AI Is Moving FAST. Is your Governance Moving With It?

Speed without structure is the fastest path to reputational exposure. Why Legal, IT, and Risk Must Be in the Room Early For much of modern corporate history, Legal, IT, Enterprise Risk, and Communications have operated in parallel but rarely in true partnership. Legal reviewed contracts, disclosures, and regulatory exposure.IT built and maintained systems.Enterprise Risk tracked …

AI, Automation, and the Acceleration of Reputation Risk

When innovation outpaces oversight, trust becomes the casualty. Artificial intelligence is not just transforming how organizations operate; it is fundamentally reshaping how reputational risk emerges, spreads, and compounds. The defining characteristic of this shift is not novelty, but velocity. AI increases speed, scale, and exposure simultaneously, often faster than governance, oversight, and accountability frameworks can …

Reputation Risk Is The “Risk of Risks”

A useful comment on my last post described reputation risk as the risk of risks. I love that framing, and that framing is exactly right, and it exposes why reputation is so often misunderstood inside organizations. Every material risk a company carries from operational, financial, regulatory, cultural, to technological, has the potential to become a …

Reputation Risk Is Not a Public Relations Problem, It’s a Leadership Problem

For years, reputation has lived in an uncomfortable gray zone. It is universally acknowledged as critical, yet rarely governed with the same rigor as financial, operational, or cyber risk. When something goes wrong, responsibility often lands with communications. When things are calm, reputation quietly slips down the priority list. That framing is no longer tenable. …

Why I’m Writing Again, and Why Now

The last time I published here was January 2021. At the time, this blog was closely tied to RMP Media Analysis—a business I was building, refining, and ultimately sold. The writing focused on media analysis, public relations, and corporate communications, often grounded in the practical realities of running a growing consultancy. Since then, a great …

Public Relations & Storytelling

Public relations should stop telling stories with their data. In today's environment companies need to be transparent, trustworthy, display a social conscious and be relatable to the public, their stakeholders, their target audience and their employees. Public Relations is responsible for protecting and managing the perception of the company brand. PRSA states the modern definition …

NASDAQ Board Diversity Proposal, Woke or PR Stunt?

NASDAQ, on December 1, 2020, filed a proposal with the US. SEC to adopt new listing rules related to board diversity and disclosure. According to the press release "the goal of the proposal is to provide stakeholders with a better understanding of the company's current board composition and enhance investor confidence that all listed companies …

PR Measurement’s Missed Opportunity

Measurement requires effort. When we relegate PR measurement to an end-of-cycle activity, we lose some of its value, and fail to achieve the full potential of our outreach efforts.

5 Steps to Make the Most of Data Collection

It doesn’t take long to feel overwhelmed by the scope of data collection, particularly when one realizes that collecting information is only the first step, and the next step—analysis—is where the real insights are.

Why PR Professionals Should Create a Standard of Measure

The value of data is the ability to interpret the data, inform the business of outcomes, and make strategic decisions based on facts.