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…
PR professionals and journalists share a poor reputation. It's highlighted by fake news and Donald Trump's war on media. This looks at what some countries…
‘Post-truth’ has been named word-of-the-year by the Oxford Dictionary. For me, it's best described in this scathing Economist article, ‘The Art of the Lie’, written…
We can learn a lot about public relations and how CEOs should manage their companies by watching politicians. Public Relations rule: The vision thing Shortly…
Information overload is a personal battleground, for senders and receivers. Trying to work out the rights and wrongs of the Brexit last Saturday, with the…
Universities are now offering free online courses (MOOCs). This is wonderful for public relations practitioners, and for clever and nimble universities these present huge opportunities. For…
I think we information-pushers (public relations folk and journalists) need to be careful that, when talking or writing about new technologies, we don’t use disruptive…
In the same week that Malcolm Turnbull encouraged innovation and fresh ideas, Ravenswood reacted negatively to their school captain for doing just that. In the…
Struggling with creativity in your office? This slide show ‘How Google Works’might give you some ideas. Describing one of the impacts of the Information Revolution…
Back or front? Do we need to think more laterally? Almost every company we deal with is grappling with globalisation and the Internet (retail outlets,…
Still feeling uncomfortable about signing up to the social/digital age? There is now increasing evidence that one of the critical leadership qualities is familiarity with social/digital media.…
For the first time, the prestigious universities globally have been bumped down the search list by superior online marketers. It is a further indication that social media…
Two good ‘reads’ to test our values. For CEOs and corporate affairs practitioners interested in core values there have been two noteworthy articles on trust…
I’m advising a board wrestling with a restructure in the face of rapid change, plus growth: I’m comparing it with organisations that recently failed to meet…
If you can’t get your relationships right, the business won’t flow. And most of us wrestle with getting the relationship comfortable and then productive… People at…
We’ve all watched as video and book stores have vanished, and newspapers and retailers have struggled with the transition to online commerce. The impact of…
o all of us involved in online relationships, below are four new ‘truths’ for online retailing. But first, we think this article (Cliona O’Dowd, Business…
Old paradigm: A traditional newspaper delivers say one hundred stories, which you filter according to your interests to read a dozen or so. Then, once read,…
In very practical terms, the survey (by Oracle) tells us: 81% of Twitter users expect a same-day response to questions and complaints posted at the newsfeed…
Below is a reinforcing take on the powerful survey by The Economist Intelligence Unit and PulsePoint. As e-Marketer reports (below), CEOs are collectively acknowledging positive…
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This small posting might be interesting to many public relations and corporate affairs (public affairs) practitioners who struggle with filing emails and other documents. According to the below article, IBM researchers found email…
This is how we see it at the Wilkinson Group for public relations and corporate affairs practitioners: our working environment will evolve at a yet greater…
Does this relate to creativity in public relations or corporate affairs? Any experiences to contribute? Below is an article from the Harvard Business Review in…