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.
The Thinking Leader: Metacognition in the Age of AI
Discover why the most future-ready leaders aren’t just tech-savvy—they’re thought-savvy. This article explores metacognition as a critical leadership skill in the age of AI, helping internal communicators and senior leaders sharpen their self-awareness, decision-making, and strategic focus.
Don’t Let The Robots Write Alone
AI can write content. But can it write with integrity, empathy, and trust? This piece explores how communicators can partner with AI without losing their voice—preserving tone, meaning, and editorial standards in internal communications at scale.
The New Communicator: Human-Led, AI-Supported
What does the future of internal communications look like? This forward-thinking piece introduces a new model for communicators—where AI provides speed and scale, but humans bring the strategy, empathy, and narrative judgment that matter most.
Is Purpose a Luxury?
Is purpose just another buzzword—or the beating heart of a connected workplace? This article unpacks what organisational purpose really means, how it’s communicated internally, and whether true alignment is only available to companies with privilege and bandwidth.
The Quiet Power of Staying
While others jump ship, some choose to dig deeper. This reflective piece celebrates the unsung power of staying—how presence, consistency, and long-term leadership can drive change from the inside.
Evolving Without Leaving: How to Reinvent Your Role Without Changing Your Job
Career growth doesn’t always mean changing jobs. Learn how to reshape your current role, build new influence, and rediscover meaning—without handing in your notice. Ideal for internal communicators and leaders navigating change from within.
Lost in Translation? How AI is (Almost) Breaking the Language Barrier in the Workplace
As AI tools promise to bridge language gaps, what’s getting lost in the process? This article explores the opportunities and risks of machine translation in internal comms—and what it takes to reach multilingual teams with clarity and respect.
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.