Monthly Archives: April 2010
Join the new CommScrum Group on LinkedIn
CommScrum, the four-way blogging collective challenging conventional wisdom in the communications field has launched a new LinkedIn Group, starting with 50 members from around the globe. Anyone interested in exploring new ideas, creating cutting-edge events, or making their talents and skills … Continue reading
CommScrum: Time to Say Good Night to “Employee Engagement”?
This week, I join my three collaborators from CommScrum in a robust discussion about the viability of “employee engagement”. The discussion starts like this: To be sure, the intentions behind the “employee engagement” movement of recent years were more-or-less honorable, … Continue reading
Germany: A Look at an Emerging Internal Comms Powerhouse
Is Germany the world’s emerging internal communication powerhouse? For 11 days back in March, I travelled the length and breadth of the country and met with practitioners of all stripes–and found an industry on the verge of a breakthrough on … Continue reading
Free Associations: An Interactive Post on CommScrum
In this posting, the men and the woman of CommScrum discuss their short history, their commitment to free discussion, and the reactions they have received from unexpected places…in the script of an online SkypeChat. The conversation, which covers such topics … Continue reading
Don’t be a Cascade Casualty
While the battle between social and hierarchical approaches to communication is mainly being fought among industry thought leaders at the moment, it has more basic implications at street level–where communicators are being asked to use outdated tools and approaches. In … Continue reading
Is More “Top-Down Inspiration” Really the Answer for Organizational Recovery?
Challenging the conventional wisdom that the answer for reviving organizations is a more-of-the-same focus on “employee engagement” and “top-down inspirational leadership” is the purpose of this piece, written as a reply to industry association IABC’s recent introduction to its Communication … Continue reading
