1 March, 2021
Will your next annual report come with installation instructions?
The annual report has been a cornerstone of corporate communications for more than 200 years, but while the past two centuries have seen sustained evolution in communications technology, the annual re...
27 October, 2020
Leadership in wicked times
This extraordinary year has brought to the fore an unprecedented number of wicked problems—like Covid-19 or systemic racism. Global warming, developing over decades, arguably is the biggest one. Unl...
28 August, 2020
Corporate disclosures and investor relations ‘impaired by Covid-19’
The Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown has posed many challenges for companies, but among the top concerns for audit committees has been corporate disclosures and the relationship with shareholders. Af...
5 June, 2020
Black Lives Matter: US corporates speak out
As protests continue against the brutal killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis, corporate America has felt unable to remain quiet. A slew of companies have made their views heard through ...
26 May, 2020
What Covid-19 data can—and can’t—tell us about leadership
By now you will have seen, perhaps on a daily basis, statistics and charts tracing the state of the Covid-19 outbreak. Confirmed cases, recovered cases, active cases, deaths, the infection curve… th...
21 May, 2020
‘Chairman contagion’ highlighted as growing reputational risk
“Chairman contagion”—the process of trouble afflicting a shared chair spreading from one portfolio company to another—is among the key reputational risks identified by chief executives and com...
12 May, 2020
Ardern and Cuomo lead the way on crisis communications
A leader’s key weapon in battling any crisis is exceptional communication. The Mandarin word for crisis, "Wei Ji", combines two characters (危 机): danger and opportunity. How a business leader ma...
28 May, 2019
Social media: when personal beliefs clash with corporate values
By its very nature, social media blurs our professional and private selves. When we put a disclaimer in our Twitter bio stating “Views my own, and do not reflect those of my employer”, we may feel...
8 March, 2017
A happy engagement: The path to good investor relations
Once, chairmen regarded an annual letter offering their availability for meetings as sufficient to discharge their engagement obligations with major investors. More is now expected—but what is best ...
15 June, 2016
