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How Big Data Will Modernize Your Crisis Communications Plan

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In September, 2015, Volkswagen suffered the wrath of the global community after disclosing that the company’s diesel cars were designed to cheat on tailpipe-emissions tests. In an interview with the New York Times , Hans-Gerd Bode, Volkswagen’s communications chief described the crisis as a “tsunami.” Sign up here.

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From classroom to boardroom – crisis management lessons from the auto industry

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Aaron Shardey gained a first class honours degree in public relations at London College of Communications this Summer with his undergraduate dissertation offering case study research into crisis management in the automotive industry. I was fortunate that five senior practitioners agreed to be interviewed.