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Commentary and analysis on strategic communication, crisis management, and public affairs.
September 28, 2026
When the Statement Is Not Yours: Preparing for Executive Impersonation
A fabricated executive statement tests more than a communications team's speed. It tests whether the institution can establish what is authentic, reach the people affected, and explain what remains unverified.
Read insightAugust 6, 2026
Sequencing Matters: Why Going Public First Costs You the Regulator
When an organisation takes a regulatory disagreement to the press before exhausting private channels, it usually gets the coverage it wanted and the outcome it did not.
Read insightAugust 1, 2026
Owned Media Is Not a Newsroom
Publishing cadence has become a proxy for thought leadership. It is a poor one. Authority comes from holding a defensible position in public, not from filling a content calendar.
Read insightJuly 21, 2026
Most Media Training Prepares Leaders for the Wrong Format
Boards rehearse the polished English-language studio interview. The reputational risk increasingly sits in the live Urdu talk show, the call-in segment, and the two-hour podcast: formats almost nobody drills for.
Read insightJuly 2, 2026
The Share of Voice Trap
Share of voice is the most quoted and least interrogated number in communications reporting. Unweighted, it rewards noise and punishes discipline, which is exactly backwards.
Read insightJune 15, 2026
Clarity in Crisis: Why the First 24 Hours Define the Narrative
The organizations that navigate high-stakes situations most effectively share one trait: they resist the urge to say something before they know what to say.
Read insightMay 2, 2026
Credibility Is a Strategic Asset, Not a Public Relations Outcome
Institutions that treat credibility as a communications output rather than an operating discipline tend to discover its absence at the worst possible moment.
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