By Jane Randel, Partner, CommsCollectiv Few people on the planet can say they have not felt lonely at some point. It’s almost inevitable. But for many, that feeling persists, impacting their lives, their health, and their jobs. Once unthinkable to talk about, it’s hard to open a newspaper, magazine, or Substack without running into at least one article that looks at loneliness and social isolation in our society. Declared an epidemic in 2023 by former Surgeon [...]

In an industry that prides itself on words, communications has embraced “storytelling” with near-constant frequency. The term appears in job titles, LinkedIn profiles, agency pitches, and strategy decks. Everyone, it seems, is a storyteller. But has the term become so overused that it is starting to lose its meaning? When Everyone’s a Storyteller “Storytelling” has gone through cycles of popularity. It resurfaces every few years as a defining label for communications professionals, only to become [...]

By Chris Gee AI Educator and Advisor Every communicator I talk to right now gives me some version of the same answer. “Oh yeah, I use AI. I use ChatGPT.” And I get it. A year ago, that was the right answer. Getting familiar with the tools, testing them out, figuring out what they could and couldn’t do. That was the work. That was progress. But we’re past that now. And if your relationship with AI [...]

We are no longer living in an information age. We are living in a verification age. Information is everywhere. Trust is not. Stop Consuming. Start Triangulating. In a world shaped by polarization, forming an independent point of view now requires effort. The days of relying on a single outlet, or even a handful of familiar ones, are over. The most effective communicators are actively cross-checking. They are reading across the spectrum, following independent voices, and [...]

By Sadie Elisseou, MD Despite historically low global unemployment, a recent article in Fortune highlights a workforce defined not by confidence, but by anxiety. Drawing on a sweeping global survey of more than 39,000 workers across 36 countries, the findings show that only a small minority feel secure in their jobs, as the rapid rise of AI fuels widespread uncertainty about the future of work. The data reveals a growing disconnect at the heart of today’s workplace. [...]

By Brian Besanceney, Partner, CommsCollectiv Late Q1 has quietly become one of the most important gathering seasons in corporate communications. Practitioners, senior leaders, and researchers convene at a handful of venues, sharing research, debating ideas, and taking stock of where the profession stands. One of the things I’m genuinely enjoying about my current advisory work is the ability to participate, listen, and synthesize across those rooms without an agenda other than learning. Starting with the IPR [...]