In this update, we share key emerging employment trends: 'quiet cracking' replaces 'quiet quitting’ while companies start ‘quiet cutting’; freelancing is going mainstream; culture is trumping policy for RTO success; workplace fun is helping to drive performance; and consumer boycotts are increasingly impacting talent retention. All of these workplace shifts and undercurrents are reshaping how organisations need to engage with colleagues.
Sanna Kantelinen, senior internal communications manager at Remedy Entertainment and a 2025 graduate of the Masters in Internal Communication Management, shares her tips for succeeding on the path to a formal qualification.
Colette Clements, Internal Communications Assistant at ScottishPower, is driving employee engagement through Viva Engage and shaping campaigns that connect people to purpose. With the support of IoIC membership, she’s building confidence, skills, and a strong professional network to grow into a strategic communicator.
We were joined for a special conversation to discuss the future of our profession and the direction of the Institute with IoIC President Dominic Walters.
The Institute of Internal Communication (IoIC), in partnership with Ipsos Karian and Box, has released a new IC Index 2025 Channels Report – a companion to this year’s main IC Index study.
From sector-hopping communicator to strategic powerhouse - Misty Oosthuizen shares how knowing your value can transform not just your career, but your organisation too. Discover how she’s using AI to automate the admin and unleash her creativity where it counts most: connecting people to purpose through powerful internal communication.
Meet Sarah Cooper, Content and Channels Advisor at Medical Protection Society. From an unexpected start in internal comms to leading major projects in a new sector, Sarah shares her inspiring journey, including how IoIC membership supported her through career change, boosted her confidence, and reignited her passion for learning.
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.
Burn survivor Jack Holt, account director for IT consultancy Recarta, shares how visible difference shaped his resilience, career and mission to support and educate others.
Debo Dyson, Internal Communications Manager at Selfridges, shares his experience of completing the IoIC Master’s in Internal Communication Management, from balancing work and study, to applying new learning in real time. He reflects on the confidence it gave him, the support of his cohort and tutors, and how the journey unlocked potential he didn’t know he had.
When a big campaign or groupwide engagement initiative lands, it’s exciting – but how do you make sure they take-off smoothly without dropping the day job? Here’s how to prioritise, schedule and stay strategic while keeping business-as-usual comms firmly on your radar.
Jennifer Butcher, communications and commercial responsibility director at AB Agri, reflects on living with hearing and sight loss, and how quiet kindness, human connection and ditching the labels have been more powerful than any other support.