Thought leadership

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Rigour, bold moves and trust: Lessons from content leaders

By Eve Michell 02/16/2026

Let’s start with slop. We’ve all heard about it and – sadly – experienced it. But the explosion of low-quality content isn’t only driven by AI tools, and it isn’t the only reason we risk failing to see in a potential Golden Age of thought leadership. With that in mind,…

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Written By Eve Michell16/02/2026
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5 content-related reasons I’ve seen marketing campaigns fail in 2025

By Tony Hallett 12/23/2025

The last weeks of December come with a guarantee that we’ll all be seeing lots of similar posts: the round-up.     This year, I’ve decided to compile five content-related reasons that I’ve seen marketing campaigns flop in 2025. Why? So you can…

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Written By Tony Hallett23/12/2025
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Researchers’ verdict on AI detection tools? Don’t use them to make ‘significant decisions’

By Shirley Siluk 10/30/2025

Writers have been stung by critics for as long as there’s been writing. Samuel Pepys declared Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream ‘the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw…

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Written By Shirley Siluk30/10/2025
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Real > stock > AI imagery

By Tony Hallett 09/10/2025

I was looking at a carousel that my colleagues posted to our CC LinkedIn page a while ago (digression: you should follow our LinkedIn page, if you don’t already). The post was…

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Written By Tony Hallett10/09/2025
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On mimetic desire and work

By Andrew Smith 07/17/2025

Part 6 Welcome to Human Work. A series about the changing nature of work today. René Girard (1923-2015) was a French-American philosopher and social scientist, his ideas now beloved of…

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Written By Andrew Smith17/07/2025
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Leading for tomorrow (and right now)

By Andrew Smith 07/08/2025

Part 5 Welcome to Human Work. A series about the changing nature of work today. Many leaders are seized of the need to transform to survive and thrive. They also…

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Written By Andrew Smith08/07/2025
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Your new competitor: Netflix

By Andrew Smith 06/09/2025

Part 3 Welcome to Human Work. A series about the changing nature of work today. Many a modern conversation starts like this: “Do you prefer working in the office or…

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Written By Andrew Smith09/06/2025
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Painkillers or vitamins – what do you sell?

By Tony Hallett 06/09/2025

The internet is thick with business guru after business guru telling you to sell painkillers rather than vitamins. What does that mean? Well, the theory is that we all know…

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Written By Tony Hallett09/06/2025
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Companies are suffering a ‘psychic energy deficit’

By Andrew Smith 05/09/2025

Companies are suffering from a slump in discretionary energy: energy that workers freely gave at work. These are the moments of ideation, fun, innovation, insight, vigour and enthusiasm that once…

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Written By Andrew Smith09/05/2025
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Dealing with elephants – in rooms, offices, at home, everywhere

By Andrew Smith 04/30/2025

What do we do when there’s a big, upsetting thing that nobody wants to talk about? People have different approaches, but for much of the corporate world, the answer is often…

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Written By Andrew Smith30/04/2025
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Content leaders – now is not the time to bury your head in the sand

By Tony Hallett 04/04/2025

I’ve had several conversations in the past few weeks with contacts at large, US-headquartered, global companies and the conversation always turned to whether (or not) they speak internally about the…

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Written By Tony Hallett04/04/2025
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It’s 2025! Time to refresh, reboot and rethink your thought leadership. 

By Andrew Smith 02/06/2025

Terrified of tariffs? Scared of sanctions? Antsy about AI? Mulling mergers? Rueful of regulation? Edgy about your ESG and DEI positions? The world has changed. You need to refresh your…

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Written By Andrew Smith06/02/2025
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