Enshrining the Indigenous Voice to parliament is a massive communications challenge. It’s multi-layered, from the practical (Do we want it?) to the abstract (going to…
Peter WilkinsonAugust 11, 2022
Should we have backed off? Is this chest-beating by Australia a dreadful mistake? So far, we’ve been on a steep learning curve trying to understand…
Peter WilkinsonSeptember 20, 2021
Thomas Friedman's view on the appalling situation in Afghanistan provides valuable insights. Besides his piece below is an earlier useful piece on 'the morning after…
Peter WilkinsonAugust 22, 2021
Time to leave your job? Pick your reason: · Bad bosses · Rotten culture; my values are different · Burn out; made worse by the pandemic · Too long…
Peter WilkinsonAugust 19, 2021
Crisis PR: Lockdowns. Feeling unmoored? Struggling with work/life balance? This crisis requires personal analysis. If you had, pre-pandemic, cleverly separated work and home, then it’s…
Mark JayAugust 18, 2021
Guidance Please, from Canberra. For a reason that is unclear to me, the PM is unwilling to lead with clear guidance on vaccinations in the…
Peter WilkinsonAugust 15, 2021
Is Australia about to become a global ‘badboy’ on Climate Change? With an election in 2022, Scott Morrison says he and Barnaby Joyce are coming…
Peter WilkinsonAugust 13, 2021
And should the Federal Parliament, realistically, be guiding us on cultural issues, or is that outside its remit? In which case was the Prime Minister…
Peter WilkinsonAugust 9, 2021
We’re watching the radical disruption of journalism. Is the PR sector missing an opportunity? Disruption creates opportunity, and the lazy person’s option is to simply…
Peter WilkinsonAugust 4, 2021
Is vaccination going to be a requirement before going back to the office? If not, should it be? Are some people going be to denied…
Peter WilkinsonJuly 30, 2021
Investing in #sustainability, its legitimacy, its reputation, is one of the next big corporate affairs challenges. The trend is massive and also rife with 'greenwashing'. The…
Peter WilkinsonJuly 28, 2021
Most advanced economies are now rapidly making the change to electric vehicles. For instance, the EU has just announced what is effectively a ban on…
Peter WilkinsonJuly 26, 2021
Crisis PR: Overview During a crisis my m/o is to give journalists as much help as possible; they are doing a tough job under time-pressure…
Peter WilkinsonJuly 13, 2021
In the second part of this interview, the current Global Chair of Aurecon and strategic advisor to Ashurst lawyers - explains to Peter Wilkinson and Liam Cox how he, working with CEO William…
Peter WilkinsonMay 3, 2021
In 2004, with Giam Swiegers as the CEO of Deloitte, the company was ‘fast losing its membership of the Big Four’, according to the AFR, a…
Peter WilkinsonApril 22, 2021
QuickTake #39: Are the Federal Government’s sexual harassment reforms fair dinkum? How much real change will happen in Parliament House, and in businesses across the…
Peter WilkinsonApril 9, 2021
Communication is the most complex leadership skill – and getting more complex. We rightly have high expectations. CEOs, directors and corporate affairs folks can learn…
Peter WilkinsonDecember 9, 2020
Joe and Jill Biden, and Kamala Harris, have the potential to take the heat out of the division in the US that's been such a…
Peter WilkinsonNovember 12, 2020
We learn a lot about good and bad corporate communications by watching politicians. This week it's been Gladys Berejiklian's struggle explaining her intimate relationship with…
Peter WilkinsonOctober 14, 2020
What have we learnt about working from home? The Australian fantasy - working at the beach - may now, for many, be a reality! Being…
Peter WilkinsonSeptember 28, 2020
There's a lot to be learnt from apologies that fail. Apologies are now so common, the public can mostly discern what's genuine. To be perceived…
Peter WilkinsonSeptember 3, 2020
The AMP and icare disasters: how many directors are taking an easy ride on the gravy-train of Australia's highest-powered boards? Failures in governance at AMP…
Peter WilkinsonSeptember 2, 2020
Kylie Moore-Gilbert is still in jail in Iran. Two years on, 'quiet diplomacy' has failed the Australian academic. We contend it's an outdated strategy, flawed…
Peter WilkinsonSeptember 2, 2020
