Ideas

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 full article.

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 full article.

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 full article.

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 full article.

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 full article.

Confused and brain fogged? How about a keynote speaker to help you to work out what’s going on in your head? We don’t know what’s going on anymore. The world has changed… Read full article.

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 full article.

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 full article.

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 full article.

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 full article.

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 full article.

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 full article.

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 full article.

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 full article.

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 full article.

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 full article.

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 full article.

I’ve recently returned to the office on a part-time basis (hurrah!) and after over a year sat at home, I had the joy of reminiscing in-person with a colleague about our years… Read full article.

I think it’s a safe assumption to make that a lot of people found 2020 to be a bit boring. The cancellation of some of the year’s most anticipated events; The Olympics,… Read full article.

Many UK businesses held their collective breath in December 2020 while Brexit negotiations went down to the wire, with the EU and UK signing off a Brexit Trade and Cooperation Agreement deal… Read full article.