Fly the Jet
Posted by Emma Ewing on 16th December 2025
I posted a version of this video back in March 2020 at the start of the pandemic when the world felt out of control. It seemed to resonate.
Crisis Communications Articles
Will overcoming imposter syndrome turn me into the Hulk?
Posted by Emma Ewing on 6th August 2020
The short answer, is no. But let's break it down. Many people I speak to are actually fearful of overcoming imposter syndrome, because they "don't want to turn into a bit of a dick". Where does that come from?
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Anatomy of a crisis - Why Covid19 hasn't changed anything for one comms director
Posted by Emma Ewing on 3rd June 2020
My next interviewee in this series is a comms specialist with several different hats. With a focus on innovation technology, Chris* divides the week by working in-house for a large tech corporate and looking after the marketing and communications for a number of innovation projects across the UK that are funded by public and private sector finance.
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Anatomy of a crisis - how one internal comms function has adapted for Covid19
Posted by Emma Ewing on 19th May 2020
I'm pleased to publish the second in my series of interviews with comms directors, focusing on internal comms. My interviewee, Sam*, works for a large UK-based corporate. Part of the corporate communications team, Sam has responsibility for the internal comms for a divisional MD.
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Anatomy of a crisis - How Covid19 unfolded for one UK-based comms director
Posted by Emma Ewing on 5th May 2020
In the UK, we're entering week seven of lockdown. For many organisations, the initial first wave of the Covid19 crisis has passed, and people have settled into some sort of "new normal". I've had some fascinating conversations with people at the comms coalface over the past few weeks.
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Is it a crisis, or a client panic?
Posted by Emma Taylor on 10th May 2016
After nearly twenty years working in public relations, I've seen my fair share of crises. From websites getting hacked to staff leaking internal emails, from companies caught up in the dot-com crash to health concerns over parabens in cosmetics.
I've also seen my fair share of panics from clients and from internal stakeholders.
