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Today is Research Administrator's Day so be sure to do something nice for them today; whether that's buying their tea/coffee, adding a pastry, or treating them to lunch.

Earlier this month we mentioned it was Courtesy Month and shared an issue we had on a live streamed call when someone had their phone on during it.

Today we're sharing three simple things you can do to be courteous to others around you when in the office, doing business out of the office, or working from home.

1) Volume Control - if you're in a shared office environment or public space when making or taking phone/video calls it's worth bearing in mind your speaker volume (if your not using a head set or ear buds - and even then you need to be aware of the sound bleeding through). Do you really want everyone else hearing what's being said? Similarly with your own voice levels. If you're using earbuds in both ears it can be easy to misjudge your sound level when speaking.

2) Privacy - related to the above is whether you are discussing something sensitive - either corporate or personal. Do you really want others to hear or see your discussion about new products or budget constraints? Think about the conversation and potential audience and either move to somewhere more private, ensure you have a privacy filter on your device's screen, or postpone the conversation until you're alone.

3) Bells and Whistles - we all have our notification preferences in terms of sounds and volume but what is perfect for you may be perfectly horrid to others. When in a shared environment, turn the volume down or even off altogether; especially if you have a lot of notifications on your phone, tablet, &/or laptop.

Today is Education Technology Day and before the covid crisis technology in education tended to be limited. Now though, education faces a technology crisis of its own thanks to AI. Some tutors are embedding phrases designed to trigger a specific AI response in order to identify which students are using AI to produce their work rather than doing it themselves

We're in Happiness At Work Week and as we're retiring from consulting at the end of the year you may think that we're not happy and leaving for that reason. Quite the opposite. We still love what we do, the companies and people we work with, and it is only personal circumstances that has brought about the planned withdrawal from business.

So do something you enjoy, chose to be happy, and be the person people are happy to work with.

this week is Happiness at Work Week? How many of you are actually happy at work?

If you are, great. If not, pop in throughout the week as we'll be sharing some tips to help make work a less onerous task.

We'll start today with a fairly obvious one; if you think the day is going to be bad or go poorly, it probably will. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy in which you see everything in a negative light. As corny as it sounds, finding the positive in things, wherever you can, really does help you to feel more positive - and therefore happier - about things. How's that for a bit of ?

We're rounding off the week with another Back to School

We're in Arts in Education Week and you may wonder what the Arts have to do with business...

We have a unique perspective on the subject as both our senior directors are artists in their own rights; one is a musician and has a 1st Class Honours degree in music (in addition to his 1st Class Honours degree in computer science), the other is an artist, dancer, choreographer, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (in addition to having diplomas in Biochemistry and Forensic Pathology, BScs in Physiology and Pharmacology, and a Masters in Xenobiotics).

Both have found that their creative side has allowed them to approach problems differently and come up with unique, business-oriented, solutions.

So yes, we believe that everyone should have the opportunity to study an Arts subject and explore their creative side; thereby making them a more rounded individual.

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Balance is crucial to people's health and especially so as they age. A recent survey listed falls as the leading cause of injuries in older people. So what has this got to do with business you ask. Well, a healthy cohort of employees means fewer absences from work. It also means you are likely to see fewer accidents in the workplace.

So for your own well being, be sure to do some simple exercises to keep your balance in good order. These can include single leg calf raises, heel-to-toe straight line walking, sideways walking, and grapevine.

that it is ? So what better reason to get yourself organised and ready for whatever lies ahead? We've shared lots of posts on this subject so just hit the search button if you need to find them.

Today is Live Creative Day as we have been fortunate to have a true innovator as part of our team. Having not only created products that are household names a whole new category of products was created.