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Since the arrival of the Internet in the 1990s, organisational intranets have become a staple – helping colleagues access vital knowledge and information and connect and collaborate with one another to achieve shared goals. Their impact on organisational productivity has been profound. As knowledge work becomes ever more digital, in this episode Cat explores the future of the intranet with Suzie Robinson, intranet and digital employee experience consultant at Clearbox Consulting.

In this first episode of series 16, Jen, Dom and Cat chat with Mercy Abel, founder of It Is Who You Know, to uncover the value of mentoring to bridge intergenerational divides and superpower early years careers.

Today, a constant stream of corporate scandals show the extent to which a lack of oversight causes chaos, disruption, sizeable financial losses or worse, loss of life. But in the lead up to such events, how many people will have been privy to impropriety but felt unwilling or unable to speak up? This episode, Jen and Cat are joined by Shaun Keep and Paul Adams, co-founders of Say-So, an organisation helping employees voice legitimate safety and wellbeing concerns, safely and anonymously.

As uncertainty rises, employees are rejecting old command-and-control models. Discover why internal communication is now a meta-skill for organisational success — and how you can harness it to deliver real strategic value.

In the first episode of series 13 of the Future of Internal Communication podcast, Jen chats with Dr. Sarah Pass from Nottingham Business School. Sarah is also on the board of Engage for Success and co-leads its annual survey. In this conversation, they explore the crucial link between internal communication and colleague engagement and examine this year’s research findings.

Published last week, Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace 2025 report warns that the world is standing at the edge of a new era of work. Employees globally are becoming increasingly disengaged from work at a time when technological change is demanding more from them than ever before. And AI in particular is threatening the severance of vital human connections. IoIC President Suzanne Peck shares her thoughts on how internal communication could support and contribute to turning the tide on employee engagement.

In a new episode of the Future of Internal Communication podcast, Cat, Jen and Dom chat with learning designer Beth Salyers to understand how we best learn and, more poignantly, what role communication plays in social learning.

Season 12 of the Future of Internal Communication Podcast kicks off with an inspiring first episode! Join hosts Jen, Cat, and Dom as they sit down with Sarah Gillard, CEO of Blueprint for Better Business, to explore the role businesses should play in building a fairer, well-functioning society and how internal communication can help bring these aspirations to life.

In this episode, Jen, Dom, and Cat sit down with Deborah Hale, Campaign Consultant and Producer of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Torch Relays, to explore powerful strategies for boosting colleague engagement through shared purpose and memorable experiences.