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As media outlets continue to focus on the transformative nature of AI, a key point remains overlooked. In the UK in 2025, digital inclusion - equitable access to and use of information and communications technologies for participation in social and economic life – remains problematic for many. 7.9m lack basic digital skills and 3.7million UK families sit below the minimum digital living standard. In this episode, Neighbourly COO Zoe Colosimo explores the AI adoption gap and the danger AI inequality poses to society.

The forces impacting 2025 operating conditions continue to confound organisational leaders and managers across the board. Workplace stress, anxiety, and burnout are at record levels and global analytics firm Gallup estimates disengagement cost the global economy US$438 million in the past year. In this episode, Jen and Cat welcome world-renowned organisational psychologist John Amaechi OBE. They discuss his new book It’s Not Magic and dive into the communication skills that underpin exceptional leadership.

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.

In the first episode of series 14, Jen, Dom and Cat chat with Dr. Christopher Owen, a coach, consultant and speaker on the topic of inclusivity and liberation. In this conversation, they explore intersectional systemic oppression and how internal communication can use stories and storytelling to help marginalised groups achieve better representation at work.

‘Busyness’ is increasingly seen as a badge of honour and productivity is regularly measured and rewarded at work. Despite all we now know about workplace stress, anxiety and burnout, we seem to be doing little to address the destructive pace at which we are living our lives. In this episode, Jen, Dom and Cat chat with Megan Reitz and John Higgins about their latest research, on the topic of spaciousness and how to find it.

Access to good work underpins broader societal health and flourishing. History shows when people are locked out of opportunity, populism and autocratic rule usually follow. But what is good work and how does it manifest? In this episode Jen, Cat and Dom chat with Shetal Joshi about the soul of business and internal communication’s role in bringing it to life.

In this episode of the Future of Internal Communication podcast, Dom, Jen and Cat chat with Peter Komolafe, author of the book The Money Basics. They explore the importance of financial wellbeing and its links to engagement and performance. Sharing his personal experiences with debt, Peter now helps people improve their attitudes and habits to achieve better financial resilience.

So many aspects of work are changing concurrently, making it hard to keep up. New employment types, flexible ways of working, increasingly distributed and disparate work teams, the pace of work itself – with continuous change all around us, it’s never been more important for organisations to focus on connection and community.

This episode, Adele McIntosh, VP of Internal Communication and Community at Arm, shares her views on the importance of community at work.

We have made huge progress in the last decade to open up workplace discourse about formerly taboo topics. When we bring sensitive issues out of the darkness, people no longer need to suffer in silence.

BUT, we seem still afraid to talk about cancer. Despite being a leading cause of death and illness worldwide, we are still loathe to discuss it, and this easily leads to misunderstanding. This episode seeks to address that.

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.

In a new episode of the Future of Internal Communication podcast, Dom, Jen and Cat chat with Ryan Curtis-Johnson from the Valuable500. He explains why inclusion is such a critical issue, not least when neurodivergence is on the rise. This conversation explores the opportunity for internal communication to create work cultures that boost diversity for enhanced organisational resilience.

In a new episode of the Future of Internal Communication podcast, Jen, Dom and Cat speak to Megan Reitz and John Higgins, co-authors of Speak Up: Say What Needs to be Said and Hear What Needs to be Heard. They explore the role of colleague voice in engagement and look at the role of internal communication in helping organisations become better equipped to hear – and leverage – the views that matter.