Episode notes
In this episode Arun Sudhaman speaks with Rochelle Ford, CEO of Page, about the challenges and opportunities facing chief communications officers today. Rochelle explains the Page Navigator — a benchmark and functional framework created by CCOs for CCOs — designed to provide the specific data that leaders need to make stronger cases for resources and structure.
They discuss a central tension: remits for communications are expanding (brand, culture, ESG, data and AI), yet functions are sometimes being restructured or dispersed — sometimes into legal or other teams — risking fragmentation of narrative and influence.
The conversation also tackles measurement — why teams default to easy-to-count outputs like media coverage, how that can change, and what it takes to speak the language of the CFO and CEO. Finally, they discuss geopolitics, ...