Sixteen Time Zones, 10 Key Themes, And Four Experts in The Field: Our Back to Work Reputation, Risk and Resilience Symposium
This is the fourth year of our Special Advisor, Rod Cartwright’s, ground-breaking report, which essentially provides an annual summary and analysis of the most important global reports on reputation, risk and resilience. Rod’s 2026 edition covered 12 major publications – almost 850 pages of original source material – from organisations including Aon, AXA, Edelman, International…
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Crisis Communication for Boards: A Handbook for Good Governance – Key Take-Aways from the Pre-Launch Preview Event
Panel: Katherine Sykes (Chair), Farzana Baduel, Philippe Borremans, Amanda Coleman, Kerry Knight, Stephen Waddington The pre-launch preview of Crisis Communication for Boards: A Handbook for Good Governance on Friday, 11 September 2026 brought together leading practitioners and governance experts to discuss one of the most pressing challenges facing modern organisations: how boards can better anticipate, prepare for, manage and recover from crises. Hosted…
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Strategic Communications and Good Governance: Why Every Boardroom Needs Communications Expertise
For decades, boards have understood that finance, audit, legal and risk expertise are essential to effective governance, while treating strategic communications as optional, something to be consulted when needed rather than embedded in decision-making. However, that assumption is no longer tenable in today’s risk environment. Crisis Communication for Boards: A Handbook for Good Governance, published by…
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From Prediction to Recovery: Why the Crisis Lifecycle Matters to Boards
In a world of fast-moving risk, heightened scrutiny and narrowing room for error, boards need to understand the full lifecycle of crisis and why strategic communication is central not only to response but to risk management, preparedness and good governance. The Crisis Communications Network’s new handbook, Crisis Communication for Boards: A Handbook for Good Governance, has…
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Crisis Communication for Boards: Introducing a New Handbook from the Crisis Communications Network
Hold the date! Join us on 11 September for an exclusive pre-launch preview of Crisis Communication for Boards, written and published by the CIPR Crisis Communications Network. Our new handbook, which is published by CIPR in association with the Institute of Directors (IoD), promises to shift how directors, trustees and non-executives think about the role strategic…
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When You Can’t Control the Story: Transparency in a Cyber Crisis
There is a moment in every serious cyber incident that communications teams rarely talk about. It is the moment you realise the story is already being written elsewhere; and the author does not have your best interests in mind. Imagine that someone has posted a countdown on a dark-web leak site. A researcher on the…
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Takes from BledCom 2026
BledCom is an annual international public relations and communication management symposium held in Bled, Slovenia. Established in 1994, it bridges theory and practice by bringing together scholars, practitioners, and students from around the world to discuss key themes in corporate communication, public affairs, and reputation management. This year, 2026, BledCom focused on disaster, health and…
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When Parody Becomes Protest: The “Mumumelon” Campaign and Lululemon’s Climate Challenge brand crisis
In an era where brands are increasingly defined by their environmental credentials, activism is evolving in equally creative ways. One of the most striking recent examples is the “Mumumelon” campaign by Actions Speak Louder—a satirical but pointed critique of Lululemon and its approach to climate responsibility. A brand crisis caught the imagination globally and is a…
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Communicating amid conflict – Lessons from Ukraine
On 27th April, I joined the Crisis Communications Network for their session on ‘Communicating Amid Conflict: Lessons from Ukraine for Communicators in the Middle East’. The purpose of the session – run using an intentionally audience-led open house ‘drop in’ format – was to bring together senior communicators in the Middle East with colleagues in…
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The risk of our reliance on data centres – the challenge for crisis communicators
Who could have missed the craze for turning yourself into a Mattel-style action figure? Until recently, these colourful, quirky and uncannily realistic Al-generated images were popping up on every social platform going. Our family, friends and countless celebs have been immortalised as plastic packaged toys, complete with snappy names and pointless accessories. But these vanity…
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