by brandirichardthompson | May 22, 2026 | Communications Strategy, Crisis Leadership
When an organization releases a document designed to look like accountability but engineered to produce none, that’s not an election autopsy. That’s a press release wearing a hard hat. The Democratic National Committee’s release of their 2024...
by brandirichardthompson | May 4, 2026 | Communications Strategy, Crisis Leadership
Saturday, Spirit Airlines told 17,000 employees their jobs were gone. An email. Between 6 and 7 p.m. on a Friday night. One hour before the public found out. No town hall. No transition plan. No dignity. And this morning, thousands of travelers are waking up in...
by brandirichardthompson | Mar 30, 2026 | Communications Strategy, Executive Coaching & Career
What the 2026 Oscars, an unread speech, and 60 years of cognitive science can teach leaders about the communications decisions they make without thinking I’ve written speeches that never reached their intended audience. Not because of deliberate negligence — but...
by brandirichardthompson | Mar 16, 2026 | Communications Strategy, Crisis Leadership
The Oscars are over. The dresses have been reviewed, the speeches have been dissected, and somewhere in Los Angeles, a publicist is already on their second cup of coffee wondering if their client said the right thing. If you watched last night, you saw beautiful. You...
by brandirichardthompson | Feb 23, 2026 | Communications Strategy, Crisis Leadership
What One Year of Mass Cuts Reveals About Who’s Leading — and Who’s Performing One year ago this month, the federal government began the largest mass layoff in modern American history. More than 300,000 federal workers — engineers, scientists, economists,...
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