Episode 47 – Conversation with a comms rebel

Katie Macaulay’s guest this week is a leading light in efforts to advance the careers of under-represented groups in IC. Advita Patel is a qualified coach, mentor, public speaker and owner of her own consultancy firm, CommsRebel. She is also one of a trio of women who host the Calm Edged Rebels podcast, a board director for the Chartered Institute for Public Relations (CIPR) and co-founder (with previous guest Priya Bates) of A Leader Like Me – a global initiative to assist people from minority groups within our industry. While Advita’s passion is helping organisations become more aware of diversity, belonging and inclusivity issues, she is also focused on the perennial challenge of identifying measurable outcomes for internal comms. These are just two of the subjects tackled in a wide-ranging, open and honest conversation.