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Employee app

How essential is an employee app in 2025?

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Future of work

AI in the Hospitality Industry: Reclaiming Time (Free eBook)

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Employee app

Why Flip is the best alternative for Microsoft 365 F1 and F3

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Employee retention

Staff Shortage in Hospitality: Ways to Fix Retention (Free eBook)

Employee experience

The 10 Best Employee Experience Platforms in 2025

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Employee engagement

How to Build an AI-Ready Knowledge Base

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Intranet

Discover the 10 best intranet software solutions for 2025. Compare features, pricing, and benefits to find the right fit for your organisation.

Intranet

SharePoint Alternatives: The 11 safest software solutions for companies

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Future of work

Meet the Flip Award Winners 2025

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Employee experience

Employee experience is about more than free coffee, and neglecting it could be costing your business precious time and money

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Employee engagement

When it comes to employee surveys, the data you gather is only as good as the questions you ask. To really understand employee engagement levels, you need to ask about more than just satisfaction – you need to really dig into the employee experience.

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Employee engagement

Discover proven retail employee engagement strategies used by leading brands and learn how effective solutions boost motivation, reduce turnover, and drive retail success.

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Workflow engine

Discover essential workforce management tools to enhance team performance and streamline operations. Read the article to optimise your team's effectiveness.

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Employee app

Improving employee communication: Tools, apps & strategy

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Digitalisation
Intranet

Explore essential features and top providers of intranet solutions to enhance your organisation's communication and collaboration.

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Future of work

2025 is the ‘year of the AI agent’. Here we explore what intelligent agents are, the benefits they offer, and how businesses should best deploy them.

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Employee engagement

Your ultimate guide to employee engagement: What it is, why businesses are investing in it, and why choosing the right employee engagement software matters.

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Employee retention

Proprietary Flip research findings show that one in five frontline workers are quiet quitting. Here, Flip's VP Executive Advisory Abby Guthkelch looks at the factors driving a disconnected frontline – and what businesses can do about it.

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Employee engagement

Get actionable insights for building your frontline employee engagement strategy with facts and figures from Flip’s proprietary research.

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Employee engagement

Businesses often leave frontline workers with substandard comms channels that harm engagement and create security risks from shadow technology. Minimising those risks requires choosing secure internal communication tools that are fit for the frontline workforce. Here's how.

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Employee experience

Dive into essential insights from our latest research on what really makes frontline employees thrive – and find out how an often-overlooked approach can help you boost engagement and satisfaction next year.

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Employee experience & engagement
Digitalisation

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Future of work

In a recent report with BCG, we explore how digital disconnection amongst the deskless workforce is driving frontline attrition – and what you can do about it.

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Employee app

Meta is discontinuing its communication platform, Workplace, to focus on AI and the metaverse. Learn what this means for you and why Flip is the best alternative for keeping your team connected.

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Employee experience

Over 75% of employees worldwide report they don’t feel engaged with their work or employer. Learn why getting the digital employee experience right is the engagement solution you’re looking for.

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Employee engagement

Discover practical and straightforward tips to keep your frontline workers engaged (tl;dr: it’s time to invest in an employee app).

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Employee engagement

While knowledge workers are bombarded with company communications, frontline workers are usually left out of the loop. In this article we’ve gathered key insights and actionable advice from our recent IoIC webinar ‘Are employees being overloaded with company information?’. In it, you’ll learn the needs and challenges of different worker groups, and how to select the right channels for your employee communications.

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Employee engagement

Explore employee engagement examples from leading companies that provide insight into the critical drivers of effective engagement efforts.

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Employee engagement

Follow these employee engagement trends to discover how worker sentiment has changed and how your organisation can positively impact motivation at your company.

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Future of work

A “digital workplace” is the collection of hardware and software tools you use to get your work done. Through advancements like computers, cloud storage, and video conferencing, the digital workplace is helping companies and employees perform better than ever before.

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Future of work

In this article, we'll give you some examples on what digital workplace means in the manufacturing context. Plus, we'll  show you how you can streamline all of your favourite tech tools into one easy-to-use mobile app.

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Intranet

In this article, we’ll clear the air once and for all. We’ll define “intranet” and “digital workplace,” explain how they differ from each other, and help you decide which one is best for your organization.

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Employee engagement

Employee productivity is a key business metric for a reason. And yet, so many employers misunderstand it. In this article, we’ll go over the definition of employee productivity, why it matters, and the many ways to measure it. If you want to optimize your workforce, read on.

