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Crisis lessons from the Adidas-Kanye debacle

Posted on January 24, 2024 by managingoutcomes

New revelations – variously described as shocking, jaw-dropping and bombshell – brutally expose how a company ignored long-standing warning signs in pursuit of profit, leading to a costly financial and reputational crisis. Although it’s more than 12 months since Adidas parted … Continue reading →

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Never underestimate how celebrities can influence important issues

Posted on March 4, 2019 by managingoutcomes

Does it really matter when self-styled influencers enter into important public issues? Like the recent headlines when the 20-year-old wife of an Australian football player spoke out against vaccination and told her 7,000 followers that hospitals can’t be trusted. The answer … Continue reading →

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Celebrity or scientist: Who do you believe?

Posted on June 2, 2017 by managingoutcomes

Some celebrities are famous for having kooky ideas – think no further than Gwyneth Paltrow. But when these ideas potentially threaten the health of thousands of citizens, it can be a real challenge for issue managers and risk communicators. Television … Continue reading →

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When celebrity sponsorship becomes a brand issue

Posted on March 16, 2016 by managingoutcomes

Maria Sharapova’s drug scandal is a crisis for the world’s highest paid female sports star. But it also raises major issue management challenges for her big brand sponsors and any other companies with high profile celebrity sponsorships. Whether she has … Continue reading →

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What happens when your issue spokesperson “goes rogue”

Posted on May 1, 2015 by managingoutcomes

Using a respected third party to help communicate an issue is as old as issue management itself. But it can always go very wrong, as the Australian Government has just discovered. Presumably the Federal Government thought it “seemed like a good … Continue reading →

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Celebrities blur fact and fiction in issue management

Posted on February 2, 2015 by managingoutcomes

The State of New York has officially banned the controversial practice of “fracking” to exploit deep deposits of shale gas.  However, is it a triumph for objective science or for the power of celebrity? In a case which has implications … Continue reading →

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