Delete Delete Engage

Celebrating its 70th anniversary this year, the IoIC is the only independent professional body solely dedicated to internal comms and, since taking on the CEO role in 2016, Jen has grown the Institute’s membership base and established its reputation as the industry voice of internal communication. Jen is a passionate advocate for the internal comms profession while also recognising where it needs...

Sam Bleazard is employer brand content producer and self-titled storyteller at the high end Piccadilly dept store and heritage brand Fortnum & Mason. Each week Sam goes behind the scenes to chat to his Fortnum's colleagues and brings their inspiring and everyday stories to life in his regular social posts. Sam’s stories focus less on the C-suite and more on the cooks, security guards, doormen,...

Generative AI leader Peter Gasston shares his expert view on the latest AI tools transforming text, image, audio and video generation in this episode of the Delete Delete Engage podcast. Peter is innovation lead at VCCP’s AI creative agency Faith, which launched last year with Virgin Media O2 as a founding client. While AI is a hot topic for businesses, much of the corporate world still appears to...

Merlin Entertainments' Graeme answers six comms-related questions in 90 seconds Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Want to know the leadership traits recruiters are looking for in an interview? Or the secrets of organising a successful leadership event? I cover all this and more in my latest podcast with Graeme Johnson, Group Director of Talent Leadership and Learning at Merlin Entertainments, the company behind visitor attractions and theme parks such as Legoland, Alton Towers, Cadbury World, Madame Tussauds...

Paul answers six comms related questions in under 90 seconds Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How we can deal individually with stress and pressure in the workplace? And what should companies be doing to reduce that stress? Paul Phillips has spent over 25 years working in agencies, in both the UK and US, including 14 years at VCCP, where he set up the specialist healthcare agency, VCCP Health. He left the agency world in 2017 to offer training in various areas, including workshops on 'Mana...

Bronwen Foster-Butler is Chief Marketing Officer at sustainable surfwear brand Finisterre and an expert in engaging employees and customers with the sustainability agenda and building and maintaining successful sustainable brands. In my latest podcast I chat to Bronwen about: the do’s and don’t of sustainability comms; building and maintaining a sustainable brand; the secrets of a good sustainabil...

Sophie Jones is Chief Strategy Officer at the British Phonographic Industry -  the trade body representing over 500 UK record labels including Universal Music UK, Sony Music Entertainment UK and Warner Music UK. Together, the BPI’s members account for 85% of all music sold in the United Kingdom. In this episode of Delete Delete Engage, I chat to Sophie about: How her public affairs background...

Jim Thornton is Executive Creative Director at VCCP London and one of the most successful and respected advertising creatives in the UK. Jim began his career as a copywriter at J Walter Thompson, London back in the late 90s and his career has taken in lead creative roles at GGT, TBWA, Mother, Leo Burnett and Arnold KLP before joining VCCP in 2012. He has also run his own advertising consultancy an...

The British Olympic Association's Comms & Marketing Director answers six comms questions in 90-seconds Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Scott is the Director responsible for communications, marketing and digital at the British Olympic Association, more commonly known as Team GB. Here are some of the topics we covered in our chat: The 24/7 demands of football comms versus the event-driven nature of the Olympics  Planning for the greatest sporting event on earth. The BOA’s relationship with athletes Telling stories of ordi...

My latest Delete Delete Engage podcast guest is Drew McMillan, Director of UK Comms & Engagement at management consultancy, Deloitte. Drew has been honing his engagement skills over a career spanning 26 years and has led colleague comms at BA, Virgin Trains and Ladbrokes along the way. Our conversation covered some of the biggest challenges facing employee communications today, including: Help...

Peers for the Planet Director answers six comms questions in 90 seconds Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lynette Huntley is a founding Director of Peers for the Planet, the House of Lords climate action and biodiversity group and was previously Chief of Staff at Channel 4. These were the headlines from our conversation. (1.44) What Channel 4 taught Lynette about inspiring change (4.12) The mission for Peers for the Planet (7.15) The peers that have most impressed Lynette (9.56) Why what we do domesti...

Wil Lewis is Global Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer at consumer credit reporting company Experian, a company with 20,000 employees and operations in 55 global locations.  These were the key talking points: (5:37) On the importance of financial inclusion during a cost of living crisis. (9:03) How the D&I role has evolved over the past 10 years. (11.34) On collaborating with o...

Zoe Vafadari is Chief Brand and Corporate Affairs Officer at Bupa and one of those rare individuals who has led Brand, Internal Comms and Customer Experience in her career so understands better than most the positive impact that engaged employees can have on the health and vitality of the brand and a positive customer experience. Here are the headlines from our conversation. (1.30) Why she initial...

Lloyds Banking Group's future of work expert on hybrid engagement Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Virgin Media O2 Chief Comms Officer shares her comms tips Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Chairman of Six Nations Rugby on leading with engagement Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lloyds Banking Group's future of work expert answers six comms questions in under 90 seconds Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tom Kegode leads Lloyds Banking Group’s Work:Lab, which tests propositions for the future of work; including remote working, hybrid engagement and the power of employee community and innovation. These were the headlines from our conversation.  3:22 On making innovation part of everyone’s job at Lloyds BG. 4:21 On setting up the Work Lab and its vital role in helping Lloyds BG test, learn and...

Virgin Media O2's Chief Comms Officer answers six quickfire comms questions in 90-seconds Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nicola Green is Virgin Media O2's Chief Comms and Corporate Affairs Officer and an active campaigner for women in PR. Nicola has Type 1 Diabetes and is now a passionate advocate for raising awareness and understanding around invisible illnesses. These were the headlines from our conversation.  (1.22) On taking a more direct and succinct comms approach as her career has progressed. (3.22) On b...

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