Our latest mICdrop guest is Karen Dempster, Co-founder of Fit2Communcate and creator of the Wobbly Model, a straightforward guide to communicating change.

This six-stage model takes a more human-centric approach to change communications by helping organisations get their employees through the ‘wobbly’ moment – the destabilising feeling employees experience when change is announced.

In this episode, Karen joins Sequel’s Jason Dowty to chat about the model and it’s six stages and to explain the importance of providing emotional support when communicating change. 

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A few years ago we heard a horror story about an organisation that had launched Viva Engage with a solitary email from the CEO, saying “Hey guys, we’re launching Viva Engage today. It’s a bit like Twitter. Have fun!”  

With minimal planning and communication, you can imagine how successful that launch was. 

At the other end of the scale are Currys, who launched Microsoft Teams and Viva Engage last summer with great care and attention. 

In this mICdrop episode, David Manning, Senior Manager – Culture, Change and Communications, explains the impact of Currys putting listening at the heart of their digital transformation approach. 

“Discovery was absolutely paramount,” he says. “We’d been using Workplace before and when that closed down, rather than just copying how we had used it, we listened to what colleagues want now, and what they expect to see in the future. And then we used that insight to shape our Viva Engage platform. 

“We’ve positioned it very differently off the back of that discovery work.  And that has really engaged our colleagues, because they can quickly see the value of it.” 

David also shares his tips for staying positive while you’re working on projects with particularly challenging timelines! 

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Our latest mICdrop guest is Vishnee Sauntoo, a strategic communications leader who has over 20 years’ experience in the not-for-profit sector. 

Over the past two decades, Vishee has delivered impactful, creative communications for the likes of Age International, British Heart Foundation and Save The Children. She is also a Board Trustee and mentor Charity Comms, the membership network for communications professionals working in UK charities. 

In this episode, Vishnee joins Sequel’s Jason Dowty to chat about her passion for the not-for-profit sector, its unique challenges and the secret of delivering engaging communications on a budget.  

It’s a fascinating topic and an episode not to be missed. 

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It’s one of the most daunting challenges for internal communicators: getting those hard-to-reach, frontline and on-the-road colleagues to engage with communication and actually join in.

Sound familiar? Well, we think Rozi Pearson, our Head of Digital, might just have the answer your organisation has been looking for.

In our latest mICdrop Talks Digital episode, Rozi is joined by Becky Couper-Leonard from our Insight team to talk about how our award-winning social wall has helped previously disconnected colleagues to be part of the conversation and own their experiences. 

#DigitalWorkplace #Social #EnterpriseSocialNetwork #FrontlineEmployees #InternalComms #EmployeeExperience #Leadership #InternalCommunication #ModernWorkplace

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In this episode, Colin Archer Head of communications at Spirax Sarco and Nick Andrews Business Development Director here at Sequel Group, tackle the questions every internal comms professional should be asking:

➡️ Do you truly understand the most pressing problem your organisation is facing?
➡️ And what role can you play in helping to solve it?

This isn’t just a conversation about leadership communication styles — it’s about how internal comms can become a strategic driver of clarity, alignment, and action at the executive level.

If you work in IC, this is your invitation to step beyond the newsletter and into the boardroom. 🎯

Give it a listen, and ask yourself: Are you positioned to make a difference where it matters most?

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Cyber Security – Build it in, Don’t Bolt it on

Cyber security isn’t just an IT concern, it’s a business-critical priority. If it’s not embedded from day one, you’re already at risk.

In this episode of Sequel’s mICdrop Talks Digital, Rod Farry, Lead Developer at Sequel, joins our host and Head of Digital Rozi Pearson to talk about why security needs to be part of every digital project from the very beginning.

They explore:
 🔍 Common blind spots that leave businesses exposed
 🛠️ Best practices for building secure platforms
 🚫 How to spot risks before they become breaches
 💡 And why prevention always beats damage control

With so much on the line, can you really afford to leave security as an afterthought?

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Digital tools can make life – and work – more efficient, simplifying complex tasks and freeing us up to do the creative stuff, but with so many to choose from in the workplace, how do communicators keep up without burning out? 

In this episode of Sequel’s mICdrop Talks Digital, Adam Larsson, Solutions Architect and digital tools expert, chats to Rozi Pearson, Head of Digital, about how internal communicators can turn digital tools into our best work friends. 

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Our latest mICdrop guest isn’t going to sugar-coat it – it's been a tough time for Inclusion and Diversity in organisations. 

Karan Kapoor, Chief Executive and Founder at Vividh, joins Sequel’s Rebecca Leonard to explain that’s why it’s more important than ever that internal communicators are equipped to bridge the gap between "inclusion and impact".

Offering practical advice on:

·       How to communicate about inclusion in the current climate

·       How to move beyond posters and press releases into real behaviour change

·       How IC pros can better support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) managers and the DEI roadmap.

An important topic, and an episode not to be missed.

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What do office furniture, flat earthers and The Beatles all have in common?

They're all connected to the world of data, as Paul Jones, our Head of Insight, explains in our latest mICdrop Talks Digital episode.

Speaking with Rozi Pearson, host and Head of Digital, they dig into the important questions:

📊 What should you measure, and why?
🧠 Can you really understand your business with numbers alone?
⚖️ How do you use data to inform your internal comms strategy?

And if you’d like to know more about our measurement and listening services – including our DASH platform that helps you to measure the impact of your digital channels – then please get in touch with Paul today.

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So many of us spend much of our working lives online, using the latest digital tools. And our digital workplaces bring lots of positives in terms of allowing us to connect, collaborate, work flexibly, and not be tied to a desk.  

But has enough attention been given to some of the negatives that can happen in terms of wellbeing? 

A study from the University of Nottingham’s Schools of Psychology and Medicine has shown that many employees are experiencing mental and physical techno-strain because they’re constantly connected, and always feeling a pressure to be available, even outside of work.  

In this episode, Elizabeth Marsh – who was the lead researcher – explains why employees are feeling overloaded because of this ‘hyperconnectivity’… but at the same time are worried about missing out on information. 

If you’ve ever snuck onto Microsoft Teams while you’ve been off sick and feeling rotten, this episode is for you! 

Elizabeth is the Director of Digital Work Research and has led numerous research and consulting projects relating to topics such as digital workplace strategy, digital skills, the future of work, digital leadership, technostress and more. She is also in the final stages of part-time doctoral research at the University of Nottingham on Digital Mindfulness, and has already published a series of papers in peer reviewed journals on employee wellbeing in the digital workplace. 

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