Founder’s Notes

By Orla Clancy Welcome to my July Founder’s Note. July has been a month of progress, reflection and momentum for Strategic as we continue to strengthen our international network for communication, strategy and leadership.  A key focus this month has…

By Orla Clancy Welcome to my June Founder’s Note. June has been an exciting month for Strategic as we continue to grow our global community and expand how we support communication leaders. This month, we welcomed new members and columnists,…

By Orla Clancy Welcome to my May 2026 Founder’s Note. May has been a month shaped by conversations over coffee, on Zoom calls, at industry events, and through introductions across the global communication community. Different locations, different contexts, but interestingly,…

By Orla Clancy Welcome to my April 2026 founder’s note.  It has been a particularly exciting month at Strategic! You can now maximize your connection with senior communication peers, amplify your influence, and access conversations that define the profession, through…

Welcome to my March 2026 founder’s note.  It is truly events season at Strategic as we prepare for Brussels! We are bringing you, our community, together in-person for three days to collaborate, celebrate and network.  We’ll begin on 16 April…

Welcome to my February 2026 founder’s note.  We continue to bring you daily, thought-provoking articles by members of our Global Columnist Network, contributors and partners in Strategic Magazine. Another key focus at Strategic is our events program, which is led…

Welcome to my January 2026 founder’s note.  This month, I have had a particular focus on strengthening our existing relationships and forming new connections to expand Strategic. I am delighted that we have renewed our partnerships with the Centre for…

Welcome to my December 2025 founder’s note.  Today is a particularly important date for me and Strategic. On this date last year, Mike Klein and I decided to join forces! Up until then, we had always closely collaborated due to…

Welcome to my September 2025 founder’s note. Continue reading or listen here: [audio wav="https://strategic.global/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Enhanced-Record-online-voice-recorder.com-3-enhanced-v2.wav"][/audio]   When I established Strategic during the Covid-19 pandemic in April 2020, remote working was the only option. Since then, it has been a remote-first organization.…

  Welcome to my first monthly founder’s note.    When I started Strategic in 2020, my ambition was to create a platform to advocate for the communication profession - and, more than five years later, that ambition still stands today.…