some organisations issue annual reports because they have to. some use them as an opportunity to celebrate the last 12 months and share a few stories. the latter are always more enjoyable to read.

i remember a friend once observing how most contemporary jobs lack a ‘harvest festival’ moment - the point in the year when you reflect on the past 12 months of work and celebrate the result of your labour. of course, churches still have harvest festivals but the focus has remained on agriculture meaning there is no celebration for the office worker, the shop assistant, the council employee, the graphic designer… as a result there’s little sense of spirituality - however you choose to define that - in many working lives. it can become an endless working grind.

so there’s a good case for annual reports and for them to come accompanied by a big party, a day off work and a celebration in the church, the mosque, the temple or wherever you choose to celebrate life. and then maybe we’d all feel a bit better about our work.

images are of artworks annual report from last year - the first using the new visual identity. we’re just about to complete this year’s. has 12 months gone that fast? we need a party…