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Face-to-face contact releases a whole cascade of neurotransmitters and, like a vaccine, they protect you now, in the present, and well into the future, so simply [...] shaking hands, giving somebody a high-five is enough to release oxytocin, which increases your level of trust, and it lowers your cortisol levels, so it lowers your stress.Susan Pinker, author, social science columnist for the Wall Street Journal The Role of Socialisation and Social Interactions at Work We’ve been looking into the role ... Read More Coffee at Work: Creating Connections to Foster Collaboration

Every coffee starts with a good espresso. And a good cappuccino requires careful attention so that the ratio of foam within the milk is just right. It’s one of the most difficult espresso-based beverages to make properly – requiring a skilled barista – or a perfectly calibrated automatic coffee machine – to get right. The perfect cappuccino (or Capucco’ in Italian slang) is made up of three distinct layers, coffee, hot milk and frothy (not dense) foam. Cappuccino is Italian ... Read More Saluto to National Cappuccino Day

Just eat real food – and don't go hungry! These key principles provide a strong foundation for well-being through nutrition, which itself is one of the 5 key contributors to a long life (the others being exercise, no smoking, sleep, controlling stress, and…love). So we learned from Dr Brendan Egan, at the first 2468 Well-being workshops for our own team in Dunboyne, Basingstoke and Warrington earlier this year. As well as being associate Professor in Health & Human Performance at ... Read More Eating on the run?