Diaspora
The Art of Knowing When to Go
There is a particular kind of institutional theatre playing out across boardrooms and cabinet offices right now, and if you work in communications, you will recognize it immediately. Someone who…
Farzana Baduel
Farzana Baduel is President of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) and CEO of Curzon PR. She is the Resident PR Expert at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, an Honorary Fellow of the CIPR, and a Chartered PR Practitioner. Farzana is also the co-founder of the Asian Communications Network, which champions Asian leadership and representation across the communications industry. Her board roles include serving as a trustee of The HALO Trust and Soho Theatre, and as a member of the English Law Promotion Panel chaired by the UK Deputy Prime Minister.
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Capitol Hill
The King, The Country Queen and the Art of Saying the Right Thing at the Right Time
Every week on When It Hits the Fan, the BBC Radio 4 podcast I co-present with David Yelland, former editor of The Sun and the New York Post, we pull…
Opinion
The Epstein Files Didn’t Just Expose Mandelson, They Exposed What We’ve Been Calling Leadership
There is a particular kind of vertigo that sets in when the people we were taught to trust turn out to have been unworthy of it all along. The release…
Diaspora
First Lady Melania Trump’s Film Deal: Gender Pay Breakthrough or Power-Driven Branding?
With a reported total investment of around $75 million, including $28 million said to have gone directly into the First Lady’s coffers and a further $35 million spent on promotion,…
Community
Is the Grass Greener in the United Arab Emirates?
The Middle Eastern oasis has been attracting my fellow Brits in droves. I went to see what the fuss is all about. I have been coming to the UAE for…
Community
A Nation of Storytellers: Why Sri Lanka’s New PR Body Signals a Country Reclaiming its Narrative
Travel teaches you things no classroom can. Not just about countries, but about yourself. When I arrived at the Sheraton in Colombo to speak on risk, resilience, and crisis communications,…
Community
Women Don’t Lack Ambition, They Lack a Level Playing Field
Before school drop-offs. After the children are asleep. Between paid work, care work, and the invisible labor of holding families and communities together. During motherhood, that is exactly what entrepreneurship…
Diaspora
The Mountain Where Power Goes to Be Seen
Snow is falling on Davos again, the way it does every January, turning a Swiss ski town into something between a fortress and a film set. Police checkpoints appear overnight.…
Afghanistan
What I Learned About Conflict, Dignity, and Recovery While Visiting Sri Lanka’s Minefields with HALO
Sometimes, life delivers a humbling reset. Last week, I traveled eight hours north from Colombo to Jaffna, Sri Lanka, with The HALO Trust, the world’s largest humanitarian demining organization. What…
Bangladesh
A South Asian Woman’s Journey Through Britain
When my parents arrived in London in the 1960s, they joined a wave of South Asians who crossed continents in search of opportunity. They left Kashmir with hope in their…