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Forging meaning and building identity

Writer Andrew Solomon has spent his career telling stories of the hardships of others. Now he turns inward, bringing us into a childhood of adversity, while also spinning tales of the courageous people he’s met in the years since. In a moving, heartfelt and at times downright funny talk, Solomon gives a powerful call to […]

As TV presenters prepare for Euro 2016 …

It’s that time again. For the next month or so, football fans across Europe will be glued to their television sets as they follow their national team’s progress through the Euro Championships taking place in France. Along with the ebbs and flows and highs and lows that come with watching your home team slug it […]

Rupert Wesson joins dBG

We are delighted to welcome Rupert Wesson as the latest addition to our growing team. Rupert is a communications coach, leadership consultant and a learning and development specialist – helping organisations to grow by developing their leaders, changing their culture and improving their performance.  

What makes a good life?

“There isn’t time, so brief is life, for bickerings, apologies, heartburnings, callings to account. There is only time for loving, and but an instant, so to speak, for that.” What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it’s fame and money, you’re not alone – but, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, you’re […]

Storytelling in Business

  Storytelling has no place in business. How often have we heard that at the de Burgh Group? Business we have been told, is about facts and figures, bottom lines, strategic staircases, aims, goals and business solutions… When was the last time you sat through a monotone delivered presentation crammed with this sort of jargon […]