Held at RCS House in London by WordPress VIP, this year’s Innovation Showcase focused its attention on ‘big thinkers doing big things’, with a jam packed schedule of industry leaders sharing their latest innovations and insights. Held each year to bring together those who are leading the way with technical innovation for WordPress, the event showcased some of the most exciting and complex WordPress projects from around the globe.
Key speakers included Sofia Delgado, Audience Director from Metro who shared how the organisation has not only transformed its online presence through WordPress innovations, but its entire operational processes along with CapGemini and 10up also took to the stage to share their insights and latest innovations.
We were especially excited to hear from Umer Ehsan, Director of Content Systems at News UK, who shared the organisation’s collaboration with Big Bite to raise the bar across multiple entities within its global newsroom.
Detailing the project we worked with the News UK team on to launch a new publishing ecosystem, Umer shared The Times’s journey toward simplification and standardisation and explained how through the innovations and ethos of WordPress, the newsroom was able to reshape its recruitment and retention strategies by driving everyone toward a much higher standard. Umer delivered an insightful overview (accompanied by an engaging football analogy) of how News UK collaborated with Big Bite to achieve its global centre of excellence.
Big Bite really galvanised us to raise our standards, they helped with our recruitment processes and helped us move from generic skills audits.
Umer Ehsan, Director of Content Systems at News UK
Watch Umer’s presentation from WordPress VIP’s Innovation Showcase in full below:
