Resisting Without Escalating: 2025 in Review
30 dic 2025 ·
27 min. 57 sec.
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Descrizione
In this episode of Communication Breakdown, Steve Dowling and Craig Carroll unpack how companies navigated a volatile year under Trump’s return to power — chasing access, dodging landmines, and managing...
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In this episode of Communication Breakdown, Steve Dowling and Craig Carroll unpack how companies navigated a volatile year under Trump’s return to power — chasing access, dodging landmines, and managing the optics. From tech’s full-throated alignment to Coke’s non-denial denial, to Harvard’s quiet defiance, it’s a masterclass in when to perform, when to retreat, and when to just shut up. The big theme? Holding ground without lighting fires. This is your postgame on narrative control in a year where even silence spoke volumes.
Takeaways
alignment signaling, narrative control, stakeholder management, reputational exposure, crisis containment, performative support, political proximity, institutional resilience, communications strategy, narrative authorship, role clarity, reputation vs. access, strategic restraint, media framing
Companies Mentioned
Trump Administration, New York Times, Coca-Cola, Harvard University, Costco, NFL
Episode Hashtags
#TrumpAdministration #CocaCola #Harvard #Costco #NFL #CorporateCommunications #ReputationManagement #CrisisPR #NarrativeControl #StakeholderTrust #PoliticalComms #BrandRisk #StrategicSilence #LeadershipMessaging #StudiouslyBland #ShawnPNeal #AdvoCast #OCRNetwork
Communication Breakdown is a production of the Observatory on Corporate Reputation.
Hosted by Craig Carroll and Steve Dowling.
Produced in partnership with Advocast Leadership Advisory and Shawn P Neal.
For questions, feedback, or episode suggestions, reach out at podcasts@ocrnetwork.com
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Takeaways
- Alignment without hedging creates exposure, not just opportunity.
- Proximity to power can produce policy wins but risks reputational erosion if not translated across stakeholders.
- Performative signaling amplifies reputational risk — especially when it grants authorship to a polarizing figure.
alignment signaling, narrative control, stakeholder management, reputational exposure, crisis containment, performative support, political proximity, institutional resilience, communications strategy, narrative authorship, role clarity, reputation vs. access, strategic restraint, media framing
Companies Mentioned
Trump Administration, New York Times, Coca-Cola, Harvard University, Costco, NFL
Episode Hashtags
#TrumpAdministration #CocaCola #Harvard #Costco #NFL #CorporateCommunications #ReputationManagement #CrisisPR #NarrativeControl #StakeholderTrust #PoliticalComms #BrandRisk #StrategicSilence #LeadershipMessaging #StudiouslyBland #ShawnPNeal #AdvoCast #OCRNetwork
Communication Breakdown is a production of the Observatory on Corporate Reputation.
Hosted by Craig Carroll and Steve Dowling.
Produced in partnership with Advocast Leadership Advisory and Shawn P Neal.
For questions, feedback, or episode suggestions, reach out at podcasts@ocrnetwork.com
Informazioni
| Autore | OCR |
| Organizzazione | AdvoCast |
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