I was trying to think of a topic for this blog post, so I asked my daughter what I should write about…. “You should write about communication in football,” she said (she’s football mad). “When we were playing football yesterday we had to communicate with each other to play as a team.” She may only be 11, but she recognises …
Your perception is your reality
My daughter and I were discussing colours on the school run one day – to be more precise, we were discussing the colours of the autumn leaves that we kicked through on our way to the playground. The soggy weather had really highlighted the bright colours of the leaves and I commented that I liked the copper colour of some …
Guest post: Becoming an IC trusted adviser
With the summer holidays drawing to an end, offices and workplaces will start to fill up again and it’s time to start (re)building working relationships. This month’s guest post comes from internal comms expert, Advita Patel, who shares some tips for becoming a trusted adviser. If you’ve ever worked as an Internal Communications professional you will understand how challenging it …
Retro post: how to understand culture through tea
Since I work with a lot of different organisations, I get to work with many teams and in a variety of environments – the best way to understand their culture is to suss out the tea and coffee making facilities. Back in 2014 I wrote a blog about the things I’d learnt from the humble workplace cuppa…. I’ve just started …
Retro post: summer hols communication lessons
At this point, several weeks into the school summer hols, communication with children is not always at its best. But in 2013 – the first summer holiday I had experienced since my then-5-year-old daughter had started school – I was inspired to write this blog about the comms lessons that you can learn from interaction with children. See if you …