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The day the message ceased to obey

En abril de 2017, un pasajero fue expulsado por la fuerza de un avión de United Airlines. Fue arrastrado por el pasillo mientras otros viajeros grababan la escena con sus móviles, lo que, hoy más que ayer, pero menos que mañana, constituye en todos los manuales de comunicación del mundo una potencial crisis reputacional de magnitudes inconmensurables. Entonces no debía constituirlo tanto. El vídeo, claro, circuló en cuestión de horas, primero suscitando indignación, luego mero espectáculo y, finalmente, quedando en el imaginario colectivo como símbolo de estos tiempos actuales en los que United Airlines aún no había aterrizado. Por toda respuesta, la compañía reaccionó con un comunicado que parecía escrito para el mundo del que había despegado, quién sabe hace cuántos lustros. Era un mensaje técnico, defensivo, insensible, ajeno al tono de lo que ya estaba ocurriendo fuera de su control. Y el resultado fue inmediato y se tradujo en pérdidas millonarias en menos de un día. La crisis, en cualquier caso, no fue sólo el incidente, sino lo que vino después.

Un año más tarde, en Reino Unido, KFC tuvo que cerrar cientos de restaurantes por un fallo logístico que le dejó, paradójicamente, sin pollo. El problema era serio, tangible, perfectamente cuantificable, lo que sólo podía exigir respuestas aparentemente frívolas, intangibles e inclasificables, perfectamente acordes al universo digital.

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José Manuel Campa, or knowing how to communicate with data an explanation and a way out of the crisis.

The former Secretary of State for the Economy, José Manuel Campa, opened the 14th Congress of the Spanish Association of Private Equity Institutions (ASCRI) last Friday with a striking message about Spain's exit from the crisis. His speech, "Economic outlook for Spain and Europe", was not a review of the...

Lack of love and violence among young people

On the way to maturity, human beings have to go through moments that can lead them to maturity or remain halfway through their development. Stages in which they are particularly influential, such as their stay in the womb, the first two years, pre-adolescence from 9 to 12 years of age, in which they...

PROA Comunicación organises a new 'Diálogos de Actualidad' meeting with Emma Marín

The insurance sector is probably one of the sectors that makes the greatest efforts to communicate its activity, because it affects society as a whole, both companies and individuals. Even so, since its beginnings, it has carried with it prejudices and negative connotations against which the communication departments of the companies are fighting...

Coronavirus is a not-so-infectious emotional plague

Keep in mind that the flu in Spain in the 2018-2019 season were attended in outpatient clinics and hospitals, discounting those who stayed at home and did not consult, 490,000 sick, with 35,000 cases requiring hospitalisation. Other very serious cases were treated in the ICU, 2,500. And, attention, they died from the...

Catherine Barba: "We are Living in a World in Rupture".

"The world is changing faster than ever." With this categorical phrase, Catherine Barba, Internet pioneer, entrepreneur and angel investor, talks about the world in which we find ourselves, a world that, in her opinion, "is in rupture or breaking down". In her opinion, the changes we are experiencing today force...

-- PROA strengthens its team with the incorporation of Ricardo Cuevas as director

PROA, a communications and reputation management consultancy, announces the expansion of its team with the incorporation of Ricardo Cuevas as account director. In this way, PROA continues its commitment to senior professionals to offer its clients a differentiating consultancy service. Ricardo Cuevas...

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