Episode 51 – Why are we here? How purpose and values drive healthy cultures

In the third episode of season 6 of The Internal Comms Podcast, host Katie Macaulay catches up with communications expert and IABC Fellow Jane Mitchell. Jane began her career with the BBC, before moving into producing award-winning films for corporate clients. In the 1990s, her focus shifted to developing strategic approaches to internal comms and employee engagement, setting up her consulting firm JL&M in 2005. In this wide-ranging episode, Jane joins the dots between public broadcasting and corporate values, considers the role of singular thinking in organisational ethical failure, and explains why, as communicators, our job is sometimes to push back on ‘the next big thing’. Whatever the topic, Jane’s fundamental philosophy when it comes to comms is clear: think smarter – and utilise what’s already there.