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Polpeo's crisis simulations prepare brands and agencies to communicate successfully in a crisis. Experience a crisis breaking on social and traditional media.
Our latest episode of ‘What Just Happened?’ explores the horrific allegations around Del Monte Kenya’s pineapple farm and looks at the role investigative journalism has played in championing the local community. #crisiscomms polpeo.com/del-monte-de...
Del Monte Deaths | Polpeo
Del Monte is a globally recognised brand that has been in existence for nearly 140 years. But in 2023, The Guardian and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism uncovered allegations that security guard...
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November 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Our latest episode of ‘What Just Happened?’ explores the horrific allegations around Del Monte Kenya’s pineapple farm and looks at the role investigative journalism has played in championing the local community. #crisiscomms polpeo.com/del-monte-de...
The 2025 Involve Outstanding Role Model list is out, and Tamara is on it! We’re proud to see Tamara being recognised for her continual work to support diversity in the workplace. #OUTRoleModels25 outstanding.involverolemodels.org/poll/2025-to...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:52 AM
The 2025 Involve Outstanding Role Model list is out, and Tamara is on it! We’re proud to see Tamara being recognised for her continual work to support diversity in the workplace. #OUTRoleModels25 outstanding.involverolemodels.org/poll/2025-to...
How much is your brand willing to risk to do the right thing and protect its communities? #Diversity #Inclusion polpeo.com/doing-the-ri...
Doing the right thing is hard, risky and worth it | Polpeo
We know that allyship, and acting in line with your values, isn’t easy.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
How much is your brand willing to risk to do the right thing and protect its communities? #Diversity #Inclusion polpeo.com/doing-the-ri...
Kate (@katehartley.bsky.social) is quoted in @provokemedia.com's Q3 crisis review article on the infamous CEO hat snatch US Open incident.
A great example of something being a clear-cut gaffe www.provokemedia.com/long-reads/a...
A great example of something being a clear-cut gaffe www.provokemedia.com/long-reads/a...
Q3 Crisis Review: When Conduct, Culture and Context Collide
PRovoke Media editors and experts weigh in on corporate comms crises involving Tylenol, Nestlé, JP Morgan, Cracker Barrel, Suntory, Intel, Meta, Adidas, Astronomer, Jet2, and more.
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October 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Kate (@katehartley.bsky.social) is quoted in @provokemedia.com's Q3 crisis review article on the infamous CEO hat snatch US Open incident.
A great example of something being a clear-cut gaffe www.provokemedia.com/long-reads/a...
A great example of something being a clear-cut gaffe www.provokemedia.com/long-reads/a...
Meta’s “depressingly predictable” response to the backlash over its use of photos parents posted of their teen girls was in the news in September. @provokemedia.com covers the story, with quotes from @tlittleton.bsky.social. www.provokemedia.com/long-reads/a...
Q3 Crisis Review: When Conduct, Culture and Context Collide
PRovoke Media editors and experts weigh in on corporate comms crises involving Tylenol, Nestlé, JP Morgan, Cracker Barrel, Suntory, Intel, Meta, Adidas, Astronomer, Jet2, and more.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Meta’s “depressingly predictable” response to the backlash over its use of photos parents posted of their teen girls was in the news in September. @provokemedia.com covers the story, with quotes from @tlittleton.bsky.social. www.provokemedia.com/long-reads/a...
Organisations will always be vulnerable to activism, but there are things that leaders can do to minimise the risk. Our latest blog post looks at some of the lessons from Greenpeace’s campaign against Shell & LEGO. (Spoiler alert: do the right thing!) polpeo.com/lessons-in-a...
Lessons in activism | Polpeo
It’s easy for brands to say what people want to hear, but your brand will be challenged to demonstrate how those values are being lived.
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October 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Organisations will always be vulnerable to activism, but there are things that leaders can do to minimise the risk. Our latest blog post looks at some of the lessons from Greenpeace’s campaign against Shell & LEGO. (Spoiler alert: do the right thing!) polpeo.com/lessons-in-a...
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Some break under pressure; others find clarity. In Accidentally Brilliant, we explore why adrenaline junkies thrive - not for chaos, but control.
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#CrisisLeadership #MarketingStrategy #Storytelling
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#CrisisLeadership #MarketingStrategy #Storytelling
October 10, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Some break under pressure; others find clarity. In Accidentally Brilliant, we explore why adrenaline junkies thrive - not for chaos, but control.
@polpeo.bsky.social @katehartley.bsky.social @joshtwheeler.bsky.social
#CrisisLeadership #MarketingStrategy #Storytelling
@polpeo.bsky.social @katehartley.bsky.social @joshtwheeler.bsky.social
#CrisisLeadership #MarketingStrategy #Storytelling
Our latest episode of What Just Happened? Looks at the battle between Ron de Santis and Disney over the Don’t Say Gay bill. Did Disney handle the crisis well? And what can other brands learn from the crisis? #CrisisManagement polpeo.com/disney-dont-...
