Watching Trump carries lessons for us all, especially for practitioners in Crisis PR. If your boss doesn’t have values grounded in solid foundations, beware. That…
Peter WilkinsonMay 16, 2017
Crisis PR & Communications Some entrepreneurs think change is easy – “I’ll lead, you follow.” For others, it’s hard; we like what we are doing,…
Peter WilkinsonApril 5, 2017
So, we’ve had our crisis and it’s been flagged we need to transform our communications team. We can use history to inform us but not…
Peter WilkinsonJanuary 23, 2017
We’ve all seen that Dreamworld, and its parent company, displayed a woefully inadequate crisis plan. What are the lessons for the rest of us? How…
Peter WilkinsonNovember 2, 2016
There are two distinct phases in a crisis: • First, stop it • Then, repair the damage It is generally a mistake to try and…
Peter WilkinsonSeptember 6, 2016
Eddie McGuire might have got away with his 'drowning Caroline Wilson' comments, but for social media. For years he’s been making these outrageously inappropriate comments,…
Peter WilkinsonJune 21, 2016
Justice Lindsay Foster is a Federal Court judge in Sydney. He is presiding over the class action brought by lawyers against Volkswagen over the ‘defeat…
Peter WilkinsonMay 3, 2016
Absolutely. I know this is a sensitive and emotionally charged issue, so I’ll do my best to tread lightly, but I’ve held this view for…
Peter WilkinsonApril 24, 2016
Crisis PR: the killer This past week two clients have been threatened, one overtly and one implied. One is a threat of a negative media…
Peter WilkinsonApril 19, 2016