Ian Narev (Commonwealth Bank), Ahmed Fahour (Australia Post), Deb Thomas (Dreamworld) are all defined by events in which they lost control of the narrative. Their…
Peter WilkinsonSeptember 21, 2017
James Ashby (Hanson’s chief-of-staff) was caught on tape describing a way to describing a way to ‘skim’ money from taxpayers and the party’s candidates. There…
Peter WilkinsonMay 24, 2017
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
Hilary Clinton: experienced, competent, smart; but sub-par as a leader. Malcolm Turnbull: intelligent, successful, capable; again, failing as a leader. What did JFK, Ronald Reagan…
Peter WilkinsonOctober 5, 2016
We can learn a lot about public relations and how CEOs should manage their companies by watching politicians. Public Relations rule: The vision thing Shortly…
Peter WilkinsonJuly 19, 2016
Here’s the Turnbull Paradox: for him to think he’s the smartest man in the room, that he knows best what we want, means he can’t…
Peter WilkinsonJuly 6, 2016
Information overload is a personal battleground, for senders and receivers. Trying to work out the rights and wrongs of the Brexit last Saturday, with the…
Peter WilkinsonJune 28, 2016
The Australian Leadership Debate on May 29 was probably the worst recent example, but it’s happening daily in the current election campaigns. It’s gob-smacking that…
Peter WilkinsonJune 15, 2016
You wouldn’t have predicted that such a bright spark would make such a basic mistake! CEO’s and PR people learn a lot by watching politics.…
Peter WilkinsonApril 6, 2016