Communication News
Expert commentary on the communication events shaping business, politics, culture, and technology.
4 min audio Mullin CNN Interview: A Masterclass in Audience Failure
Newly confirmed Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin sat down with CNN's Jake Tapper and suggested that hundreds of thousands of migrants holding Temporary Protected Status might have a legal path to remain in the United States. The comment lit a fire inside MAGA circles, who saw it as a betrayal of core immigration policy. Mullin replaced Kristi Noem in March and was immediately tested on the biggest issue his department owns.
4 min audio Culture and Cornhole: What Tony Pierce Gets Right
Tony Pierce manages over 500 employees at Akin, a firm that requires staff to be in the office at least three days a week. Rather than defaulting to mandates and memos, Pierce is investing in something less obvious: culture. He uses a mix of in-person activities (yes, including cornhole) and AI tools to keep a large, hybrid workforce connected and engaged.
4 min audio Why Communications Leaders Now Run the Boardroom
Corporate communications leaders are no longer the people who polish press releases and manage reporters. They have moved into the executive suite as strategic decision-makers who shape company direction, not just company messaging. Organizations are now looking to their communications chiefs not simply to broadcast decisions, but to help form them before they ever reach the public.
4 min audio Why Every CEO Must Become a Media Platform Now
The role of the chief executive has quietly transformed. Running a company used to be enough. Now, analysts, employees, customers, and investors expect CEOs to show up as communicators in their own right: publishing opinions, building audiences, and shaping narrative directly. The executive who delegates all messaging to a PR team is no longer playing it safe. They are simply absent. ---
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4 min audio What AI Tells Job Seekers About Your Company
Job seekers are now turning to AI tools to research potential employers before they ever visit a careers page or talk to a recruiter. These tools synthesize Glassdoor reviews, news coverage, social media signals, and public data into a fast, confident narrative about what it is like to work somewhere. Companies that have ignored their digital reputation are discovering that AI has already written their employer brand story for them.
4 min audio 13 Public Speaking Myths That Are Hurting You
A widely circulated list recently catalogued 13 persistent myths about public speaking, aiming to correct the bad advice that gets recycled through corporate training rooms and self-help content. The piece targeted beliefs that speakers carry for years, often without questioning where those ideas came from or whether they actually hold up. Most of the myths identified are things professionals have been taught, not things they invented themselves.
4 min audio How to Handle Workplace Conflict the Right Way
SHRM recently published a toolkit designed to help workers and managers handle conflict in the workplace more effectively. The resource focuses on creating healthier team dynamics by giving people structured approaches to disagreement. It signals that organizations are still struggling with something fundamental: most professionals never learned how to fight productively.
4 min audio AI Fake Images Are Breaking Trust in Science
AI-generated images have become sophisticated enough to pass undetected in peer-reviewed scientific journals, with fabricated visuals appearing in published research. This is not a fringe problem. The images look real, the journals are legitimate, and the damage to public trust in science is compounding fast. Scientists and editors are now scrambling to police content they lack the tools to reliably detect.
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3 min audio Why Writing Skills Now Win Remote Jobs
Remote work has quietly reshuffled the hiring deck. Companies are now screening candidates not just on resumes and interviews, but on how well they write in real time. Slack messages, project briefs, and email threads have become the new handshake. Employers are waking up to a simple truth: if you work remotely, writing is not a soft skill. It is the skill.
4 min audio Remote Teams Need This Communication Fix First
A company with a remote-first workforce made a deliberate decision to restructure three things at once: its internal culture, how employees communicate across distance, and how staff use AI tools in daily work. Rather than treating these as separate problems, the organization tackled them as one interconnected challenge. This is notable because most companies address each piece in isolation, and most fail as a result.
4 min audio Kejriwal Ayodhya Press Conference: Crisis Communication Lessons
Arvind Kejriwal, the national convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party, traveled to Ayodhya to hold a press conference while under fire over allegations tied to Ram Mandir donations. The move placed him directly at the center of the controversy's symbolic ground. Whether this was bold strategy or a costly miscalculation depends entirely on what he said and how he said it.
4 min audio Remote Work Conflict: What Managers Get Wrong
Remote work didn't just change where people work. It changed how workplace conflicts fester and explode. Without hallway conversations, shared lunches, or the ability to read a room, teams are discovering that disagreements which once got resolved in five minutes now calcify into full-blown standoffs. Organizations are being forced to rethink how conflict resolution actually works when everyone is on a screen.
Culture and Cornhole: What Tony Pierce Gets Right
Celebrity Scandals: What Works in Reputation Comeback
Why Anonymous Feedback Masks Broken Culture
Mayor Mamdani's Egypt Comment: What Went Wrong
Hull City Owner's Public Spat: A Communication Failure
Why Scientists Fail at Communication (And How to Fix It)
What Amagi's CPO Gets Right About AI Leadership
