by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Oct 19, 2026 | Thoughts You Can Use
IPSOS asks the world’s communications leaders what keeps them up at night. This year’s answer comes in the Reputation Council Report 2026. The new approach is “strategic silence.” Six in 10 said that even when their organization could speak up...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Oct 13, 2026 | Thoughts You Can Use
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham went on a podcast and said the thing no British PM has said in ten years. Hosts Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart asked him if Russia interfered in Brexit. “I asked the question coming to Downing Street,” he said....
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Oct 6, 2026 | Thoughts You Can Use
The PR Council published a Buyer’s Guide to Modern PR this week. It includes three documents telling clients and procurement teams how to buy PR. The headlines: 1. “Buy outcomes not activity.” 2. “Expertise is the product.” 3....
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Sep 28, 2026 | Thoughts You Can Use
Life is short, and so I’ve realized I want more showstopper moments during dinner parties. The ones where the fireworks go off and everybody goes “oooh.” You know? It’s because I can see 50 candles looming on my birthday cake in a lot fewer...
by matthewcharlesdavis@gmail.com | Sep 22, 2026 | Thoughts You Can Use
Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio in Don’t Look Up, 2019. It’s Climate Week in New York. Midtown is wall-to-wall tote bags, panels, and important people saying “let’s circle back.” Full disclosure: I wasn’t there. But a friend...
