In this week’s episode, Farzana Baduel and Doug Downs unpack two themes shaping communications, leadership, and trust.

— Sri Lanka’s Resilience & Demining — A three-week visit to Colombo highlights the scale of post-conflict demining, the human impact of landmine clearance, and how Sri Lanka balances resilience messaging with tourism, investment, and national reputation.

— A fantasy AI board of advisors — An experiment using ChatGPT to simulate a board of PR advisors explores what AI thinks about 2026 trends, consumer behaviour, and the claim that “PR is dead”, raising bigger questions about how small organisations might use AI for strategic counsel.

💡 Produced by Emily Page and Solomon Ibeh
The Week Unspun is a co-production of Curzon PR, Stories & Strategies, and Folgate Advisors.

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