Automation and optimisation: How POLATIS® optical circuit switching is enhancing network test laboratories
In today’s rapidly evolving business climate, the ability to automate test infrastructure and resources is essential.
After the funding round: how to build the foundations for sustainable growth
Securing investment is a significant milestone for any business.
For an early-stage life sciences company, it may mean moving from scientific validation towards commercialisation.
Does AI increase imposter syndrome?
I am often asked whether the use of AI increases imposter syndrome (also more accurately called imposter phenomenon) - that sense of not being good enough, feeling undeserving of success or that you don't belong. In truth, the short answer is "we don't know". But I suspect that it might...
Mental Health First Aid training: Learning Across Roles, Levels and Organisations
Coming back to the office after the summer break can be a great time for forward planning and embedding positive behaviours. It can allow opportunities to revisit workplace well being in the run up to Christmas.
Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) and the role of Optical Circuit Switching in Secure Networking
In an increasingly interconnected world, data security has become paramount. Traditional encryption methods, while robust, face threats from ever-evolving quantum computing capabilities. This is where Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) comes into play.
What we learned from talking to businesses about Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft Copilot is one of the fastest-growing technologies in the Microsoft 365 ecosystem, but many organisations are still asking the same questions.
How does it actually help? Is it ready for everyday use? Where do you start?
Is AI recommending your business? Now you can measure it.
When a buyer asks ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude “which companies would you recommend for this?”, one of two things happens: your business is named, or a competitor’s is. Until now there was no honest way to know which — so we built one.
Why Most UK Businesses Are Wasting Money on Off-the-Shelf E-Learning
Every year, thousands of UK businesses purchase an off-the-shelf e-learning library. A few months later, the completion rates are embarrassing, the content feels generic, and nobody can quite remember why they bought it. Sound familiar?
Round One - Email: Can Copilot Help Your Outlook Woes?
When I think about Microsoft Outlook, and especially trying to find an email, I feel it's like I'm in the realms of impossibility.
From unheard to unmissable
How to inspire volunteers and keep them engagedIn every community, there are brilliant causes looking for helping hands – and people who gladly give their time to support others.
“Just like you” A concept that subtly appeals to the ego
Prepare for an uncomfortable reality: Humans are self-obsessed.
If you feel offended, don’t be! It’s not your fault. It’s hard-wired. Not a choice or a personality flaw. Ultimately, it’s what kept your ancestors alive.
If the brief evolves, don’t panic – embrace the opportunity
How staying open to new ideas helped a council unlock more value from a fleet decarbonisation project
Why tone of voice is every organisation’s business
When most people think about “tone of voice”, they imagine glossy brand bibles and large marketing teams. But tone isn’t just for the giants.
Sit. Stay. Grow. Marketing lessons from Keystone's dogs
Inspiration can come from unexpected sources, maybe even from things staring straight at you. But this needn’t be your surroundings. Sometimes the answer is wagging its tail furiously. The Keystone family contains two furry, four-legged friends.
How to turn strategy into action
In this article, Kate shares how to make sure that your new strategy leads to real change — not just a successful launch.If you're launching a new company strategy or change initiative, you've probably thought about how to communicate it to your employees.
A Move from Mental Health Awareness to Action
After over 25 years of being involved in Mental Health Awareness week, it’s great to see that this year’s theme is about ‘Taking Action’. This is a more proactive approach towards behaviour change, and the development of positive workplace cultures.
Action in the Workplace
Brand building in 2026: a practical guide for SME leaders
Brand is often treated as a design exercise. This guide argues it's a commercial one — the clearer and more consistent a business is about who it helps and how it delivers, the faster it sells, prices with confidence, and grows.
Supporting Employees During Global Disruption: Practical guidance for internal communicators and HR / people teams
By Pauline Smith, Director, The Comms Smith
Lost opportunities through online obsessions
I was at a networking event last week, when I saw an acquaintance.
I won’t call him a friend, and certainly not now.
He was only friendly when he wanted something, sadly.
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Oh, I see you’re running that course, I wondered if you needed any more tutors…
Organised, networked, profitable: understanding the assault on gender equality
In March 2026, Global 50/50 launched its In Dialogue series — a new convening space for the urgent conversations that gender justice demands.
Planning a business event in Cambridge? Here's what to look for in a venue..
Cambridge has some genuinely outstanding venues for corporate events — from converted barns and lakeside spaces to world-class museums and cutting-edge science park facilities. But with so much choice, picking the right one for your brief can feel overwhelming.
How to communicate effectively using the Fab Four Foundations
If you want to influence, impress, and inspire with your writing, public speaking, and storytelling, whatever the subject, you need the Fab Four Foundations of Compelling Communication.
Less slides, more style in public speaking
The fewer the slides, the better the presentation.
A controversial claim, I know, and yet…
It’s something I’ve seen time and again.
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Speakers who hide behind slides packed full of text and images…
Approaching clinical development? Sense-checking your readiness through a patient lens.
We know that the transition from pre-clinical research into clinical development is one of those moments where everything feels like it accelerates.