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Intranet

The intranet has become an integral part of internal communication in many companies. But the traditional intranet has had its day. Find out why modern-day organisations are moving on and which intranet alternatives are worth the investment.

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Workflow engine

If there's one industry that's obsessive about productivity, it's manufacturing. Even the slightest tweak, at a large scale, adds up to big differences in output and revenue for your business. Below, we’ll go over how you can improve efficiency.

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Employee engagement

With skills shortages at historical highs, manufacturers can’t afford to ignore employee engagement's role in creating a satisfied and successful workforce.

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Employee engagement

71% of retail staff say poor communication is their greatest challenge at work. Learn how turning this around positively impacts your employee satisfaction and motivation.

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Employee experience

What is employee experience, and why is it an important element of business success? In this article, we’ll outline everything you need to know about EX, and how a good strategy will improve your employee engagement, reduce staff turnover, and ultimately, increase profits. What are you waiting for?

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Employee engagement

Fifty-four per cent of employees don’t believe their company will take action on their responses to employee engagement surveys. And more than half of employees admit to not being completely honest when giving feedback to HR. Below, we’ll walk you through best practices that will help you boost survey participation rates and the quality of your survey data.

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Workflow engine

We sifted through scientific research to create this list of 11 strategies to increase employee productivity regardless of your industry.

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Future of work

The post-pandemic working world is more digital, more flexible, and more connected, but that revolution is slow to reach frontline employees. Flip CEO Benedikt Ilg covers some key challenges facing frontline employees in a post-COVID world, and explains how digital employee solutions can help businesses keep hold of this vital segment of their workforce in a tough labour market.

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Future of work

When it comes to digital workplace tools, it’s not about quantity, it’s about quality. Sixty per cent of deskless workers are unsatisfied with the technology they've been given, according to a report from Emergence Capital. Below, we've curated a list of digital workplace tools that will optimize the way you and your employees work.

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Employee engagement

After a tough couple of years, the healthcare industry is in crisis as the shortfall in the workforce reaches record highs. Learn how engaging your healthcare employees can help to turn things around.

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Employee engagement

You hear everywhere that internal communication is important – in manuals and strategies, in meetings and in conversations between employees. But what’s actually behind this buzzword? And how does theory become practice? In this article, we’ll show you real-life examples of good internal communication – and how you can replace the notice board with modern technology.

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Future of work

If you’ve read about what a digital workplace is but still feel confused, we’ve got you covered. Below are some digital workplace examples that will help you understand the real-life application of the term and give you ideas for how you can optimize your own tech stack.

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Employee engagement

You can’t read your workforce’s minds. That’s why the employee survey is a critical tool for understanding and improving the employee experience – yet so few companies get it right! Below, we’ll explain what an employee survey is, its benefits and risks, and how you can leverage this superpower to skyrocket employee engagement.

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Employee experience

Learn how real-world employers boost their engagement, retention, and productivity by prioritising employee experience.

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Future of work

Learn about the importance of enabling your frontline workers, as well as practical tips and tricks your business can implement today

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Employee engagement

Your comprehensive overview of employee engagement: benefits, measures, solutions and examples. And how it impacts your bottom line.

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Employee engagement

Sustained high employee engagement requires more than sporadic initiatives. Positive effects quickly fade if a robust employee engagement plan does not support your workers. In this article, you'll learn how to build a strategy that guarantees success.

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Employee experience

What is employee experience management, and why is it important? What impact does it have on your bottom line? How can you improve it? Read this article to find out more.

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Employee engagement

Widespread employee disengagement is threatening the health and productivity of businesses and their workers alike. Here we look at the seven biggest benefits of higher employee engagement, and give some pointers on how to improve engagement in your organisation.

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Employee engagement

Employee engagement. Everyone's talking about it, but finding the golden formula to achieve it remains a challenge. Even traditional companies now understand engagement's crucial role in boosting productivity, retaining employees, and improving the bottom line.

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Employee engagement

A good internal communication strategy is an essential building block for your company's success. It enables you to moderate change and anchor it in the team. This article will teach you what you need to develop sustainable and strategic internal communication.

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Employee engagement

"Five million employees have quit in their minds" and "71% of employees are only doing their job by the book" - these are current statistics on employee engagement in Germany. And the consequences for companies are dramatic.

