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Looking beyond Rain Man – what neurodiversity can bring to a team
What is your understanding of the word ‘Neurodiversity’? Do you think of Rain Man, the autistic savant who can’t understand people but can memorise every card in a shuffled deck? Or TV’s ‘defective detective’, Monk – whose OCD and phobias cause hilarious...
Business as usual while working from home: Tips for embracing agile working
As coronavirus dominates the news, and governments make decisions about protecting our health and wellbeing, many companies are imposing travel bans and recommending a work from home policy. Agile working models are becoming increasingly popular and, amidst this...
The power of clarity in medical communications – practical tips for elegant copy
In medical communications, when trying to indicate a formal relationship between ourselves and a client or KOL, it’s all too easy to fall into the trap of using pompous words or too many of them. However, using obscure or long words to impress (even unwittingly)...
The Year of the Nurse: Why we need to engage with the nursing community in 2020
2020 is the World Health Organisation’s Year of the Nurse and the Midwife. In med comms it is generally acknowledged that nurses represent an important target audience. Regular contact with a good nurse specialist can make the difference for patients struggling with...
The evolving story of coronavirus and the media
A couple of weeks’ ago, if someone had said the word “corona” you’d probably be thinking about that free-living summer beverage while you struggle through Dry January. Now, almost everyone exposed to the news will associate it with the SARS-like virus that started in...