by Charlotte Otter: The leadership crisis is a crisis of leaders, in that we have the wrong people in place, creating the context in which we all live, shoring up rather than breaking down systemic problems. The fear-based, masculinist leadership…

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By Alan Tyrrell: Social impact in business is not new. But in today’s world of unprecedented change and turmoil — where corporate social good can be met with accusations of virtue signalling — what is the right approach for maximising…

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by Helen Baldwin: A few years ago, I was brought in to rescue a struggling transformation programme at a global energy company. It was their 10th Communications Lead in just over two years - not exactly a vote of confidence…

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London / Strasbourg / Mumbai – 19 May 2025 - In a significant step toward combating the global rise of misinformation and disinformation, a coalition of leading international organisations launched today “Tackling Mis/Disinformation – A Global Digital Handbook for Communicators”. This…

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by Charlotte Otter: (excerpt number one of two, exclusively for Strategic.Global) The leadership crisis  Through almost any lens, our current context is not great. We live in a world at war. The planet is discernibly hotter. A very small number…

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by Mike Klein: One of the most important trends I’ve been sensing in my conversations with practitioners and others in the organizational culture and communication space has been a shift away from consensus or devolved decision-making towards a more directive…

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“Intelligent people, when assembled into an organization, will tend toward collective stupidity.”—Dr. Karl Albrecht  That zinger from Dr. Karl Albrecht recently stopped me in my tracks. Not because it was shocking—because it was familiar. Albrecht calls it the organizational smart…

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by Richard Klein: I’ve been an internal communications professional for years. I’m accustomed to being involved in all manner of situations affecting teams with which I work. I get calls from executives, HR, finance and IT, sales and marketing, and…

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By Adrian Cropley, OAM, FRSA, FCSCE, SCMP Co-founder, Centre for Strategic Communication Excellence:  We’re living through a once-in-a-generation shift. Not just in how we communicate, but in how we define our role as communication professionals in an AI-enabled world. The release…

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by Jaci Neal and Larraine Solomon: The words “We’re going to be making a few organisational changes” are enough to strike fear into the heart of any employee. “Does this mean I will lose my job?” and “what will this…

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by Rosemary Sweig: We wouldn't be human if we weren't a little distrustful, even afraid of what AI means for the communications field and even for humanity itself. We've all seen the science fiction movies like Terminator, Ex Machina, and…

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by Dr. Leandro Herrero: Before your blood pressure rises, or you feel outraged by the statement, or a combination of both, let me explain that I am plagiarising a line from the great filmmaker, director, producer and author Werner Herzog,…

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