Photo credit: Steve Jurvetson News that Jeff Besoz has stepped down as CEO is a reminder that a respect for words and reading is fundamental to his leadership style. He…
“All cheques, no balances.” If a BBC Today programme presenter quotes your core message verbatim before your interview even begins, you are doing something right. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-55973463 Shadow cabinet minister Rachel Reeves’s…
“I’m really grateful for those who did kneel along with me,” said Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton, showing his support for Black Lives Matter. “I think it’s a powerful message,…
Avoiding comment on politics or social issues used to be an orthodoxy of corporate communication. But in the past two years, speaking up has ceased to be the risk it was. In…
Tuesday’s headlines were written seconds into Dominic Cummings’ response to the first question at his Downing Street press conference. BBC political editor Laura Kuenessberg had just asked the government advisor…
https://youtu.be/Mh9kDPs41Bo Old Media has cemented its dominant position on Twitter, while finance firms have seen slower growth in followers over the past year according to our 2020 social media study.…
https://youtu.be/UH7-W1J5lSg A surge of followers on LinkedIn over the past year has given leading banks a louder voice than some big-name media companies on the platform. The results of our 2020…
Keir Starmer had no grand stage from which to make his acceptance speech after becoming British Labour party leader at the weekend. The speech itself was visually and rhetorically unspectacular and while Starmer’s…
VC meetings are proving a boon for empathic communication and not just because of the childhood teddies, feral toddlers and family pets making unexpected appearances on our screens. “I’m listening…
“We have it very much under control.” This simple statement of reassurance was a strong, memorable message from President Trump on Tuesday. But the words, about virus Covid-19 in the US, have already…
