Articles
Writings about internal communication strategy, leadership messaging, employee experience and workplace culture. For comms leaders, HR professionals, and anyone curious about how organisations speak to themselves.
Purpose At Work
Purpose isn’t a slogan. It’s what makes work matter. This piece explores how employees connect to meaning – and what leaders need to do about it.
How to Turn Engagement Insight into Performance-Boosting Action
It’s not the data that makes the difference – it’s what you do with it. Here’s how to move from employee feedback to meaningful action.
What Really Drives Employee Engagement in UK Organisations?
Engagement doesn’t start with surveys – it starts with trust, clarity and meaningful connection. This article explores what really makes UK employees care about their work.
Employee Engagement And Behaviour Change
What does engagement really mean if no one changes how they behave? This piece explores why comms that drives action matters more than comms that scores well — and how to influence behaviour without sounding like a poster.
Too Many Tools, Not Enough Clarity: Choosing Internal Comms Platforms That Actually Help
A practical guide to internal comms platforms — what’s out there, what works, and what to think about before adding another tool to the stack.
AI in Internal Communication: Useful Tool or Just More Noise?
AI can personalise comms, automate admin, and surface insight — but it can’t build trust. This piece explores how to use AI well without losing what really counts.
How Internal Communication Has Changed - And What It Still Needs
Internal communication has evolved — but not always in the right direction. This piece reflects on what’s shifted, what matters now, and where good support can make a difference.
Why Internal Communications Needs Outside Help
In a noisy, complex workplace, internal communication needs more than good intentions. This piece explores how external help can create clarity that sticks.
Employee Experience Isn’t a Department. It’s a Conversation
Employee experience isn’t a project or a slide deck. It’s how it feels to work here — and internal comms plays a bigger role than most people realise.
Why Internal Communication Consulting Still Matters
In complex workplaces, clarity and connection don’t happen by chance. This piece explores what internal comms consulting really is — and why it still matters.
What’s your Purpose?
Purpose is not a poster on the wall. It is the reason people care, try, stay and grow. This piece explores what purpose looks like in practice — and why it matters.
We need a new Psychological Contract
Work has changed – but we haven’t updated the deal. This piece explores why trust is low, why engagement feels stuck, and what a more honest contract might look like.
An employee engagement revolution? Not exactly.
Engagement doesn’t live in a dashboard. This piece explores why surveys are just the start — and how real progress comes from trust, dialogue and doing the work.
Who are your heroes?
Not all heroes wear name badges. This reflective piece explores how our view of leadership changes over time — and why the quietest leaders often leave the deepest mark