Quick Wins: How to avoid being typecast
Quick Wins from the When It Hits the Fan team is our how-to guide to being better at your own PR and navigating the world of work like a pro. In these special short episodes, David Yelland and Simon L...
15 Apr 202510min
Quick Wins: How to deal with redundancies
Quick Wins from the When It Hits the Fan team is our how-to guide to being better at your own PR and navigating the world of work like a pro. In these special short episodes, David Yelland and Simon L...
8 Apr 202510min
The truth about ‘no comment,’ managing expectations and cost-effective PR
In this special episode David Yelland and Simon Lewis answer PR questions sent in by When It Hits the Fan listeners. First off, they are just two little words but they carry a lot of meaning... why 'n...
1 Apr 202520min
Heathrow special: inside the crisis
In this special episode, David Yelland and Simon Lewis unpick the PR levers being pulled behind the Heathrow airport shutdown caused by a fire at a local power substation – which left 300,000 passenge...
25 Mar 202526min
Thames Water’s PR gamble, Tesla backlash and William’s Villa in The Sun
Letting the cameras go behind the scenes of a company is always a risky strategy - but did it pay off for Thames Water? David Yelland and Simon Lewis assess whether BBC2's Thames Water: Inside the Cri...
18 Mar 202528min
Carney’s Canada v Trump, Abrdn’s U-turn and Ambassador Suzuki
Across the world reputations are being set by how leaders react to Donald Trump, including those of Keir Starmer and the King. Now Canada’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, has seen his standing trans...
11 Mar 202528min
Trump, Zelensky, the King and Mummy Pig
In the wake of Donald Trump's decision to pause all US aid to Ukraine, David Yelland and Simon Lewis reflect on the breakdown in the relations between presidents Trump and Zelensky. How far was his hu...
4 Mar 202528min
PR in the disinformation bubble, Mandelson’s doorstep and breaking cover
David Yelland and Simon Lewis discuss how best to navigate the 'disinformation bubble' that appears to be parked over Washington DC. Could business take a lead from the media on drawing lines in the s...
25 Feb 202528min
