Google is wrong to shut down debate about diversity
A Google employee who wrote a controversial memo, which accused the "don't be evil" employer of “silencing” views and creating an authoritarian “ideological echo chamber”, has had his points proven by getting fired.
Goodbye Governance, We Don't Need You Any More
By suggesting we do away with governance, I'm not advocating a descent into anarchy, where everyone can do whatever they choose. They won’t. They will still have a specific role or job to play. However, within the broader focus of what a company is trying to achieve — increase market share, standard
Pronoun police wage war on London Underground
The right to refine our identities and live freely is the Bowie factor that has always wowed me. But, however legitimate or previously suppressed, this does not give minority groups the right to impose norms.
German media scores own goal in the Culture Wars
The Hamburg Media School said that the fear of being seen as morally bad, helped create a ‘Schweigenpirale‘ (spiral of silence) and a media echo chamber encased in a ‘Filterblase‘ (filter-bubble), which ignored or demonised critical voices. This profound lack of objectivity on the part of German med
PR manifesto for combatting the Culture Wars
Under pressure from the Culture Wars the PR business is mostly leading clients in the wrong direction. So here is a PR manifesto that offers ten recommendations - on the key issues of the day - to make corporate culture and communication more robust and sustainable.
The Culture Wars: a PR perspective
Throughout the modern world identity politics and victim culture have sparked competitive clashes. The world is also increasingly divided between "Anywheres" and "Somewheres". This short essay examines how the public relations industry could help unify society.
Bell Pottinger South Africa, a reality check
What we are not being told in the media is that it was not the ruling ANC or Bell Pottinger which first used the term white monopoly capitalism. It was coined by the South African Communist Party, long-time partners of the ANC, during the apartheid era. There's humbug at play.
A brave new world for mass communication
The success of both BREXIT and Trump tells us that the world is changing. Their triumphs mark a transformation of the public's mood, which is causing the rules governing media schmoozing and managing relations with the masses to be rewritten.
Muse on the anatomy of rhetoric
When it comes to rhetoric, form and content matter. Think of Donald Trump's conveyance of contempt when he strutted behind Hilary Clinton's back on a live TV presidential debate. Here's my stab at explaining the inner workings of rhetoric.
VW: a panto of green politics
First published on spiked, September 2015
Irrational regulation and green posturing are the real causes of the Volkswagen debacle
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Contribution to "global conversation on global public relations standards"
Professor Anne Gregory and Jean Valin have asked readers of PR Conversations (PRC) to get involved in their project to produce a Global Body of Knowledge
Zurich Salon to debate "who decides what makes art great?"
On Tuesday October 20 at the Karl der Grosse, I'm pleased to announce that the Zurich Salon will
