When Aviva wanted to create a new brand positioning, it went to one of the biggest names in the business - Adam & Eve DDB.

They are responsible for turning Christmas TV adverts into major, must watch events.

In this podcast you can hear from Mike Stern, Managing Partner at Adam & Eve DDB and Julie-Ann Douglas, Group Head of Brand at Aviva.

For more information on Aviva's brand, visit:

https://www.aviva.com/about-us/it-takes-aviva/

And for more information on Adam & Eve DDB, visit:

https://adamandeveddb.com/

In the first of a mini-series of wellbeing specials, our host Jonny Monkhouse talks about lockdown anxiety with Heather Buckridge, clinical consultant at Aviva, and Brittani Lee, one of our amazing customer advisors.

On Monday, 19 July it was “Freedom Day” in England. It was a day of celebration for some, but for others it was a major cause of anxiety.

Recorded at the beginning of July, in this episode Brittani shares her own experience with anxiety and Heather shares some helpful tips and advice on how to deal with it.

If you’re experiencing anxiety or otherwise struggling with your own mental health, then there are resources available:

NHS mental health services: https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/nhs-voluntary-charity-services/nhs-services/

Mind, the mental health charity: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/

The Samaritans: https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/

If you’re outside the UK then please look up what other resources are available to you locally. Don’t struggle alone.

Earlier this year Aviva unveiled its new brand positioning, 'It takes Aviva'.

As part of this Aviva has done something it's never done before - develop a sonic logo and a bespoke piece of music, both of which will be used to drive brand recognition.

The plan is to use it everywhere - from adverts to apps to customer phone lines.

In this podcast you can hear from Alex Wodrich from Berlin-based agency 'why do birds' who created the sonic branding and Sally House, Brand Design Lead from Aviva.

And you can even find out how 'why do birds' brought to life the sound of yellow!

One year on from when we started hearing about Covid-19, we speak to John Bernard, Aviva's Director of Group Corporate Security. He's led Aviva's response to the pandemic since the very start and was integral in the decision to send home 16,000 Aviva employees in UK.

Find out when he first heard about the outbreak, when he realised this was going to be serious and what his hopes are for 2021.

You can find a transcript for this episode on our website: https://www.aviva.com/newsroom/podcasts/covid-19-the-man-who-sent-everyone-home/

In this episode, we talk to six of our Aviva Communities co-chairs to find out how they're working towards making Aviva a more inclusive organisation.

Recorded late last year, we wanted to find out what their communities have achieved, what made them want to volunteer to be a co-chair, and to give them and their communities a little bit of time in the spotlight.

Our Aviva Communities are:

AvivAbility – supporting people with visible and invisible disabilities

Aviva Balance – for gender parity

Aviva Carers – helping carers and parents

Aviva Generations – for workers of all ages

Aviva Origins – celebrating cultural difference, including Race, Ethnicity, religious belief and Social Mobility

Aviva Pride – being yourself at work, LGBT

Learn more about our Aviva communities: https://www.aviva.com/about-us/aviva-communities/

Learn more about diversity and inclusion at Aviva: https://www.aviva.com/about-us/diversity-and-inclusion/

A transcript of this podcast is available on aviva.com

Alistair McQueen, head of savings and retirement at Aviva, and Dr Anna Dixon, CEO of the Centre for Ageing Better, examine the challenges and opportunities associated with longer lives and shifting expectations of retirement.

Search for the Mid-Life MOT app on the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store.

Anna Dixon: https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/about-us/our-team/anna-dixon

Centre for Ageing Better: https://www.ageing-better.org.uk

Read our release about mid-life and retirement on aviva.com: https://www.aviva.com/newsroom/news-releases/2020/10/over-half-of-mid-lifers-have-never-calculated-when-they-can-afford-to-retire/

In this episode we talk about dementia and how the concept of "cognitive reserve" has the potential to explain why some people are more resilient to it than others.

Jon Simons, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge, and Simon Warsop, Life Analytics Director at Aviva, share the plans for a long-term study to measure cognitive reserve and talk about how improved accuracy in measurement is the first step towards understanding and ultimately increasing our resilience to the effects of dementia.

https://www.cam.ac.uk/business/aviva

If you have been affected by dementia and need some support or information, these are places that can help:

https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/dementia-connect-support-line

National Dementia Helpline (UK) - 0300 222 11 22

www.ageuk.org.uk

Join Danny Harmer, Aviva Chief People Officer, in conversation with James Millar, journalist at Working Dads and author of the book Dads Don't Babysit.

What can employees expect when it comes to flexible working now that Covid-19 has changed the game?

Covid-19 has seen millions of people swap their offices for homeworking. In this podcast you'll hear from Aviva's Chief People Officer Danny Harmer, who's been speaking to Sam Gilpin, MD for Europe at YSC Consulting.

They discus the five key factors to help you lead when everyone is working remotely, and why good leadership is a lot like teaching someone to swim.

www.aviva.com/about-us/leader-pr…s/danielle-harmer/

www.ysc.com/team/sam-gilpin/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/ysc

https://www.linkedin.com/in/samgilpin/

In this next episode of our data science series, you can hear from Anna Vignoles, Economist and Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge, and Orlando Machado, Chief Data Scientist for Quantum, Aviva's Data Science Practice.

In this podcast they discuss how different types of data are being used in the fight against Coronavirus, and how predicting what will happen in a global pandemic can never be an exact science.