Ideas

Hello and Good Day, With this being my very first communication, it is important to acknowledge just how talented, creative and well informed the JLA blog readership is. With my shameless charm… Read More

At JLA we believe it is important to keep our database of speakers, presenters and performers up to date with the freshest talent available, below are the latest additions to the website…. Read More

Since the UK announced plans earlier this year to recognise stablecoins as a valid form of payment, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the future of the internet will affect everyone, not just… Read More

Mental Health Awareness Week commences on Monday 9th May this year.  What I didn’t realise until recently is that each year has an official theme, with the 2022 campaign focusing on loneliness…. Read More

There is a certain irony in writing a piece about the world of conference speakers returning to normal after the worst 2 years the industry has experienced, whilst yesterday seeing the dreaded… Read More

After 5 years, I’m sadly leaving JLA – one of the best parts of the job has been meeting and getting to hear some of the amazing keynote speakers that we work… Read More

Over the last few months, ‘The Great Resignation’ has been the topic on everyone’s lips and it hasn’t escaped JLA’s attention as a subject of debate – you can read a firsthand… Read More

With International Women’s day just around the corner, we here at JLA are always inundated with requests for inspirational women to speak about the subjects they’re passionate about, and 2022 is no… Read More

Confused and brain fogged? How about a keynote speech to work out what’s going on in your head? We don’t know what’s going on anymore. The world has changed drastically in the… Read More

We’ve all heard the business quote ‘Innovate or die’ and heard cautionary tales of companies that failed to keep up with the times and fell by the wayside (I’m looking at you… Read More

As the new year approaches, the climate at Westminster is becoming increasingly unpredictable. The newspapers are awash with countless stories about second jobs, misused donations, fast-tracked contracts, policy u-turns, advisors briefing against… Read More

With another New Year comes that great British institution – The New Year’s honours list. Numerous people have been honoured this year, and JLA would like to congratulate them all. And there… Read More

As we begin to look to the start of another new year, what better time to book a keynote speaker who’ll bring energy, enthusiasm, and a fresh perspective to your team so… Read More

COP26 starts on the 31st October, bringing together international governments, businesses and representatives under the United Nation’s Climate Change programme. The official conference spans two weeks in Glasgow, but with heightened global awareness… Read More

Of course, you always learn something in a JLA+ event, but recently, when hosting a session on the future of work, I learned that I was a Covid cliché. When talking about… Read More

Address, or avoid. That’s the choice. This is the moment that either changes everything. Or sets us further down the road to Mental Health Crisis. Communicate, or conceal. Reaching out and telling… Read More

One of the more heartening aspects of what has been, for many of us, a rather bleak eighteen months has been an increased interest in wider diversity and inclusion that goes beyond… Read More

As a reasonably recent addition to JLA, I still find myself impressed on a daily basis by the incredible guest speakers we get to work with. Over the last year especially, the… Read More

Whilst already a difficult year due to the onset of COVID-19, on 25 May 2020 our world changed forever. Handheld technology gave the entire world front-row seats to the brutal murder of… Read More

It’s all in the head. When I ask people “where is it that they have their best ideas?” – they never say, sitting at their desk thinking hard. Their answers usually include… Read More