Photo credit: Gage Skidmore Biden’s first press conference has attracted attention for being late, for his use of memory prompts and for continued questions over border controls. But a section…

As we move into preparation mode for this year’s investor meetings and capital market days, here’s what we’ve learnt in a year of helping our clients with their VC events: Succinctness. The expectation is now for shorter, sharper presentations,…

Photo credit: Steve Jurvetson News that Jeff Bezos 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…

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…