Disney "Don't Say Gay" | Polpeo
In March 2022, Florida’s Senate passed a bill to ban discussions of sexual orientation or gender identity in primary schools. The so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill stirred up major controversy at Disney,...
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October 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Our latest episode of What Just Happened? Looks at the battle between Ron de Santis and Disney over the Don’t Say Gay bill. Did Disney handle the crisis well? And what can other brands learn from the crisis? #CrisisManagement polpeo.com/disney-dont-...
This crisis is from over 10 years ago and was one of the first crises to show the power social media has to turbo-charge activism.
The latest episode of What Just Happened? explores the Greenpeace campaign against Shell, and how LEGO found itself caught in the middle. polpeo.com/everything-i...
The latest episode of What Just Happened? explores the Greenpeace campaign against Shell, and how LEGO found itself caught in the middle. polpeo.com/everything-i...
Everything is NOT Awesome: Greenpeace v LEGO | Polpeo
Until 2014 Shell had enjoyed a 50-year-long brand partnership with LEGO. But it came to an abrupt and high profile end after Greenpeace’s “Everything is Not Awesome” campaign, which targeted the long-...
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October 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
This crisis is from over 10 years ago and was one of the first crises to show the power social media has to turbo-charge activism.
The latest episode of What Just Happened? explores the Greenpeace campaign against Shell, and how LEGO found itself caught in the middle. polpeo.com/everything-i...
The latest episode of What Just Happened? explores the Greenpeace campaign against Shell, and how LEGO found itself caught in the middle. polpeo.com/everything-i...
How do you combat the ‘fatal bias’ problem when it comes to crisis management? This is a concept explored by Lucy Easthope in her brilliant book Come What May. Is your team prepared for the ways in which familiar crises can change and evolve? polpeo.com/fatal-bias-a...
‘Fatal bias’ and the destructive power of the near miss | Polpeo
In a simulation exercise recently, one of the team said: “We’ve been through something like this before. We know how to handle it. It’s business as usual.” You could feel the team relax in the room. T...
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July 30, 2025 at 7:15 AM
How do you combat the ‘fatal bias’ problem when it comes to crisis management? This is a concept explored by Lucy Easthope in her brilliant book Come What May. Is your team prepared for the ways in which familiar crises can change and evolve? polpeo.com/fatal-bias-a...
How can organisations avoid and defend against reputational risks from their own leaders? We take a look in our latest blog post.
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Systemising risk – how to take the personal out of crisis planning | Polpeo
Our latest episode of What Just Happened? looked at fallout of the sexual assault that happened at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup medal presentation.
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July 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
How can organisations avoid and defend against reputational risks from their own leaders? We take a look in our latest blog post.
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In the latest episode of What Just Happened? Kate and Tamara are joined by partner at Mishcon de Reya, Emma Woollcott, to discuss the fallout of the Luis Rubiales incident at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup medal presentation.
#CrisisCommunications #CrisisManagement
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Spanish Football on Trial: Sexual Assault at the World Cup | Polpeo
During the medal presentation at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, Luis Rubiales, then-president of the Spanish Football Federation, forcibly kissed Spanish player Jenni Hermoso on the lips. The act, w...
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July 11, 2025 at 10:58 AM
In the latest episode of What Just Happened? Kate and Tamara are joined by partner at Mishcon de Reya, Emma Woollcott, to discuss the fallout of the Luis Rubiales incident at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup medal presentation.
#CrisisCommunications #CrisisManagement
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#CrisisCommunications #CrisisManagement
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Our latest post looks at what we can learn from leadership in crisis situations from the Miracle on the Hudson emergency landing back in 2009. polpeo.com/miracle-on-t...
Miracle on the Hudson: lessons in crisis leadership | Polpeo
If the ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ has a lesson for leaders, it’s that ordinary people can do extraordinary things when they’re calm in a crisis.
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June 9, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Our latest post looks at what we can learn from leadership in crisis situations from the Miracle on the Hudson emergency landing back in 2009. polpeo.com/miracle-on-t...
Tamara (@tlittleton.bsky.social) recently talked about the empathetic way M&S has been handling crisis communications around its recent cyber-attack. You can read what she and other crisis experts have to say over at @provokemedia.com. www.provokemedia.com/latest/artic...
“This Isn’t Just Crisis Communications, It’s M&S Crisis Communications”
PR and crisis management experts weigh in with an assessment of how Marks & Spencer is handling the ongoing cyber attack.
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May 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Tamara (@tlittleton.bsky.social) recently talked about the empathetic way M&S has been handling crisis communications around its recent cyber-attack. You can read what she and other crisis experts have to say over at @provokemedia.com. www.provokemedia.com/latest/artic...
What lessons can leaders learn from the Miracle on the Hudson? Aviation psychologist, Gill Green, shares her thoughts with @katehartley.bsky.social and @tlittleton.bsky.social on the latest episode of What Just Happened?
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Miracle on the Hudson River | Polpeo
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May 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
What lessons can leaders learn from the Miracle on the Hudson? Aviation psychologist, Gill Green, shares her thoughts with @katehartley.bsky.social and @tlittleton.bsky.social on the latest episode of What Just Happened?
