Opencast | B Corp™

International Non-Binary People’s Day takes place annually on 14 July and celebrates the wide range of people worldwide who identify as non-binary 💫 In this short film Tim Knight, Opencast | B Corp™ Lead Software Developer, joins Emma Clark, Director of Brand and Marketing, for a conversation about their identity and being non-binary. Tim discusses working in the tech sector, communication and inclusive language, plus their love of sports. Watch the full Opencast Voices conversation 🎬 https://bit.ly/3sjDvNb

Want to develop your career as part of a fast-growing, purpose-driven technology consultancy? 🌍 Opencast | B Corp™ are hiring for a range of exciting roles, including: ⚡️ Digital Performance Analyst ⚡️ Software Development Consultant, Financial Services - Lead, Senior and Consultant roles ⚡️ Solutions Architect Consultant – Senior and Lead roles ⚡️ Technical Architect – Senior Consultant Find out more and apply 👉 https://bit.ly/4ch4RFU

Renewable energy startup Swarm, supported by an embedded Opencast team, has launched a UK first – a home energy management system that works across renewable devices from different providers. Opencast people working on Swarm’s Hub:One share their personal perspectives, and their hopes for its impact overall, with contributions from: 1️⃣ Andrew (Frankie) Howard, Director of Private Sector Growth 2️⃣ Clare W., Senior User Researcher 3️⃣ Barbara Mertlova, Senior Service Designer 4️⃣ Rosalind Grindrod, Head of Security Services 5️⃣ Ashton Carter - Ridgway, Talent Manager 6️⃣ Andrew Murray, Solution Architect 7️⃣ Oli S., Lead Software Developer 8️⃣ Chris McKie, Senior Product Owner Read the blog now 👉 https://bit.ly/4f1kvqS

Our people headed to NWG (Northumbrian Water Group)’s Innovation Festival 2024 this week – joining businesses and individuals from across the science and technology sectors to explore the theme ‘Speed and Scale’ 🚀 The #InnovationFestival brought together innovators to tackle business challenges and issues facing the water industry, as well as global issues like climate change and water poverty. Opencast’s Business Analyst Keith Lisle, Senior Enterprise Architect Paul Crisp and Senior Product Manager James Waters took part in HydroDigital, LLC’s Daily Dash ‘Citizen Water Bank’. The session explored smart sewer systems and considered NWG (Northumbrian Water Group)’s stakeholders, their needs and how to engage with them to ensure they were informed about NWG (Northumbrian Water Group)'s ambitions. Opencast’s Interaction Designer Al Robinson participated in a sprint focused on improving customer experience, facilitated by Cognizant. Collaboratively the team explored how to tackle a database lacking customer contact details, across four festival days. Together they found a solution that would bring benefits to NWG (Northumbrian Water Group), including improving customer satisfaction and lowering costs. Thank you to NWG (Northumbrian Water Group) for inviting us to be part of this incredible event 👏

Congratulations to Opencast’s Chief People Officer Cate Kalson who features at number 27 in HR magazine’s Most Influential Practitioners list 2024 👏 HR magazine shared that: "Cate is advocate for building deliberately developmental organisations that put skill development at the heart of their purpose...Kalson believes that one of the biggest social impact levers any organisation has is to build their employees’ skills". The annual list celebrates the most influential players in the field of people strategy, whose ideas and actions are shaping practices in HR, both in the UK and globally. Well done to the inspiring practitioners in this year’s list 👉 https://lnkd.in/eXqSJ7UR

Use your vibe to find your tribe… a wise quote from today by James Devine FCIPD at the launch of HR magazine’s Most Influential awards. Coming up to 3 years as a People practitioner it made me feel very proud to be welcomed into this tribe of people-focused change makers. Very much feeling that my vibe has led me to this tribe!  Thanks to Rob Baker, FCIPD, MAPP for all your encouragement and inspiration.  Thanks to Tom Lawson for trusting me to give this chief people officer thing a shot, Julia Smith, FCIPD, MBPsS and Adam Sprackling for coaching me along the way, Kaijia Gu for telling me to go for it and the awesome Opencast People & Purpose team that it’s an absolute pleasure to work with 

I shaved off 3 minutes 2 seconds (so obvs did a little editing 😅) from my original video cos I chattered on about all of the things! Still, if you cba to watch my 3-year work anniversary video below, here's the highlights: - It's been 3 whole years and I'm still at Opencast - Our User-Centred Design (UCD) team is now close to 100 people. Keep an eye out in the coming months for more UCD roles popping up! - We're on the lookout for another People Experience Partner to join us. More deets, including salary, can be found at the following link: https://lnkd.in/ejv3gVVq - I love working here. Even during challenging times, I feel supported by my workmates across the board. Thank you to those who've supported me and made me laugh since day dot - Opencast conferences are well good craic! - Our Social Impact initiatives get me well excited! To find out more about the pro bono and low bono services we offer, read more on our website and share with your networks: https://lnkd.in/eE4Vgyud or contact our Social Impact team at si@opencastsoftware.com - Take-home message: excitable lesbian finally feels at home, settled, and supported in the workplace. It's taken many years for me to get here and I'm going nowhere! #WorkMilestone #SocialImpact #ProBono

📣 We’re looking for a People Experience Partner to join Opencast’s brilliant people experience team to cover maternity leave over a 12 month period. Find out more and apply 👉 https://bit.ly/4cwcCbi

Louder than Words Festival will bring together 2,000 people using business as a force for good — B Corps, activists, allies, local communities and ‘B’ curious businesses — across Oxford city centre for two days. Opencast’s social impact champions Stef Monaco, Alice Durand and Juan Sebastián Sánchez will be joining Louder than Words to present their session ‘How about embodying purpose: confronting our narratives, changing our behaviours’. Discover more 👉 https://bit.ly/3zxhD4Q B Lab UK's Louder than Words Festival takes place 10-11 September 2024, find out more about the festival and book tickets 👉 https://bit.ly/4bC2hJw

Last week our people came together from across the UK for Opencast’s summer company conference and 'Castonbury' festival celebrations ✨ Opencast’s resident choir welcomed our people to Opencast's biggest event to date, which explored the theme ‘Connect, Learn, Inspire’. Chief Executive Tom Lawson took to the stage to share our latest wins and the exciting journey that lies ahead for Opencast. He shared the brilliant news of our B Corp Certification, and what this means for everyone as we hold ourselves to high environmental and social standards. The afternoon also included interactive breakout sessions and lightning talks expertly delivered by our people. An evening of festival celebrations followed with a brilliant line-up of live music, which included the Mi Marathi Dhol Tasha Group, the Castanets, the Monster Ceilidh Band and Koroleko. Our people also enjoyed great food, a photo booth, a silent disco, glitter station and games!   A huge thank you to our people who joined the event and all those involved in making it happen, including Holly Hudson and Sheena Widdowfield. Thanks also to our event partner BeaconHouse Events. Finally, a big thank you to all of our amazing performers who took to the stage! 📷 Photos: TyneSight Photographic