Inside information about a range of high impact leadership and communications topics

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Launching a communications advisory

It’s official! Otter Advisory 2.0 is now live. I’ve worn many hats in my career: crime reporter, technical writer, freelance ...
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Cooking with words

Last week I wrote my 54-year writing biography on LinkedIn. It encompassed falling in love with...
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Comms champions: Focus on André Schwämmlein, CEO of Flixbus

CEOs are naturally authorities - they lead companies, after all. However, very few CEOs demonstrate...
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Marketing and communications: What's the difference?

In the last two weeks I have been asked this question more than once. Having worked mostly in large...
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I tried to break up with my phone

I tried to break up with my phone. It didn't go that well.
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Five things I learned from novel-writing

Here are five things I learned writing and publishing two novels that are relevant to my work today:
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Fixing the disconnect - Time for leaders to scrap their cognitive biases and communicate for impact

The disconnect between leaders and employees is real and urgent. Here are some thoughts on...
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Caddies and players. Angels and founders. Pitching and pitches.

First warning: I'm not a very good golfer, but I'm very good at watching it on TV. My favourite...
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Comms champions - the early stage leaders who are acing it

Early stage leaders are their own corporate communications department. On top of founding a...
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