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Joining any new team can be daunting. And probably never more true than joining a team renowned for its outstanding company culture.

The events of 2020 gave most of us cause to rethink the ways we work.

Brightec has evolved, changed, adapted, shrunk, adjusted, grown and prospered as a business, and a team, since its founding days in a garden shed.

As an employer, we recognise our responsibility to support our staff. Our ethos is for work to be enjoyable but that life, health and happiness are more important.

Ellie shares her experience of joining a team that is predominantly remote (for the moment at least)

This series celebrates the achievements, acknowledgements and awards we have won

We’ve developed a Slackbot to help you track your team members happiness, and improve your team’s wellbeing.

Over the years, I have learnt a lot about how best to run teams. Although the job is never ‘done’, the last 12 months’ events have prompted an opportunity to write a blog series exploring the most poignant lessons that have stuck with us at Brightec.

Knowing where inspiration comes from means that our 'creating' doesn't become a factory line of churning out the same old thing.

A sound understanding of what it is to do creative work and get the job done is vital for team health and long-term client relationships.

We could be utterly passionate or utterly considerate, but the middle ground is where we want to be.

Openness, honesty and frankness lead us to the most creative and best work.

What if I was bold enough to say that developing empathy is the most crucial skill that any creative team can continue to grow. Would you agree?

2020 is a year no-one will forget for a multitude of reasons. Here's the year at Brightec in review

Meetings can easily be seen as a necessary evil, something as an individual you have to endure whilst as an organisation you have to initiate.

When lockdown started, I used to think that the main risk to the productivity of my working day would be interruptions from my kids...

Steve explores the role virtual reality could play in future software development

At Brightec we are colleagues but we are also friends. We value our connection as a team and whilst another lockdown means we can’t meet socially, or share lunch times in the same way, it hasn’t beaten our spirit. Feeling connected is key.

A team that eats together, stays together…. And we’re doing the best we can.

Like many organisations, Brightec were introduced to a new word earlier this year - ‘furlough’.

You know how it is. People ask how you are, and as humans, we tend to give a generic answer. We can tell you we’re doing well. But what’s really going on behind what you see and hear from Brightec at the moment?

This glossary explains some common app development terms you'll come across when working with us

WFH. Social distancing. Furlough. These are some of the terms that have become the new normal in this strange time.

Is it just me or do the words ‘refactor’ and ‘rearchitect’ fill you with dread?

Like many, I have been thrust into the completely new situation of leading our team remotely.

Our Stand-Ups weren’t serving us as best they could, but its nothing a freshly brewed coffee couldn’t solve.

Remote working games and working from home activities for you and your team.

Jonny is our latest junior developer, here’s his experience of working at Brightec so far…

Why we strongly think your agency should monitor billable time

We look back at all of the exciting things 2019 has brought us.

We're really excited that MDHub awarded Brightec an award for happiness.

A few simple things to help engage your team in their work.

Answering the question of how we "actually" do culture is critical to our growth.

Our big vision for this year was ‘Rhys plus one’. We did a little more...

We’ve recently been recognised for six separate industry awards.

How do you effectively deal with the completion of a project?

We ventured deep into the countryside to find ourselves…

We're delighted to partner with AquAid as they strive to make a difference to people's lives.