A seat at the table: silver bullet or white elephant?


How many times do #CommsHeroes wish for a fabled ‘seat at the table’? What happens if you get one? How do you succeed without one? And should we be putting our efforts into proving our worth rather than bemoaning our absence? Kate Jones will chair a lively debate into this evergreen topic and throw in a few challenges of her own.

Kate Jones

FIIC, Head of Communications & Corporate Affairs, Tarmac

Laura Skaife-Knight

Deputy Chief Executive – Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust (QEH)

Chaya Mistry

Founder of Humanly, a communication coach and consultant

Kevin Ruck

Co-founder of PR Academy and course leader for the CIPR Internal Communication Diploma

Rachel Thornton

Co-founder and owner, scarlettabbott

Steven Murgatroyd

Internal Communications Manager at AXA UK