Corporate Reputation

“Consumers are morons”

29 March 2016  by

Mark Ritson recently published an opinion piece where he concludes that in light of the relatively small dip in VW sales following the emissions scandal, perhaps consumers are unconcerned with corporate reputation, that they are perhaps, really morons. This got me thinking, are consumers really morons, unconcerned with corporate reputation? It was ten years ago […]

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5 reputation management tips for 2016

19 February 2016  by

  Plan for the fact that managing your CEO’s reputation is part of managing your corporate reputation. There are many examples that demonstrate how the behaviour of a CEO can serve as a catalyst for the unraveling of a corporate reputation, which in turn can lead to value destruction, loss of business and more (e.g. […]

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Coming Out Fighting

2 November 2015  by

Can corporate communicators learn from individuals fighting to protect personal reputation? There was a time, not that long ago, when many high profile individuals lived by the mantra of Never Complain, Never Explain. What this meant in practise was that if a story broke in the media, or if an ex-employee or associate spilled the […]

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Spurious Correlations

2 November 2015  by

It never ceases to amaze me how some researchers/consultants/journalists can find a correlation between two datasets and then jump to a conclusion that one is absolutely related to, or even causing, the other. At best it’s lazy; at worst, it can lead to bad decisions being made. You see this frequently in political reporting where […]

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Reputation Risk

All risk is reputation risk.

17 June 2015  by

…and that has implications for risk, communications, HR and marketing directors. Isn’t it exciting when the business world gets a new topic to rally around? A topic of the moment is Reputation Risk. This one has actually been floating around for a few years now but has gained momentum recently as a number of high […]

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