A secret husband, being the only woman, building an uncool agency

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# Employment and Career

A secret husband, being the only woman, building an uncool agency

Sally runs Something Big, a B Corp, employee-owned agency based in Surrey that punches above its weight. Having won briefs against agency heavyweights like Ogilvy, Something Big specialises in employee communications with a particular focus on DEI initiatives. Clients include DHL, Telefonica, and IAG.

In this conversation we discuss:

How she’s always been the ‘odd one out’ from her school days

Her experience of being the only female in a team of 24 men

Why she had to keep her relationship with her husband secret for over a decade

How she’s embraced being uncool in an agency world of cool people

The significance of turning 50 for her

Her work at Something Big and their specialism in employee comms, workplaces, and DEI

Her personal connection to DEI through her experience as a woman in a male-dominated workplace

How the Barbie movie signifies a huge amount of progress in gender equality, but also highlights how there’s more to do

How to run DEI programmes in a huge company that spans 220 countries

How to build a client relationship 25 years long

What it takes to be the world’s best workplace

The problem with agencies who are ‘in it for themselves’ rather than for the client

Winning a brief against Ogilvy

The piece of work she’s most proud of

The nuts and bolts of employee ownership

Building psychological safety in her business by example

Dismantling a blame culture

The potential commercial windfall from looking after people properly

How community building could improve our society through citizen engagement

Connect with Sally on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/somethingbig/

Visit: https://somethingbig.co.uk/

Connect with Rob on linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-warren/

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A secret husband, being the only woman, building an uncool agency

A secret husband, being the only woman, building an uncool agency

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