Are You Doing The Right Thing?
Corporate Philosopher Roger Steare's highly acclaimed ethicability - how to decide what's right and find the courage to do it is now out in its fully revised and extended 4th edition.
"Roger makes the compelling case for why doing the right is not a function of a good business, it is good business." Joe Garner, Deputy CEO and Head of UK Retail, HSBC Bank plc
Find out about BIG's involvement in the project.
Top Results for Tickton
We completed the Beverley Tickton Grange Hotel's website in early August this year and the site has soared to the top of Google, attracting nearly 2,500 visitors a month and rising.
York Business Week 2011
50+ events, 30+ venues, targeting 7000 attendees to inspire, advise and celebrate entrepreneurship in York... So what's BIG up to?
Building an international brand...
We're proud to be working with corporate philosopher and author Professor Roger Steare. Placing him firmly as one of only a handful of influential international business 'thinkers', we're undertaking a major overall of Roger's brand...
York Future Forum - schools, business and BIG
Through a better understanding of each other's needs, how BIG is helping school leavers and businesses find the right fit.
Find Us in the Higher Education Procurement Directory
We hope we're easy to find any time but you can also now find our details within the national Higher Education Procurement Directory for 2012.
Crunch Time for Cookies
Choc chip or code? What is a website cookie and how do new laws affect both website owners and visitors?
Roger's BIG Rebrand
Internationally renowned corporate philosopher professor, author, mentor and speaker Roger Steare chooses BIG to undertake a complete rebrand for off and online material, including social media analysis and strategy.
The Perfect Mix of Ingredients
Announcing the launch of Beverley Tickton Grange's new website.
Find your perfect mix of ingredients at this gorgeous country house hotel with it's award-winning restaurant.
Driven by Design
Introducing architectural designers Brooke Fieldhouse Associates' new BIG website to the world.
Institute of Directors - North Yorkshire Committee
Recently joining the Institute of Directors North Yorkshire Committee, BIG co-director and copywriter Jacky Fitt is getting busy with the IoD...
The Power and the Passion
We work best when we care about each other and care about what we do...
Sharing a platform with CEO of City of York Council, Kersten England, here's Roger giving his keynote speech at York St John Business School's Annual Lecture
The Power of Love in Business
Professor Roger Steare, Big Ideas Collective Associate, is to share the platform at this year's York St John Business School Annual Lecture with CEO of City of York Council Kersten England.
He's back... and this time it's personal as Roger discusses the power of love in business.
Welcome Mark Perry - New BIG Associate
Spring brings more delights in the shape of a new BIG Associate, business development consultant Mark Perry.
From little acorns...
BIG joins forces with York St John Business School on their Acorn Plus Programme 2011 for entrepreneurs.
Oh baby look at you now! Welcome Wilson Machin...One hour, One Earth, One Message
At 8.30 pm on Saturday 26th March 2011 millions of people all over the world will switch off. The biggest voluntary climate change initiative of all time will be signalling a unified desire to celebrate and contemplate the one thing we all have in common - our planet.
It doesn't take courage, it just takes a little time, will you join us this year?
Ethics High on our Agenda
We're delighted that, in partnership with York St John Business School, BIG Associate Professor Roger Steare is back in York with another fascinating seminar and you're invited...
BIG on Enterprise Day Expert Panel
Stepping up and starting out with ...
On 2nd February, 2011, York St John Business School are hosting an Enterprise Day to help inform and encourage business entrepreneurs. Along with a great line up of experts and session leaders, including BIG Associate Jules Wyman, Ned and Jacky will be taking about our experiences as a virtual collective and 'new kid on the block'.
Brooke Fieldhouse Associates Grant Award Success
BFA awarded grant to develop revolutionary space saver...
BIG client architectural services provider Brooke Fieldhouse Associates have been awarded a government grant to continue research and development into their brand new space saving product.
BIG Christmas donation
We are happy to announce that once again BIG will be making a charity donation this Christmas. We have funded this by sending a eCard for Christmas and the money that would have been spent on postage and dead trees will go to support the North Yorkshire based charity Friends of Mettupalayam.
BIG moment for Chris Clubley & Co.
2010 has been the 21st anniversary of East Yorkshire estate agents Chris Clubley & Co and we have been working with the senior management team to make sure the year went with a swing!
Celebrity Christmas special ...