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This week, What Just Happened? looks at what happened at Harrods & what organisations can learn from it to make sure it never happens again. Kate & Tamara are joined by employment engagement expert, Ann-Marie Blake, to talk about creating a culture of psychological safety. polpeo.com/harrods/
Culture of Fear: Lessons from the Harrods Abuse Scandal | Polpeo
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April 11, 2025 at 7:10 AM
This week, What Just Happened? looks at what happened at Harrods & what organisations can learn from it to make sure it never happens again. Kate & Tamara are joined by employment engagement expert, Ann-Marie Blake, to talk about creating a culture of psychological safety. polpeo.com/harrods/
Our latest blog post looks at deepfakes and how organisations can defend against them. polpeo.com/deepfakes-tr...
Deepfakes & trust in the age of accessible AI | Polpeo
Deepfake frauds are the next step in social engineering attacks.
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April 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Our latest blog post looks at deepfakes and how organisations can defend against them. polpeo.com/deepfakes-tr...
Join @katehartley.bsky.social and @tlittleton.bsky.social for another episode of What Just Happened? This week, they’re discussing the deepfake video scam that defrauded Arup out of £20m.
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The Arup Deepfake Scam | Polpeo
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March 27, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Join @katehartley.bsky.social and @tlittleton.bsky.social for another episode of What Just Happened? This week, they’re discussing the deepfake video scam that defrauded Arup out of £20m.
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Ideally, people shouldn’t have to blow the whistle on an organisation – because it won’t be doing anything whistleblower-worthy. But what if someone does find something? @katehartley.bsky.social explores the topic in our latest post.
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Whistleblowing – a cautionary tale for organisations | Polpeo
A couple of weeks ago, Tamara and I had the privilege of speaking to Jonathan Taylor, a whistleblower whose world was turned upside down when he exposed his employer for paying bribes to secure contra...
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March 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Ideally, people shouldn’t have to blow the whistle on an organisation – because it won’t be doing anything whistleblower-worthy. But what if someone does find something? @katehartley.bsky.social explores the topic in our latest post.
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The latest episode of What Just Happened? is out! @katehartley.bsky.social & @tlittleton.bsky.social talk to ex-SBM Offshore lawyer, Jonathan Taylor. He tells us his story of uncovering a $240m bribery scandal encompassing oil companies & governments. #CrisisComms
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SBM Offshore: Corporate Corruption, Whistleblowing, and the Fight for Justice | Polpeo
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March 13, 2025 at 10:31 AM
The latest episode of What Just Happened? is out! @katehartley.bsky.social & @tlittleton.bsky.social talk to ex-SBM Offshore lawyer, Jonathan Taylor. He tells us his story of uncovering a $240m bribery scandal encompassing oil companies & governments. #CrisisComms
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Immersive training is a great starting point for training your teams to manage potential crises. @tlittleton.bsky.social explores the topic in her latest post. #CrisisTraining #CrisisManagement
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The power of immersive training for crisis management | Polpeo
Being confronted with having to deal with a crisis in our working lives can be terrifying.
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March 5, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Immersive training is a great starting point for training your teams to manage potential crises. @tlittleton.bsky.social explores the topic in her latest post. #CrisisTraining #CrisisManagement
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We’re excited to learn that Polpeo is one of the providers shortlisted for a crisis management award at the @provokemedia.com EMEA SABRE Awards (for work we did alongside @netprofile.bsky.social and Privacy Rules)!
You can find the full list of finalists here www.provokemedia.com/events-award...
You can find the full list of finalists here www.provokemedia.com/events-award...
2025 SABRE Awards EMEA Finalists
Finalists for the 2025 EMEA SABRE Awards.
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March 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
We’re excited to learn that Polpeo is one of the providers shortlisted for a crisis management award at the @provokemedia.com EMEA SABRE Awards (for work we did alongside @netprofile.bsky.social and Privacy Rules)!
You can find the full list of finalists here www.provokemedia.com/events-award...
You can find the full list of finalists here www.provokemedia.com/events-award...
What can brands do when they’re targeted for the good they’re trying to do in the world? We take a look at ‘rage farming’. polpeo.com/the-age-of-r...
The age of rage: how rage farming is harming brands | Polpeo
We’ve known for some time that social network algorithms favour emotive content that makes people want to act - the more engagement content gets, the more it’s recommended to others.
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February 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
What can brands do when they’re targeted for the good they’re trying to do in the world? We take a look at ‘rage farming’. polpeo.com/the-age-of-r...
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February 19, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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How can organisations be true to their values when they may have no choice but to act against them? How can they keep supporting employees and communities over the next four years?
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"We are not looking for political analysis": How Donald Trump has taken over the UK broadcast media, and what that means for your brand - Prolific North
Trump’s name has been mentioned once every four minutes and 25 seconds in UK broadcast media since he was sworn in on 20th January 2024, a total of 43,942 mentions.
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February 19, 2025 at 12:39 PM
How can organisations be true to their values when they may have no choice but to act against them? How can they keep supporting employees and communities over the next four years?
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