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Own the Partnership. Protect Your Capacity.

As an internal communicators, ever found yourself knee-deep in designing PowerPoint slides for an event you weren’t even invited to? Or drafting last-minute email invites because someone forgot to loop you in until the day before? Internal communications teams often get pulled into tasks that aren’t their responsibility, leaving them stretched thin, frustrated, and battling […]

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DEI Taken a Hit? 6 Actions Internal Communicators Can Take

The winds are shifting. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), once a cornerstone of organizational priorities is now on shaky ground, particularly in the U.S., where the government has dialled back support and even asked for reporting on DEI activities. Some companies are scaling back their initiatives, others are rebranding them quietly, and many employees are […]

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Is Your Intranet Stuck in the Past? Consider the 2025 Blueprint for Workplace Communication

Static pages. Clunky navigation. Generic content. If your intranet still looks like this, it’s holding your organization back. In 2025, enterprise intranets are no longer digital filing cabinets. They’re intelligent, dynamic platforms designed to engage, empower, and deliver real business outcomes. Does your intranet measure up, or is it time for a revisit? The Non-Negotiables […]

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Is Your Workplace Truly Multigenerational or Just Co-Existing?

I remember launching a ‘reverse mentoring’ initiative at a former employer to help a senior leader understand how Gen Z thought, felt, and engaged. It was eye-opening, both for him and for me. We now have 6 generations at the workplace often making it a complex environment for people to navigate. If you’ve watched The […]

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Looking to set up a GCC? Read the Tale of Two Indian States

What’s stopping your organization from tapping into the rapidly growing GCC ecosystem? India remains the global epicenter of Global Capability Centers (GCCs), and two states, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh are rolling out the red carpet for MNCs. Their new policies for 2024-2029 are bold, future-ready, and aimed at making these regions irresistible for global enterprises […]

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When Leader Words Destroy Trust and How to Rebuild It

What happens when the leader of a global IT services firm (USD 12 billion equity and with over 4 lakh employees) tells staff to work 90-hour weeks and stop “wasting their weekends staring at their spouses’ faces”? The fallout is swift and devastating. The company is trending for all the wrong reasons and so is […]

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Is Your Employer Brand Just a Show?

When it comes to employer branding, most companies are putting on a show. There’s a flashy careers page, the usual values splashed across walls, maybe even a “Top Employer” award here and there. But here’s the tough question: Is it all just for appearances? If someone walked through your office, or jumped into a Zoom […]

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5 Ways to Break the ‘Busy Equals Value’ Internal Communications Myth

In my previous post, I shared a conversation on the perception that probably many internal communicators struggle with – acting ‘busy’ to prove the function is ‘adding value’. The case received some interesting viewpoints. Maybe, other functions and domains face similar challenges? As 2025 approaches, the pressure to innovate in internal communications is at an […]