How to build community at work with Adele McIntosh

So many aspects of work are changing concurrently, making it hard to keep up. New employment types, flexible ways of working, increasingly distributed and disparate work teams, the pace of work itself – with continuous change all around us, it’s never been more important for organisations to focus on connection and community.

This episode, Adele McIntosh, VP of Internal Communication and Community at Arm, shares her views on the importance of community at work.

25 Jun 2025

Workplaces across the board are increasingly challenged by complex problems that demand an overhaul of the way work itself is undertaken. AI, geopolitical tensions, shifting attitudes to work, intergenerational differences, the climate crisis and more can easily create internal rifts and tensions that are hard to overcome. Unless, of course, the organisation makes a full-blooded commitment to connection and community.

In this episode, Jen, Dom and Cat chat with Adele McIntosh, VP of Internal Communication and Community at Arm. She shares why Arm chose to prioritise community, the benefits this has yielded and some of her top tips for creating community at work.

As work becomes increasingly fast-paced and fragmented, creating and sustaining a sense of togetherness and belonging is vital. Internal communicators are ideally positioned to deliver this strategic value to their employers.

 

 

 

S13 E04 How to build community at work with Adele McIntosh transcript

 


About Adele McIntosh

Adele is VP of Internal Communications and Community at Arm, a global technology company. She has worked for Arm for over seven years, and is responsible for internal communications, internal events and Team Arm, the company’s global community engagement program. Before Arm, Adele worked in external communications in the agency world, and had a brief foray into writing for women’s magazines at the start of her career.

Find Adele on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/adelekmcintosh/