Insights
UK conversation training — evidence and practice
Short reads for HR leaders, L&D teams and research partners on ACAS-grounded manager training, voice-first simulation, and the UK safeguarding research landscape.
Legal advocacy
Why advocacy simulation belongs beside moots
Repeatable oral advocacy practice with structured feedback — complementary to moots, honest about pensum, not a qualification pathway.
HR & Employment
Line manager conversation readiness — an ACAS-aligned checklist before go-live
Seven go-live gates for L&D and ER leads before managers run live disciplinary, grievance, RTW and performance meetings.
Children’s services & workforce
Working Together 2026 — five questions workforce leads should ask training vendors
A procurement checklist for LA and safeguarding leads ahead of Family Help and MACPT workforce change.
HR & Employment
Why ACAS-grounded AI beats generic coaches for UK HR
US-default language models miss the ACAS Code, Employment Rights Act framing and the tone managers need in conduct and grievance meetings.
HR & Employment
What unprepared manager conversations really cost
Poorly handled disciplinary, RTW and grievance meetings drive ER caseload, early conciliation and repeat HR coaching — long before tribunal.
L&D
Voice-first vs text quizzes for HR training
Difficult employee conversations are spoken, not written. Why e-learning click-through rarely transfers to the meeting room.
Social care & safeguarding
UK safeguarding simulation: what research says (and doesn’t)
OpenAlex mapping of UK-affiliated work — only six social-work-specific papers in six years, and almost no UK-led AI dialogue simulation.