Posted by Paul Seaman under CSR reality check / Energy issues / Political spin on 8 July 2010. 3 comments.
Here’s a thought. Is the World Business Council for Sustainable Development’s Vision 2050 anything more than a PR survival plan for today’s big companies seeking a long-term and popular licence to operate?
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Posted by Paul Seaman under Crisis management / Energy issues on 12 May 2010. 5 comments.
At the Senate hearing into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill BP, Transocean and Halliburton disputed each other’s account of what caused the accident. It was a messy affair. But in it I glimpsed the makings of a much-needed corrective PR campaign. More »
Posted by Paul Seaman under Media issues / Political spin on 22 April 2010. 2 comments.
The British General Election barely registers on the street. It’s the mainstream media which is writing the narrative, creating overnight superstars, capturing the public’s attention, and driving opinion polls in all directions. What’s to learn? More »
Posted by Paul Seaman under Crisis management on 12 February 2010. One comment.
Contrary to popular crisis management mythology, most dramas and disasters aren’t really crises at all. Chin up: things aren’t often really all that bad. More »
Posted by Paul Seaman under Energy issues / PR issues / Trust and reputations on 29 November 2009. 6 comments.
BBC Newsnight recently claimed that UK government plans to build a new generation of nuclear power stations to fill the energy gap by 2020 are hopelessly optimistic. The industry responded by claiming it will be on time and on budget. It’s a phoney debate on both sides. More »
Posted by Paul Seaman under CSR reality check on 26 October 2009. 10 comments.
This post is a reaction to Paul Holmes’s post Transparency is a principle, not a tool for manipulating the public. His headline was much more one-sided than his text, which was well-argued. So what comes next is a critique of the Big Idea of his headline, not his considered view. More »
Posted by Paul Seaman under PR issues / Trust and reputations on 20 June 2009. 5 comments.
Posted by Paul Seaman under Political spin / Trust and reputations on 12 April 2009. 2 comments.
Message to Damian McBride and the remaining Labour Party spin-machine: Barack Obama, arguably the most respected politician on earth, said of himself: “Junkie. Pothead. That’s where I’d been headed: the final, fatal role of the young would-be black man . . . I got high [to] push questions of who I was out of my mind.” More »
Posted by Paul Seaman under CSR reality check / Crisis management on 26 March 2009. 5 comments.
If we want a glimpse of where PR might go over the next ten years, we should examine Japan. The world’s second-largest economy’s property bubble burst 20 years ago. Since then deflation, recession and reality have broken the country’s commitment to consensus building, as Leo Lewis argues in “Japan’s harsh new reality” in today’s Times. More »
Posted by Paul Seaman under CSR reality check / Media issues on 24 February 2009. 6 comments.
This is when I miss London. It stages the debates we need. Last night Polis, the London School of Economics media think tank organised: Why Did Nobody See It Coming? Reporting The Crash – The Debate. The panel was distinguished and Charlie Beckett thankfully gives a good account of it today on his blog. More »
