By Lysbeth Fox, This year during Hollywood’s glittering award season there was one man widely hailed as the best dressed; he was the one wearing the plain black tuxedo. It was the same one he wore to the Oscars, the Baftas, the Golden Globes and to the SAG Awards. Best Actor Winner Joaquin Phoenix repurposed …
With declining levels of trust in media, influencers and experts, coupled with growing media fragmentation is the way forward to go back to the very basics of social interaction? Do we need to do less digital default and more face-to-face communications, building on relationships and shared identities? All of which helps build what is known …
By Niki Wheeler, director, Edelman Amsterdam, As an expat who has worked in the Netherlands for a few months, it’s been surprising to see how the country, famed for its ‘polder model’ (consensus based economic and social policy-making), has fared in The 2020 Edelman Trust Barometer. Fresh off the boat from Blighty and despite what I’ve …
It’s been a little over six weeks since I started the role of President for CIPR in 2020. When I pledged what I would do in my year I was clear about my focus on volunteers, members and professional conduct and we have kicked off the year with that in mind. When you become president …
By Andy Hind, It appears that trust is in short supply. The Edelman 2019 Trust Barometer paints a grim picture of a world experiencing a crisis of trust. Trust in business, government, media and non-government organisations is failing and there exists a pronounced class divide between the informed elite and the general public. There is a pervading sense of pessimism with …
It’s easy to blame the mainstream media for hounding celebrities but that ignores the demand side of the market. You can trace the news values of the tabloid media via the extremity of the UK Royal Family from Lady Diana Spencer in the 1990s to Meghan Markle more than thirty years later. Stories about people …
Jobs for life? History. Career ladders? A bit wobbly these days. In this brave new world, careers are mixed and varied. Time to embrace a less linear life and make it work for you. By Lysanne Currie, Once upon a time, if you decided to work in a bank, you’d work in a bank for …
