Richard Edelman is the President and CEO of Edelman, a global communications firm. The firm was named "PR Agency of the Decade" by both Advertising Age and The Holmes Report. Richard topped PRWeek's list of most powerful executives (2013), was recognized as the third highest rated CEO by Glassdoor (2014) and was inducted in the Arthur W. Page Society's Hall of Fame (2014). He is regarded as an industry thought leader and has posted weekly to his blog since 2004. Richard is consistently mentioned as one of the top 25 foremost experts on corporate trust.

In this episode of Asking Out Loud, Richard lifts the lid on the evolution of PR as a discipline and reveals what the future looks like for the sector.