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?
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
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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.


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