What are our spherical start-up friends up to this time?
Uncle Monty
CGA Sensation
Sunflowers in October? It's got to be CGA...
Left to right: CGA Directors Stacey McVeighty, Claire Barnard and Michelle Thirsk
The Prof. on BBC Radio York
Blair Jacobs of BBC Radio York interviews Professor Roger Steare and ex HBOS whistle blower Paul Moore, Wednesday 6th October, between 10 and 11.15 am.
Fabulous Farsan
We are delighted to be now working with Farsan Foods, based in Leicester, UK.
Tickton Grange - a new era
We're delighted to announce BIG as the creative agency for the Whymant family, owners of the prestigious and beautiful Tickton Grange country house hotel.
An audience with Professor Roger Steare
An audience with Professor Roger Steare: Leadership, culture and ethics - business as if people really matter...
BIG Associate, Professor Roger Steare works with people in businesses all over the world who want to do the right thing.
Helping them build trust and sustainability in their organisations, Roger reminds them how to be human beings first and business people second, because doing the right thing is good for business.
BIG set to make a real difference with York CVS
Our on going work with York CVS is bearing fruit in more ways than one!
What does a Corporate Philosopher do?
BIG Associate and Professor of Organisational Ethics at Cass Business School, Corporate Philosopher Roger Steare talks about what he does and why.
"Anyone with Roger at their side can expect to discover new insights into leadership." Abbot Christopher Jamison OSB
Watch Roger's video.
A little bird told me...
York solicitors join forces to promote social media
Hosted by York based Sachedina Solicitors and Barbara Jacobs & Co, Ned Hoste of the Big Ideas Collective (BIG) is leading a seminar to introduce interested businesses to social media.
Bob and Derek go large...
Recognising what you need is one thing, but how to go about getting it?
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Find out what Bob and Derek decided to do.
Year of the Volunteer 2010 - BIG partners Our Celebration
We've been invited to partner York based mental health charity Our Celebration in developing a fresh and dynamic brand identity for the York Council initiative "Year of Volunteering".
BIG ideas, advice and inspiration
Welcome the BIG blog
Find out all about who does what and how, straight from the 'horses mouth'...
It's all about small changes to make a big difference
Joining with many other businesses, schools, charities and individuals we’ve signed up to 10:10 in the ground swell of effort to change our future for the better.
Aiming to reduce our CO2 by 10% in 2010, we are
are you?
Are we doing the right thing?
Professor Roger Steare
"Ethics help us to make tough decisions and then do the right thing. Perhaps the key to solving the challenges we face with climate change, poverty and violence is to see them as ethical challenges rather than just economic, political, religious or social challenges. Perhaps now is the time to replace the moral infancy of fear and greed with the grown-up moral virtues of courage, self discipline and love that define the best in humanity."
Honours for BIG in Green Dot Awards
This US based awards celebrate excellence in green products and services; the expert jury choosing from 1,000s of entries from over 25 countries to award the brightest and the best in innovative eco ideas and services recognises BIG's contribution with an 'honourable mention' in the 2008 Green Dot Awards.
You are far more creative than you think!
"Ted Hughes likened it to fishing, while JG Ballard thinks it has more to do with whisky." Read psychologist Guy Claxton's Observer article and discover why we're all far more creative than we think...
[The link will be open an article on the Observer website by Guy Claxton, published on Sunday September 22nd 2002]
Life's a pitch
Imagine a world where you head into work and put in a seven hour day, heck, let's make it a twelve hour day, trying to make some artwork or design so freaking kick-ass that it'll melt the brains of anyone checking it out. Now imagine not getting paid for it.
Welcome to the world of the unpaid pitch...
[By Jason Arber of Wyld Stallyons. This article first appeared in Computer Arts Magazine, http://www.computerarts.co.uk, September 2008. BIG thanks both Jason Arber and Computer Arts for their permission to reproduce this article.]
The true value of the virtual PA
In today’s pressurized business environment could a virtual PA be the answer to your prayers?
Today’s powerful Internet and communication tools offer us unparalleled access to new markets and opportunities, indeed often with the result of stretching our abilities to exploit and manage them, as we try to respond and deliver faster then ever before. But this online revolution has also heralded a new breed of business support service that is quickly establishing itself as a highly valuable and empowering resource - the virtual personal assistant.
