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Communication Breakdown — 84 episodes

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1

The AI Commencement

2

Of Maersk and Men

3

GameStop’s faceplant, Wells Fargo’s comeback

4

United plants a flag, IBM waves one

5

Chief Exposure Officer

6

Special Deliveries

7

Context is King

8

Spring Break Bonanza

9

Friendly skies vs. strong headwinds

10

Chalamet’s Choke, Daryl’s Splash

11

McMisfire

12

Iran, Earnings, and … TACOs?

13

Tariff Turnabout, Milan Meltdown

14

Silence & Subpoenas

15

The Outspoken Olympians

16

The Reputation Super Bowl

17

Minnesota CEOs miss the mark

18

Davos TACO, “Idiots” Feud

19

ICE paints a target on Target

20

New Year, New Challenges

21

Resisting Without Escalating: 2025 in Review

22

Susie Wiles’ star turn

23

He’s Back...

24

Costco targets tariffs, tech throws tantrum

25

Thanks for (saying) nothing

26

50 Ways to Botch Your Layoffs

27

Make Palantir Make Sense

28

PR in the Age of Rage

29

Toyota’s Truth-Telling, Shutdown Comms Playbook

30

Salesforce Majeur

31

Benioff's Unforced Error

32

Who Framed Bad Bunny

33

Signals and Noise

34

Kimmel’s back. Does Disney Have His Back?

35

The Sound of Silence

36

Narrative Contradiction

37

The Pepsi Challenge

38

Cracker Barrel’s Turn in the Barrel

39

Risky Business: Apologies, Silence, and Spin

40

So I Wanted To Show You Something

41

What Harvard Teaches Us (about dealing with Trump)

42

Thank You For Your Interest In Transparency

43

L’Affaire Astronomer

44

Elmo Hacked, Budgets Whacked, and Coke Sidetracked

45

Paging “Some Comms Person”

46

2025 First Half: Visibility, Values, and the Volume Dial

47

2025's First Half: Flatter, Fold or Fight

48

Strategic Fidgeting—When Everything’s Important, and Nothing’s Urgent

49

Why CEOs Are Still Silent

50

The Pride Sponsor Shuffle; Trump and Musk Go To War

51

United Pulls Back the Curtain; Harvard Stands Their Ground

52

Breaking Down the 2025 Axios Harris Poll Reputation Rankings

53

UnitedHealth Performs CEO Transplant

54

Target’s Post-Pivot Purgatory

55

Trade War Turmoil

56

Harvard Turns the Tables on Trump

57

The Trouble with Tariffs

58

First Thing We Do, Let’s [intimidate] All the Lawyers

59

Q2 Chaos and the 90 Day Review

60

Staring Down the Anti-Diversity Influencer

61

The Market Is Down

62

Of Course You Realize, This Means (trade) War!

63

Tesla

64

First-month Scorecards for Companies Under Trump

65

Ford Breaks Silence on Tariffs, Meta Breaks Decorum on Layoffs

66

Lessons from Beyoncé’s Grammy Wins

67

Diversity Critics Hit a Bullseye with Target

68

Inauguration Week — Comms Winners & Losers

69

Inside Starbucks’ Wildfire Relief Efforts

70

Meta’s MAGA “Tipping Point” - CES takes Las Vegas

71

Costco Stands Up To Diversity Critics

72

Best of Q4 2024

73

Attack of the Drones

74

UnitedHealthcare CEO Murder Sends Shockwaves

75

Walmart's U-turn on DEI

76

JaGUar’s Roundly-Panned Rebrand

77

Trump II: Chaos Communications

78

Now What?

79

Bezos' No-Endorsements Brouhaha

80

McDonald’s: You Want Fries With That?

81

Kellogg’s, Crumbl, and Angry Customers

82

You Deserve a (Price) Break Today

83

The Headless Boar

84

Ford Quits the HRC Index