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PR Budgets Are Rising. The Question Is: So What?
Here’s a question I’ve asked myself for three decades. If you have a throbbing frontal headache, do you reach for antibiotics? No, you reach for a Saridon. No dose of even the most powerful antibiotic will fix that headache, because you’re treating the wrong problem. Yet in corporate communications, we keep having the wrong conversation. We talk about budgets rising and budgets being cut as if a bigger number is always the answer. It’s not. A company facing a governance crisis needs a different intervention than one launching a new product. A brand struggling with consumer trust needs something entirely different from one battling regulatory scrutiny. The treatment must match…
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AI in PR. Or Just PR Being PR? You Tell Me.
Remember Salman Khan’s “Being Human”?I understand its importance more now. AI could have never helped me with this hook, right? :’) No matter how much AI we use, we humans will still connect to human tone more. We will relate to human essence more. Not against AI, but so many of us are not realising we are way smarter than this tool. AI is becoming the benchmark, it has quietly entered everything we do. Drafting pitches. Writing thought leadership. Summarising briefs. Rewriting subject lines for the tenth time. Even writing simple texts! PR is so, so simple. Yet so complicated and difficult. Not because the work itself is tough, but…
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PR in the Intelligence Economy: From Storytellers to Strategic Power Centers
Artificial intelligence is no longer a look good tool but the infrastructure shaping how narratives are created, distributed, challenged, and believed – every single day. In this AI-first world, PR has evolved into a strategic nerve center that influences reputation, risk, and revenue at the highest levels of organisations. The public relations industry is indeed poised for its most profound transformation since the advent of AI and it’s just the opening chapter of a much larger story. The Acceleration of AI in PR The adoption curve of AI in communications has been nothing short of exponential. Those of us who have been in this industry for over 20 years can’t…







