Workplace communication and our post-covid strategy Fiona Passantino, August 2021 With vaccination numbers rising, and case numbers plummeting, we’ve finally arrived. We are now at Post Covid. By now, we’ve all been in to the office at least once to wipe the dust off the fake plants and cautiously say hello to a few old…
As our world becomes ever more complicated and our way of life more fragile, we need the skills of the ancient Storyteller and the tools of the Epic and metaphor to deliver us the information we need to survive as a tribe, and to inspire, to align and to remind us of who we are. In the post covid workplace we are deep in an unfolding epic of our own. Our human ability to be the signal amidst the noise of our current media landscape of pseudo- and hyper-connected social media, is more important now than ever before.
During a crisis, frightened humans need two things with equal urgency: the rapid communication of crucial facts and the feeling that we are not alone, that we are in this together. This article discusses the Crisis Communication Cycle, the “communicate-listen two step” lays out six easy steps for effective, next-level Post-Covid Crisis Communication for the Next Big Thing.
Covid-19 has shown us what it means to be isolated, disconnected and alone. As the post-pandemic world rebuilds itself, we will need to get serious about signalling our seriousness about diversity, inclusion and belonging to an ever-wider group of people. Visual communication is the key to speaking to us all; universally understood content that is…
What is Post Covid communication? Our challenges are bigger: our stories more complex, our audiences global and disparate and in need of connection. We need authentic listening, not top-down broadcasting. We need the ability to shape communication from the ground up in real-time with visible impact. We need authenticity and empathy without being belittled or…
Covid-19 has shown us what it means to be isolated, disconnected and alone. As the post-pandemic world rebuilds itself, we will need to get serious about signaling our seriousness about diversity, inclusion and belonging to an ever-wider group of people. Visual communication is the key to speaking to us all; universally understood content that is…
Imagine your own casually dysfunctional family. At home you have high-performers and low performers, people who are more detail-oriented and those who prefer to see the big picture. There are some who don’t quite fit the group culture and some that are visibly more engaged than others. As your family’s CEO (or CFO, depending on…
Happy employees will spontaneously produce happy, engaged content which can be leveraged, with permission of course, for other purposes. Less safe, less empowered. They may feel less respected, undervalued and belittled.
