The Prickly Issue of Managing Communications in a Crisis 2018

Other than death and taxes there are no certainties in life and I cannot say whether you and your organisation will ever have to face a crisis. I hope you will never have to, but if you do it will be highly challenging and you will need to respond positively to come out the other side with your personal and …

Crisis? It’s not a case of 9-5

CRISIS? IT’S NOT A CASE OF 9-5…..AND DON’T USE THE LAW AS A REASON TO SAY NOTHING! Two things have caught my eye in the news of late.  Both of these items, whilst not central to the immediacy of a crisis, in their own way have an important and significant impact in the wider aspects of dealing with incidents and …

What we can learn from Doritos’ gender marketing fail

What we can learn from Doritos’ gender marketing fail

Today we’re celebrating 100 years of women suffrage. Campaigners across Britain tried to enforce direct action by forming marches, executing hunger strikes and carrying out arson attacks – quite simply to show the establishment just how much they value equality. Fast forward 100 years, and what headlines are we faced with? Doritos announcing the launch of a new “lady friendly” …