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AI Adoption for Business Managers: Run a Useful 30-Day Pilot
A practical 30-day AI pilot for managers: choose one workflow, train a small team, measure the full effort and decide what deserves wider adoption.
‘Power Skills’ Are the New Competitive Advantage: Why Human Abilities Are Ireland’s Hottest Career Currency in 2026
The skills once dismissed as ‘soft’ — emotional intelligence, critical thinking, influence, communication — are now being rebranded as ‘power skills’. In an AI-saturated workplace, they are what employers will pay most for.
Word 2026 Track Changes and Co-authoring: Real-Time Collaboration Mastery
Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word, Project) · IACT Training BlogCollaborating on a document still goes wrong in the same old ways: conflicting edits, lost comments and a final version nobody trusts. Word 2026 tackles this with mature Track Changes plus...
How agents led a sea change in AI coding in June
GitHub’s Octoverse 2026 shows 40% of pull requests now start with an AI agent, up from 17% six months earlier. What changed in June, and the skills the agent era rewards.
Build a Reusable AI Assistant with Claude: Start with One Job
A practical route from a repeated task to a reusable Claude assistant or prototype, with clear boundaries, test cases and a plan for maintenance.
Edit with Copilot in Excel 2026: Plan, Chat and Edit Modes (Plus Python on Demand)
Excel’s April 2026 update turns Copilot from a chat sidebar into a hands-on assistant that edits your workbook, shows its reasoning, and runs Python when the analysis needs it.
Preventing Workplace Bullying in Ireland 2026: The HSA Code of Practice in Practice
Workplace bullying is a health and safety issue, not just an HR one. Here is what the HSA Code of Practice requires of Irish employers – and how to act on it.
Turn Training Documents into Useful Learning Materials with Gemini
Use Gemini to draft study guides, scenarios and quizzes from approved documents, then review them against learning objectives and real workplace decisions.
Cisco AITECH (800-110) 2026: The AI Certification for Mainstream IT Professionals
Cisco’s new AI Technical Practitioner certification signals that AI fluency is now a core IT skill – not a specialism reserved for data scientists.
Workplace Accident Investigation and Reporting in Ireland 2026: The HSA Guide in Practice
Health & Safety (EazySAFE) · IACT Training BlogWhen something goes wrong at work, what you do next is both a legal duty and a chance to prevent it happening again. In Ireland the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) sets clear reporting thresholds, and good...
PowerPoint 2026: 8 New Features Every Presenter Should Know
From in-app image editing to agentic Copilot, PowerPoint’s 2026 updates change how quickly you can get from a rough idea to a finished deck.
Claude for Sales Teams: Better Follow-ups without Invented Promises
Turn customer notes into clear follow-ups with Claude, using approved evidence, useful questions and a human check before anything reaches the customer.