Starbucks Korea ‘Tank Day’ Backlash

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Email | RSSHow does a global brand make a mistake so culturally insensitive that it triggers boycotts, political condemnation, police scrutiny…
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The HMV Live Tweet Meltdown

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Email | RSSWhat happens when employees turn a company’s own communication channels against it? How should organisations handle redundancies in an…
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Spygate

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Email | RSSAhead of the recent Championship playoff final, with the winners promoted to the Premier League and also set to…
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The Art of the Apology

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Email | RSS What makes an apology believable? And what turns an apology into a crisis of its own? In this…
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The CrowdStrike Outage

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Email | RSS In July 2024, a faulty software update to cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike’s Falcon platform caused around 8.5 million Windows…
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WJH Shorts: Lululemon v Mumumelon

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Email | RSSWhen a fake pop-up shop called Mumumelon appeared just five doors away from a Luluemon store in London, eyebrows…
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Boeing: Too Big to Fail?

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Email | RSS Reputational damage rarely stems from a single incident, but from patterns of failure that expose deeper cultural issues.…
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WJH Shorts: The BrewDog Controversy

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Email | RSSAfter going into administration on 2nd March, the fallout for BrewDog’s investors, employees and reputation has been rapid and…
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WJH Shorts: The Anthropic Trump Feud

Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | Android | Email | RSSOn 27th February, President Donald Trump ordered the US Government to stop using technology from AI company Anthropic, developer…
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