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Employee experience

In a fast-paced world, effective communication is increasingly important. For companies, clear, efficient internal communication is therefore a major success factor. How can your business achieve this? With the right tools for internal communication. This blog will show you which tools you can use to improve your internal communication.

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Employee engagement

In times of skills shortages and "quiet quitting", employee engagement is more than ever a decisive factor for the success of companies. Here you will find an overview and approaches with which you can increase your employee engagement.

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Future of work

Artificial intelligence and tools like ChatGPT represent opportunities for internal communication within companies. They bring positive implications for professionals in this field, as they can benefit from the streamlined and efficient communication facilitated by these technologies.

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Intranet

Are you searching for the right internal communication channel for your company? This blog gives you the overview of 7 options. An added bonus? The 3 most important requirements for a good IC channel.

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Future of work
Employee experience & engagement

Updates not reaching your operational staff? Alex Barber, coach for frontline managers and former shop floor manager at Beiersdorf and Tesla, knows the solution. Learn from her experience and benefit from her tried-and-tested recipes for success to achieve clear communication between managers and operational staff.

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Employee engagement

Discover the seven hottest trends for internal communication and HR this year, coming directly from interviews with experts in the field. We're not waving a magic wand to see into the future, but gaining real, behind-the-scenes access to industry expertise.

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Intranet

So your intranet is up and running, but no one's using it? It's time to set up an intranet with a strategy! Low engagement rates and limited reach are some of the most common complaints after an intranet launch. This article will show you how to get out of the engagement valley.

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Employee app

The entire workforce as a driver of innovation? This is EUROPART's experience. We asked how our employee app drives innovation management.

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Employee experience & engagement
Employee platforms & intranets

The overview shows which internal communication tools you should use in 2023 and which are better put aside.

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Intranet

Some companies fail when implementing a social intranet, while others successfully increase employee satisfaction, engagement, and productivity. Ensure you fall into the second camp by following this field-tested 7-point plan from Patrik Kolligs, COO of intranet agency Kronsteg.

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Intranet

(Social) Intranet: Comparing advantages and disadvantages

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Employee engagement

As a company, you can't control ongoing external crises. But there are ways to give employees support. Jonathan Fasel, crisis communication expert, sums them up.

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Employee experience

When an accident or a hacking incident takes the company by surprise, there's no time to develop contingency plans. By following these five steps, you can effectively prepare your internal communication for any emergency.

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Employee engagement

How can you improve internal communication? Follow our step-by-step guide (with free templates) to find out.

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Employee app

How can an employee app help solve five major challenges in internal communication? Examples from experience show which advantages an employee app truly offer.

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Employee app

When it comes to introducing an employee app, questions about data protection, IT security, and the like are not far away. This makes a well-structured case for the implementation all the more critical. Change management specialist Patrik Kolligs, managing director of the digital workplace agency Kronsteg, has fortunately provided us with his recommendations for getting internal stakeholders on board.

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Employee platforms & intranets
Employee experience & engagement

EUROPART has been using Flip for internal communication since 2021 - including external communication content for customers in the app. Here we share our interview with their Head of Marketing, discussing the similarities and limitations of internal and external communication.

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Employee app

As a member of management, Simon Mareth regularly chats with the 400 employees of Prechtl fresh food stores OHG via their employee app. Sometimes, head office no longer needs to intervene - employees find the best solution together. In our interview, the 28-year-old revealed how he brought digital communication and New Work behaviors to the shop floor.

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Employee app

On 5 August 2021, elasto published its last message on the intranet - today, the specialist for advertising materials reaches 100% of its employees via an employee app and has reduced its flood of emails by 50% simultaneously. Communications Manager Ellen Scheibl shared her recipe for success in a recent webinar. Here are the main takeaways.

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Employee experience

Good internal communication increases the productivity, satisfaction, and motivation of employees. But getting it right can often be challenging for companies of all sizes. Here you will find an overview of the entire topic - why internal communication is so important, what tasks it involves, and how you can improve.

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Change management

How do you achieve successful change? In this article, we've condensed the fundamentals of change management communication for you - as well as valuable insights for effective communication along the way.

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Employee engagement

What do my employees care about, what motivates or demotivates them? Employee surveys can provide you with answers to these questions. In this article, you will learn what you need to consider when creating the perfect employee survey, what optimal communication of results looks like, and how you can also reach the workforce across locations.