Very Public Affairs Pod

Joe Bourke speaks to the Centre's Executive Director Wayne Burns about how best to prepare your company for a federal election: what to do, what not to do, and the importance of getting it right. 

Following on from an interview with Allegra Spender from the Australian Business and Community Network, Centre Director Wayne Burns speaks with Commonwealth Bank's Head of Corporate Responsibility to speak about the importance of social impact from a business perspective, and the importance of being able to measure its success.

The Centre's Executive Director Wayne Burns sits down with the CEO of the Australian Business and Community Network Allegra Spender to talk about measuring and reporting on  social impact, and her experience leading the ABCN.

The Centre's Joe Bourke speaks to Pamela Catty SFCCPA and Matthew Percival SFCCPA about their careers in corporate public affairs.  

Both practitioners were formally inducted as Senior Fellows of the Centre for Corporate Public Affairs at the Centre's 2019 Annual Head of Function and Senior Practitioner Roundtable, and they talk about the characteristics of successful leaders, the biggest challenges facing corporate public affairs practitioners today, and the advice they would give their younger selves.

Joe Bourke from the Centre speaks with Peter Van Onselen, Political Editor at Network Ten and Contributing Editor at the Australian newspaper about politics, public discourse, and what's next for the role of social media in democracies.

The Centre's Executive Director Wayne Burns speaks to the Australian Financial Review's China Correspondent Mike Smith about why senior business leaders need to understand China. They talk about the ways to go about better understanding China, the benefits of doing so, and the near to mid-term outlook on China-Australia business relations.

In this episode, Joe Bourke from the Centre speaks to two senior practitioners about books they've reviewed for the Centre's Corporate Public Affairs newsletter. Sally Mackenzie from the Customer Owned Banking Association reviews 'Start With Why' by Simon Sinek, and Llew Gartrell from Stockland reviews 'Powerful' by Patty McCord. 

Wayne Burns runs through his predictions for where the function is headed in 2019, and looks back on how the Centre's predictions for 2018 ended up.

The Centre's Executive Director Wayne Burns is interviewed by Joe Bourke about two case studies in issues and crisis management: the VW emissions scandal and the Starbucks racism incident. Wayne discusses the lessons corporate affairs practitioners can learn from these cases, and about how practitioners can ensure an issue doesn't turn into a full blown crisis.

In this week's Very Public Affairs podcast, the Centre's Executive Director Wayne Burns speaks to Mark Connelly, Director of Digital Growth and Fundraising at GetUp!, an activist advocacy entity that campaigns on issues and causes that often have industries and corporations in the firing line. Listen to find out more about why and and how GetUp! does what it does.