Hesitation vs Credibility
Hesitating when you speak, using "um" and "er"s, prevents you from communicating effectively. Remove them and you remove the audience's doubts about you.
8 digital tools for modern recruitment
The process of recruitment has evolved significantly in the last few years, with technology drastically influencing not just how candidates apply for and fill vacancies, but h
Cambridge Dragon Boat Festival returns on September 13, 2025 – get ready to race for a cause!
The Cambridge Dragon Boat Festival pulls in teams from Cambridgeshire and further afield - raising money for an important cause: the Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital. The event not only challenges teams and bonds them together but also provides family, fun-filled entertainment along the river bank in Fen Ditton. So if you fancy taking part, or coming along to watch this impressive festival in…
Lessons on charisma from a Nobel Peace Prize winner
Is ‘finding more clients’ on your goals list for 2025?
Does Microsoft 365 Business Standard have everything you need to keep your organisation running smoothly?
Microsoft 365 Business Standard has all the tools you need to keep your business running smoothly.
D&A Creative attend exciting launch of The Printworks
D&A Creative were honoured to attend the launch of The Printworks in Papworth Everard last week.
Robotic surgeon thanks Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust supporters for helping 'Surgery Super Sunday' break operation record
After raising a staggering £1.5 million to buy Addenbrooke's and the Rosie their newest surgical robot, ACT supporters have already heard how the robot has enabled patients to recover faster from surgery, allowing them to go home in hours or days rather than weeks. Now, though, a specially scheduled day of operations - known as 'Surgery Super Sunday' - has allowed robotic surgeons to carry out…
How to survive, live and thrive
Møller Institute Associate, Stephen Bruyant-Langer provides an insight into details of his book “The Existential Playbook,” where he uses his extensive experience of working as a top executive coach and headhunter to provide a guide to not just surviving, but truly living and thriving. In this article. he provides some transformative tips to achieve this.
D&A Creative igniting creativity in the Fens with MarketPlace
D&A Creative commissioned to develop materials for MarketPlace's 'FenCreators' programme
Breeio AI now converses via Microsoft Teams
Breeio AI’s performance support and learning tools can now be conveniently used within Microsoft Teams, thanks to a new app approved by Microsoft.
Bridging UK & China: a 30-year reflection
New episode of the Podcast "Talking Business in China" featuring Ting Zhang, Crayfish.io Founder & CEO and Alan Barrell, Chairman of Cambridge Worldwide Associates.
Can UN peacekeepers help you manage workplace boredom?
Boredom is far from a boring subject. Great thinkers throughout history have pondered the boundaries of boredom, from Roman philosopher Seneca in the first century (boredom leads to “the sad and languid endurance of one’s leisure”) to Germany’s Friedrich Nietzsche in the 19th century (“Is life not a thousand times too short for us to bore ourselves?”).
Build your team's confidence
If you'd like them to build confidence, your team remaining in their comfortable, safe place where nothing changes is not a good strategy.
The Soundtrack of Powerful Public Speaking
Playing your favourite songs before a presentation can ease the nerves, enhance the energy, and get you powered up ready to perform at your peak.
How to time a presentation
One common error of timing can ruin a presentation or talk. Fortunately, it’s easily avoided, as my latest vlog explains...
Social innovators invited to compete for the Cambridge Social Innovation Prize
The Cambridge Social Innovation Prize, an annual award celebrating exceptional founder-CEOs of scale-up social enterprises, is now accepting applications for 2025. Targeting mid-career social innovators with a proven track record in the UK, the Prize focuses on leaders ready to expand their impact and reach new heights.
Why I’m ditching New Year Resolutions & embracing Slowanuary
Do you always feel pressured to decide your annual goals by the start of January? Why do we always feel we should have everything perfectly planned by January 1? After a festive epiphany, Luciana has decided to try something different instead.
Guardtech’s ‘full life cycle’ approach offering cleanroom facility protection from start to finish
Suffolk-based contamination control specialists’ holistic cleanroom installation programmes boast comprehensive maintenance and decontamination aftercare packages.
The big AI fail
Generative artificial intelligence has extraordinary abilities, but there's one area where it just can't compete with we humans...
Breeio’s AI-powered learning portal helps Priory win nursing award
A 20-year relationship that began with a ground-breaking e-learning initiative that won industry awards for 'Best e-Learning Project' and a 'National Training Award' has continued, as Acteon and Priory win another prestigious award for their innovation in learning and development.
The power of storytelling, courtesy of a Shark
If you've got an important message you really need to be heard and acted upon, always put it in the form of a story. As my experience with a shark shows...
The golden secret of success
If you want to shine at anything in life, this insight is essential, obligatory, and entirely indispensable.
One Stop Language Solutions - December Newsletter: Wrapping Up 2024
As the year comes to a close, Luciana is excited to share the final newsletter of 2024. This festive season is a time for reflection, gratitude, and planning for the year ahead.
No more “Tech Grinch” excuses in 2025!
Santa may only come once a year, but your IT Support and Cyber Security strategy needs to work for you 24/7!
2025 is set to be a year of growth and opportunity - but only if your team has the tools to succeed.
The hidden costs of DIY social media for B2Bs: why time isn't your only loss
At some point, most of us have taken on a DIY job that was just a little too much to manage. Fixing a toilet, assembling a complex piece of furniture, tackling a car problem... Our home-made fix held for a little while.