The Evi­dence-Based Communicator

Know what is working—and where the real problem begins.

The Evi­dence-Based Com­mu­ni­ca­tor gives CEOs an evi­dence-based view of com­mu­ni­ca­tions per­for­mance and gives Chief Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Offi­cers the data to defend invest­ment, stop low-val­ue work, and build a stronger oper­at­ing model.

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The track record behind the framework

30%

YoY growth in social engage­ment — Lock­heed Martin

$200K

Annu­al paid-social sav­ings found and rein­vest­ed — Lock­heed Martin

5M+

Dai­ly unique vis­i­tors dri­ven — Comcast.net

10%

YoY lift in tech con­tent per­for­mance — Aptiv

Activ­i­ty ≠ Impact

Out­put94%
Atten­tion58%
Impact28%

Out­put becomes the mea­sure of success.

01 / The Problem

Busy is not the same as effective.

Com­mu­ni­ca­tions teams are pro­duc­ing more con­tent across more chan­nels while com­pet­ing for less atten­tion. Inter­nal requests mul­ti­ply. Lega­cy work sur­vives on polit­i­cal habit. Teams stay busy, but lead­ers still strug­gle to explain what com­mu­ni­ca­tions is worth. That is the Activ­i­ty Trap: out­put becomes the mea­sure of suc­cess because the orga­ni­za­tion lacks a cred­i­ble way to con­nect effort, audi­ence response, and busi­ness context.

01  Com­mu­ni­ca­tions teams are pro­duc­ing more con­tent across more chan­nels while com­pet­ing for less attention.
02  Inter­nal requests multiply.
03  Lega­cy work sur­vives on polit­i­cal habit.
04  Teams stay busy, but lead­ers still strug­gle to explain what com­mu­ni­ca­tions is worth.

The Cost

The wasted half is sabotaging the half that works.

The famil­iar Wana­mak­er prob­lem is no longer just that some spend­ing is wast­ed. In a frag­ment­ed, algo­rith­mic envi­ron­ment, low-per­form­ing con­tent can weak­en an entire chan­nel, con­sume scarce capac­i­ty, and crowd out the exper­i­ments that could cre­ate growth.

Inside-Out Cal­i­bra­tion

Chan­nel evidence
Cal­i­brate
Mar­ket evidence

The Diag­nos­tic Wall

02 / The Diagnosis

One diagnosis. Two leadership outcomes.

For the CEO

For the CEO, the frame­work answers the skep­ti­cal ques­tion: what is com­mu­ni­ca­tions actu­al­ly accom­plish­ing, and which appar­ent com­mu­ni­ca­tions fail­ures point to prod­uct, ser­vice, pric­ing, cus­tomer-expe­ri­ence, or cul­ture problems?

For the CCO

For the CCO, it cre­ates the evi­dence to pro­tect the bud­get, set bound­aries with inter­nal stake­hold­ers, retire low-yield work, and redi­rect the recov­ered capac­i­ty into an Inno­va­tion Fund.

03 / Begin

Three ways to begin

01 Strate­gic Fric­tion Assessment

A focused out­side-in view of dis­tri­b­u­tion health and orga­ni­za­tion­al bottlenecks.

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02 12-Week Trans­for­ma­tion Engagement

A col­lab­o­ra­tive rebuild of mea­sure­ment, work­flows, and the oper­at­ing model.

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03 Frac­tion­al Advi­so­ry and Strate­gic Guardrails

A month­ly advi­so­ry rela­tion­ship for lead­ers who want senior coun­sel after the trans­for­ma­tion sprint and a dis­ci­plined cadence for keep­ing the oper­at­ing mod­el healthy.

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04 / The Oper­at­ing System

A practical operating system for modern communications

01

Measure

Estab­lish base­lines for vol­ume, veloc­i­ty, engage­ment, and con­tent performance.

02

Calibrate

Com­pare inter­nal chan­nel sig­nals with inde­pen­dent rep­u­ta­tion, sen­ti­ment, and aware­ness research.

03

Decide

Iden­ti­fy what to stop, strength­en, test, and fund.

04

Enable

Give the team tools, gov­er­nance, and lan­guage it can keep using after the engagement.

The goal is not another report.

It is a stronger inter­nal capa­bil­i­ty: clear goal­posts, defen­si­ble choic­es, and a team equipped to oper­ate with evidence.

The Prin­ci­pal

Built in the room, not in a lecture hall.

Com­castFordLock­heed Mar­tinAptiv

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