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By: Paul Stephenson

Paul Stephenson is a Partner at Hanbury Strategy

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  • Chief executives are distracted by the shiny lights of ESG and social media

    Paul Stephenson

    During the EU referendum campaign I encouraged my team to turn off all social media. As the Director of Communications for Vote Leave, this might seem like an odd instruction, given we were charged with  understanding the mood of the British public. But the truth is it’s all too easy to get distracted by the [...]

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