Can Dreamworld repair its reputation? We say yes, conditionally. This week saw the company, not individuals, charged over the tragedy that killed four people. Liam Cox and Peter…
Peter WilkinsonSeptember 2, 2020
Is it simply a bad habit that so many politicians and some business leaders dodge answering questions? What's so hard about a simple 'Yes' and…
Peter WilkinsonSeptember 2, 2020
The shattered trust between European and Indigenous Australians provides lessons in what not to do. Littered with failed outcomes, broken commitments and disappointment, it is…
Peter WilkinsonAugust 28, 2020
Former High Court Judge Dyson Heydon is facing shocking allegations of sexual harassment. Liam Cox and Peter Wilkinson dissect the three key communications aspects of…
Peter WilkinsonAugust 28, 2020
A COVID-19 outbreak occurs at your school or office. Do you speak to media? Do you write a press release? How do you keep other…
Peter WilkinsonAugust 28, 2020
Your mobile rings; it’s from a journalist asking for a response to a damaging story being published in an hour or two. What happens next…
Peter WilkinsonAugust 28, 2020
How do we video-conference better during COVID-19? Liam Cox speaks with Peter Wilkinson and award-winning film maker Fred El Harris, who between them, have over 50-years experience behind and in…
Peter WilkinsonAugust 28, 2020
Your mobile rings; it’s from a journalist asking for a response to a damaging story being published in an hour or two. What happens next…
Peter WilkinsonMay 21, 2020
Coronavirus presents a time of unparalleled uncertainty, making it the greatest communications challenge of our time. Calming nerves will be much easier if we think…
Peter WilkinsonMarch 24, 2020
The nation's spotlight has moved from banks to aged care providers. So what can they learn from the processes and outcomes of the Hayne Royal…
Peter WilkinsonFebruary 12, 2019
Espousing ‘integrity’ or ‘empathy’ to build a company culture is a bit like nailing jelly to the wall: trying to achieve the impossible - no-one…
Peter WilkinsonNovember 27, 2018
Culture is the one way we can unite our organisation behind our business goals and behaviours. A rotten culture holds a company back; a positive…
Peter WilkinsonOctober 8, 2018
Think of your social media asset as a classroom, and you are the teacher. How do you use the carrot and the stick to inspire,…
Peter WilkinsonOctober 7, 2018
Crisis PR is perhaps the most stressful type of communication. It usually involves intense media, which can be merciless, and for a period we will…
Peter WilkinsonSeptember 26, 2018
In both Crisis Management and Change Management, flip-flopping on a strategy is a no-no.
Peter WilkinsonAugust 21, 2018
Crisis PR Overview Crisis PR is perhaps the most stressful type of communication. It usually involves intense media, which can be merciless, and for a…
Peter WilkinsonAugust 20, 2018
Becoming a victim of a data breach can leave you feeling violated and helpless. But you have options.
Peter WilkinsonAugust 3, 2018
Media Training: Overview Photo: Channel 7 News In this now hyper competitive environment, CEO’s must be able communicate on behalf of the company to external…
Peter WilkinsonMay 1, 2018
To guide the folks at Wilkinson Group we have a Code of Conduct that we, and our clients, sign up to when we start each…
Peter WilkinsonApril 24, 2018
It’s easy to say that the culture in Australian cricket needs reforming. Easy to say, hard to change.
Peter WilkinsonApril 3, 2018
Social media manipulation, including the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the allegations of Russian troll farms distorting elections, has brought sharply into focus that people are…
Peter WilkinsonMarch 26, 2018
The last five days have been a whirlwind for Facebook since the news of the Cambridge Analytica broke and layers upon layers of this data…
Peter WilkinsonMarch 22, 2018
The power behind the school student uprising that’s taking on the NRA over the US gun laws, is a warning to governments (and large companies)…
Peter WilkinsonFebruary 26, 2018
It’s hard to think of a good reason, any reason, why George Christensen, only days after the Florida school massacre, posted a Facebook photo of…
Peter WilkinsonFebruary 21, 2018
It’s pretty clear that we are now entering a painful period for many people, mainly women but also men (scoundrels, yes, but good men too)…
Peter WilkinsonNovember 20, 2017