It’s been a month for awkward TV and radio exchanges – some would call them ‘car-crash interviews’ – which have graphically illustrated what can happen when you ignore the unwritten rules of the interview game. Essentially I would divide these into two types. For relatively light-hearted topics – acting awards, movie or product promotions and… Read more »
Slow Train to Disaster: Why Transparency Matters in a Crisis
In early February, a 1.7 mile long freight train carrying many wagons of hazardous chemicals derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, causing a massive fire and releasing clouds of toxic fumes into the atmosphere, while spillages polluted a local waterway. As part of the cleanup, the rail company Norfolk Southern then had to run a ‘controlled… Read more »
JARGON-WATCH SPECIAL: Avoiding Digital Befuddlement
The big workplace trend of turning manual processes digital and using artificial intelligence – the consultancy PwC neatly calls it human-led, tech-powered – is throwing up far too much jargon that is incomprehensible to most people. Forbes magazine predicts this digital transformation will be one of the biggest business trends of 2023, so we’d all… Read more »
Should You Answer the Interviewer Back if You Don’t Like the Question?
Even as we enter the ‘season of goodwill’, the political temperature shows little sign of cooling down, and hot tempers seem to be an increasing feature of the news channels and interview shows. Some, like rail union leader Mick Lynch, seem to particularly enjoy taking on interviewers if they don’t like the line of questioning…. Read more »