Why is DBA Twenty/Twenty Mentoring the best investment you’ll make in your business?

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We caught up with Twenty/Twenty mentee, Ben Stanbury, founder of Bright Lights Creative to see what impacts the DBA’s mentoring programme has brought to both his business and Ben personally, and why he’s decided to sign-up again this year.

Sustainability means shifting from human-centred to ‘humanity-centred’ design

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Many of today’s products and consumption patterns are looking increasingly unsustainable and designers have an important responsibility in all this. The fact that the design of all this wasteful stuff dictates 80% of its impacts, it's right to ask whether the way we design today is fit-for a sustainable future?

What do you do if you want to grow without getting bigger?

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Wanting to stay small and nimble in size, yet not limit the ambitions of staff, DBA member 4c introduced an innovative model, which has grown the business on many levels.

Tailored insurance for design agencies

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Does one creative idea fit all? We all know the answer to this. The same principle applies to insurance. The type of protection you take out should be tailored to suit both your business and your clients. This also serves to reassure clients that you can manage unforeseen disasters effectively with insurance that is specifically designed for your respective needs.

A Twenty/Twenty mentee on the programme’s value

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In this two minute read, Helen Fairely explains how the DBA's Twenty/Twenty mentoring programme has significantly benefited her business, 6-2 design.

Twenty/Twenty: a shared experience

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Ape Creative's MD and Creative Director discuss taking part concurrently in the DBA's Twenty/Twenty mentoring scheme and the profound and significant results it delivered.

The problem with RFPs

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Quinine's Founder Ian Johnston shares his thoughts on the limitations of RFPs and suggests an effective alternative approach for procuring creative services.

Report launch: Design within education

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Timed during the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham DBA, in conjunction with All-Party Design and Innovation Group (APDIG) and Design & Technology Association, will be launching a report that sets out recommendations for how design can be embedded within our education system to equip society with the skills required to confidently face the challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Twenty/Twenty mentoring: don’t just take our word for it!

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We’ve brought together a variety of quotes from previous mentees whose businesses have directly benefited from Twenty/Twenty across the years.

Transformational Twenty/Twenty

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Having found the experience ‘transformational’, Andy Gray, MD of StudioLR booked himself and a colleague onto the DBA's mentoring scheme again last year.