The power of communication played a key role in changing perceptions among a 300-strong audience in a recent Oil and Gas Council webinar on the future of oil and gas frontier exploration. The audience were asked for their initial view on: ‘There is No Future for Frontier Exploration’ with 56% voting against the motion, 23% in support and 21% undecided. At the end of the discussion...

It is often said that out of crisis comes opportunity. For the advancement of organizational risk management systems, that time is now! The issues we have witnessed in recent months around covid-19, social unrest and economic uncertainty have affected all markets and companies around the world and challenged our ways of living and working. Many companies will already be using a ris...

We find ourselves at the halfway point of a tumultuous year, with COVID-19, civil unrest, racial injustice and a sharp economic downturn as just a few of the challenges countries around the globe are facing. Spoken Word experts share what steps companies need to think about now to get ready for the second half of 2020. “I think the biggest thing corporations will face this fall will b...

Credit Management professionals across the world have been given top tips from Spoken Word on how to calm the nerves and become an effective public speaker. Over the last four months, a series of training articles have been published in Credit Management, the magazine of the Chartered Institute of Credit Management and largest recognized professional body in the world for the credit ma...

Anger can drive individuals to take drastic, sometimes violent steps. Witness the civil unrest after the killing of George Floyd and the protests after the pandemic state shutdowns. For oil and gas companies working on large infrastructure projects, several interactions with angry stakeholders may occur throughout the life of a project, and most likely on the front end of construction. ...

If there’s one piece of advice I could give anyone before they visit Australia’s largest city, it would be simply; bring your camera! Sydney is a selfie lover’s heaven, with iconic buildings and views around every corner. Of course, any trip to Sydney must start with a stop at the world-famous Sydney Opera House. Besides being one of the most identified buildings in the world, the Opera ...

Each of us have been inundated with emails from brands with their action plans to combat COVID-19. It’s great to communicate, but what happens when everyone is saying the same thing? At a recent media training, we were diving into the true meaning of the term “thoughts and prayers.” Like a lot of kneejerk phrases, it’s lost its meaning. A training participant raised her hand and offere...