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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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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Beeline acquires Utmost

Jason and I have known the folks at Utmost for some time. In my Gartner days I met Annrai, it was...
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Payroll part 2: Where's it going? My conjecture.

Payroll: My conjecture My last post covered the payroll past. Now we’re here for the near future....
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Meet me at Unleash

After a great talk with the very insightful Leoni Janssen earlier this year, I wrote the following...
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Is Thought Leadership over?

There is a moment when I'm talking to an expert about a topic that is meaningful to them and their...
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