Apr 02 2020 28 mins 3
Welcome to the latest podcast with Iain Anderson, Executive Chairman at Cicero/AMO. We’ve put our life stories podcasts on pause as they just don’t feel appropriate at the moment - so today Iain and I are going to be talking about Covid 19: The media, the politics, and the communications. Here is a summary of what Iain and I talk about: [00:02:12 ] Iain tells us how he's finding it as a business person working through the Covid-19 crisis. [00:02:46 ] How as a PR professional Iain feels privileged and fortunate to be able to continue to work, as there are plenty who don't have that luxury at the moment. [00:03:35 ] What sort of challenges are Iain's clients facing currently? [00:04:55 ] How PR firms, since the start of the Covid-19 outbreak, have become centres of constant communication for employees - with almost back to back video calls and it's become pretty intense! [00:05:10 ] Why there's a real hunger to be able to continue to make business happen in the UK. [00:06:28 ] How clients have settled into this new way of working. [00:06:57 ] As a citizen of London Iain reflects on how the city has changed over the past month. [00:11:12 ] Why this has been by far the most difficult crisis period of Iain's career. [00:11:28 ] How politicians, the regulators and businesses have all made mistakes during this crisis - because we're all human. [00:13:49 ] How, in communications terms, Iain believes the “fairest assessment of the government’s response is that they have picked up speed." [00:16:04 ] How some of the major tech giants. "have been pretty muscular in removing (Covid-19) fake news off their platforms" [00:20:30 ] How Asia-Pacific China is recovering and has been able to get back to work. [00:21:34 ] How our media consumption habits have changed now we're all working from home. [00:25:03 ] With the Labour leadership result this weekend, does Iain see the cross political party unity holding?
