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Description

The Big Blue Bubble is a Canadian studio based in London and founded in 2004. It has developed more
than 100 games since its creation and it has rapidly grown winning several awards such as the Deloittes’
Technology Fast 50 Companies.

With its stunning growth, it has also considerably raised its number of employees reaching up to 200
persons.This led to challenges related to managing key HR functions, as well as internal
communications.

In oder to address the challenge, the Big Blue Bubble developed an internal social media tool (ISM)
driving internal communication and employers’ engagement in their areas of interest. They put into
place a cloud-based HR platform with a strong internal social networking function allowing to
streamline performance reviews, give feedback, generate reports and communicate through an
organized news feed. Through the tool, the company openly shares business updates, photos, product
launch news, upcoming event and birthday information, highlights who’s out of the office on any given
day, introduces new employees and interns, and even promotes employees’ participation in
extracurricular activities.

Major achievements

- Providing the opportunity for employees to interact with each other;

- Offering a hub that serves as an important source of information and conversation;

- Sharing quality and relevant content;

- Ensuring a high level of participation by the leadership team;

- Using it as a tool to support fellow colleagues participating in activities outside of the workplace.