There are fifty thousand bees in the average beehive, equivalent to the number of people in a large national or multi-national organisation. Human internal communicators often struggle to communicate with this number of individuals but the bees seem to do it effortlessly. What are the bees mysterious methods of internal communication that enable them to collaborate together so effectively?
Are your organisational values more ‘no’ than ‘go’? Is a lack of understanding about what your values really mean keeping your organisation firmly on the starting block when they should be helping you win the race?
Internal communicators seem to be stuck in a rut, endlessly discussing the same old tactical topics. This is symptomatic of an evolving profession experiencing the overly prolonged growing pains of adolescence. It’s time for us to move on and become true professionals so we can face up to the future with confidence.
Our modern ways of communicating have their roots deep within ancient cultures. The ancient Assyrians used both FAQs and storytelling as communication tools just as internal communicators do today.
The peer pressure to measure everything we do in internal communications can sometimes be huge. Measure what you can, but don’t feel bad if you can’t measure everything. The five Os are a useful way of thinking about measurement and can help you measure what matters.
Working as an internal communicator in the UK Higher Education (HE) sector can be challenging. Here are some lessons from HE which might be helpful to internal communication professionals like you, even if you work in other sectors.
Why does a conversation with stakeholders about communication usually start with tactics, and not the business and communication objectives which need to be achieved? I think it’s because of a few fundamental but simple misunderstandings. Here are three of them.
Which generation are you from.....Boomers, X, Y or Z? Does the generation you were born into shape your preferences for how you like to receive and consume information, how you perceive leaders and how loyal you are to your employer?
Internal communications can be a lonely profession, but there are lots of internal communication practitioners and professionals who successfully work on their own in all sorts of businesses and organisations. Here are a few tips on how to do that.
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