The Matildas Effect: The Data That Drove the Most-Watched TV Event in Australian History

Trust Diagnostics Part One: It’s Just a Passing Concern

Learn how to handle negative publicity and identify the best course of action for your business with our article on the 'passing concern' category.

Trust Diagnostics Part Two: Now That is a Troubling Development!

Discover the impact of sensationalized attention, objectively measured negative brand attribution, and regulatory response on social license at our website.

Trust Diagnostics Part Three: The full-blown crisis and the destruction of social license

Discover the evolving societal expectations of organizations and how they conduct themselves. How can breaching trust lead to loss of goodwill and brand damage?

The Gen AI Drizzle Becomes Torrential

Discover the future of marketing with Gen AI solutions that revolutionize marketing functions and enhance reasoning over instinct.

What’s Wrong With Your Brand Tracker

Discover the disconnect between brand tracker insights and in-market performance and the importance of accurately measuring brand success in volatile markets.

Trust – You Can’t Fatten A Pig On Market Day

In the previous article 'What to do when a “breach of trust” unleashes an unruly mob', it was argued that unless there has been malfeasance, the CEO should not apologise for a breach of trust. When it comes to a public apology, the CEO is personally worse off often facing permanent reputational damage and the organisation fares no better than had no apology been made.

What To Do When a “Breach Of Trust” Unleashes an Unruly Mob

Forethought Mind and Mood Pulse – August 2021

With NSW eclipsing 1000 daily new COVID cases and Victoria late last week given grim news of a once again extended roadmap out of lockdown, in August we saw now almost 1 in 2 Australians believing their life to be worse than this time last year.

Forethought Mind and Mood Pulse – July 2021

Forethought has been observing Australia's sense of Normality since March 2020 – in July 21 we have observed the sharpest monthly decline since the beginning of the pandemic (down 10 percentage points), primarily driven by the extended lockdown in Sydney.