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Disney “Don’t Say Gay”

October 16, 2025

Everything is NOT Awesome: Greenpeace v LEGO

October 2, 2025

Gemma Storey

‘Fatal bias’ and the destructive power of the near miss

July 30, 2025

Kate Hartley

In a simulation exercise recently, one of the team said: “We’ve been through something like this before. We know how to handle it. It’s business as usual.” You could feel the team relax in the room. They were treading a…

Systemising risk – how to take the personal out of crisis planning

July 24, 2025

Gemma Storey

Our latest episode of What Just Happened? looked at fallout of the sexual assault that happened at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup medal presentation. Kate and Tamara spoke to partner at Mishcon de Reya, Emma Woollcott, about what happened…

Spanish Football on Trial: Sexual Assault at the World Cup

July 10, 2025

Gemma Storey

Miracle on the Hudson: lessons in crisis leadership

June 9, 2025

Gemma Storey

In a recent episode of ‘What Just Happened?’, Kate and Tamara talked to psychologist, Gill Green, about the psychology behind the successful emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River in January 2009. The plane suffered a…

Miracle on the Hudson River

April 24, 2025

Gemma Storey

Team psychological safety and avoiding a culture of fear

April 22, 2025

Kate Hartley

Team psychological safety in the workplace plays an essential role in creating a healthy culture. The term was first coined by psychologist Carl Rogers in the 1950s, and the concept of team psychological safety was developed by Amy Edmonson,…

Culture of Fear: Lessons from the Harrods Abuse Scandal

April 10, 2025

Gemma Storey

Deepfakes & trust in the age of accessible AI

April 1, 2025

Gemma Storey

Deepfake frauds are the next step in social engineering attacks. They exploit our relationships, our trust in people – whether it’s Taylor Swift appearing to endorse Le Creuset or our CEO telling us to transfer some funds to a new…