Katie Boysen

Comms consultant, co-founder of Comms People, and the co-host of the Smart in Public podcast.

Mar 16, 2026

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6 min read

Speed Is A Deliverable

Move fast or move on

Lessons from our vibe code website workshop

Mar 14, 2026

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6 min read

Lessons from our vibe code website workshop

A resume and a product page had a baby

Mar 1, 2026

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6 min read

How to Capture the Comms Moment

The smartest storytellers are rebuilding how they work

Feb 18, 2026

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7 min read

TIL in Comms People: vibe-code a custom GEO dashboard for clients

AI Show, Not Just Tell

Feb 10, 2026

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8 min read

The Comms Person Is the New First Hire

Jack of All Trades, Master of Making People Care

Jan 19, 2026

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8 min read

Your brain on stories

The neuroscience behind building a personal brand

Smaller Circles Drive Bigger Career Moves

Jan 7, 2026

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7 min read

Smaller Circles Drive Bigger Career Moves

You don't need a bigger network. You need a better one.

How to Build a Comms Competitive Moat in 2026

Dec 30, 2025

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8 min read

How to Build a Comms Competitive Moat in 2026

3 ways to improve your 2026 comms strategy before Jan 1

What You Need to Know About GEO for Comms Measurement

Dec 13, 2025

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7 min read

What You Need to Know About GEO for Comms Measurement

The old playbook still slaps

Has anyone stopped to think about what AI Agents mean for comms teams?

Dec 11, 2025

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8 min read

Has anyone stopped to think about what AI Agents mean for comms teams?

Just because you can automate something doesn't mean you should

Dec 1, 2025

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3 min read

How to Get Over the Cringe of Selling

Learn to Sell or Learn to Struggle in 2026

Your Job Title Won’t Save You. Your Reputation Will.

Nov 24, 2025

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3 min read

Your Job Title Won’t Save You. Your Reputation Will.

Build an independent credibility infrastructure that will serve you throughout your career

The Thought Leadership Strategy Hidden in McKinsey's CEO Guide

Nov 17, 2025

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3 min read

The Thought Leadership Strategy Hidden in McKinsey's CEO Guide

Why McKinsey new CEO stakeholder guide is actually a roadmap for becoming your industry's default authority

2025 taught us that the old comms rules are dead. 2026 will show us who writes the new ones

Nov 4, 2025

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3 min read

2025 taught us that the old comms rules are dead. 2026 will show us who writes the new ones

What the ROI crisis, AI paralysis, and media fragmentation taught us—plus predictions for why 2026 could be the year comms leads at the table, not just has a seat at it.

What Daniel Ek’s Spotify Exit Teaches Us About Founder Storytelling (And What He Should Have Done Differently)

Oct 1, 2025

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3 min read

What Daniel Ek’s Spotify Exit Teaches Us About Founder Storytelling (And What He Should Have Done Differently)

He built a platform for 700 million voices and then forgot how to use his own

The best founders are the ones with the courage to be human

Sep 24, 2025

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3 min read

The best founders are the ones with the courage to be human

Some thought leadership about thought leadership

Stop being the secret weapon and start being the CEO

Sep 8, 2025

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3 min read

Stop being the secret weapon and start being the CEO

Applications Now Open: Join Comms People

Sep 4, 2025

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3 min read

The Delicate Dance of a Comms Career

From employee to consultant, and consultant to business leader.

Aug 5, 2025

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3 min read

Your AI + Comms Transformation Guide

Being the 'Humanizer' is Your Only Career Insurance Policy

Mar 21, 2025

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3 min read

What do we call me?

The consultant's dilemma

Losing my corporate job was the best thing to happen to my career

Mar 9, 2025

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3 min read

Losing my corporate job was the best thing to happen to my career

Welcome to the era of consulting

Please don’t try to ChatGPT your comms strategy

Jan 17, 2025

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3 min read

Please don’t try to ChatGPT your comms strategy

Spoiler alert: It will suck

Jan 2, 2025

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3 min read

Everyone is circling back

Here’s how you can embrace the enthusiasm

Oct 2, 2024

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3 min read

Here's a free PR career starter pack

Tested and approved by yours truly

Aug 21, 2024

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3 min read

I let AI roast my LinkedIn profile and then cried in the shower

A tool for tough love