’s brutal: Junior agency employees feel the squeeze from low margins.’ The article exposes the common practice among agencies, which are experiencing industry-wide reductions in profit margins, to rely on junior employees to assume […]
FIGISM #12: Travel far, wide and often
Emily in the Italian seaside village of Riomaggiore in the Cinque Terre region. Em spent 2 weeks last September cavorting around Europe with loved ones. Moab. Portland. Italy. Seattle. Florida. Lake Powell. Ireland. Mexico. France. These are just a few of the diverse and individually incredible places the FIGs traveled to in 2016. We believe […]
Working remotely: Life from my dining room table
My best work buddy Althea, who likes to walk on my laptop and send emails when I’m not looking. I never considered working remotely until my husband’s career rudely uprooted my happy Boulder life. Sure, I’d done my share of working from home – as everyone with a laptop and cell phone knows, the concept […]