Building Brand Gravity: Attracting People Into Your Orbit

Building Brand Gravity: Attracting People Into Your Orbit

Building Brand Gravity: Attracting People Into Your Orbit, is a podcast for communicators across industries looking to gain an inside view into business influence. Each episode will feature a down-to-earth conversation with leading communications professionals, to share what they’re hearing and what they’re saying, in real time. Welcome to Building Brand Gravity!

Episodes

December 4, 2025 46 mins
What separates integrated communications and public relations agencies that grow from those that stall? Part of the answer lies where strategy meets serendipity and where chance favors those that are prepared.

Anne Green sits down with Michael Lasky, chair of the public relations practice at Davis+Gilbert, to unpack the gap between aspiration and execution found in D+G’s 13th Annual Public Relations Industry Trends Report. They dig ...
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When everything feels urgent, clarity wins. Trust, structure, and focus are core to who gets heard.

In this mailbag edition, Steve Halsey and Anne Green take on this podcast season’s most asked questions from communicators, marketers and other leaders. They revisit the communication function’s “seat at the table” debate through the lens of reputation as a business asset, and explore how values alignment works in the real world when ...
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September 30, 2025 39 mins
Structure sends signals. In an AI-driven attention economy, how a company organizes its communications function can sharpen its corporate narrative or splinter it - and this has big implications for trust both inside and outside an organization's walls.

Anne Green sits down with seasoned communications leader Chrissy Jones to unpack centralized and decentralized models, the real risk of fragmentation in a volatile reputation environ...
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September 18, 2025 49 mins
AI is rewriting the map of attention, and it isn’t reading your ads. To show up in answers, brands need earned authority that both people and machines trust.

In this episode, Steve Halsey is joined by Muck Rack’s Head of Data, Matt Dzugan, and Loren King of MorganMyers to unpack what AI is actually citing and why it matters. They break down fresh findings from a large-scale look at ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, the recency dynamics s...
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August 21, 2025 48 mins
Traffic is tanking. Search is splintering. And what used to count as a “PR win” may no longer be strategic. In a landscape where AI overall and large language models specifically are reshaping discovery, attention is no longer just a side effect of good content—it’s the point. But how do you earn it when the rules keep shifting?

In this week’s episode, Anne Green and Steve Halsey kick things off with a fast-moving conversation about...
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Somewhere along the way, a movement became a minefield. Ideally rooted in clear principles and purpose, the language of diversity, equity, and inclusion has morphed into a haze of acronyms, assumptions, and acrimony—and many leaders are quietly backing away. But what if the problem isn’t necessarily the work itself, but is rooted in how we talk about it and connect it with real people’s real experiences? 

In this week’s episode, hos...
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The hype around artificial intelligence is loud, but the real story is unfolding quietly in the daily workflows of marketing and digital strategists. It’s not just about ChatGPT or flashy tools. It’s about what happens when AI meets persistent pain points, hidden frictions and fresh opportunities in real work.

To kick off part two of their series on how AI is reshaping integrated marketing communications, hosts Anne Green and Steve ...
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June 18, 2025 52 mins
AI has moved from experiment to infrastructure in the world of PR—reshaping workflows, enhancing research, generating content, and becoming an essential part of the professional toolkit. But with adoption accelerating, many teams are moving faster than their policies, slower than their tools, and without a shared understanding of what this shift means for the future of the craft.

Part one in our special series on AI, this episode of...
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Business confidence is no longer just a reflection of quarterly results—it's a barometer of public trust, strategic clarity, and leadership alignment. Yet, according to new global research from The Page Society and The Harris Poll, only 1 in 4 people believe companies can positively impact the issues that matter most. Even fewer see both the action and context that build lasting confidence.

In this episode, host Steve Halsey is join...
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In today’s workplace, the relationship between companies and their employees has never been more complex—or more fragile. The pressures of a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) world are reshaping how we work, how we lead, and how we navigate the space between personal and corporate values.

For this week’s guest, Ethan McCarty, CEO & Founder of Integral, this isn’t just an academic discussion—it’s the very heart o...
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What will it take to succeed in 2025?

In this episode, Steve Halsey and Anne Green share their predictions for 2025, diving into the trends and strategies shaping leadership, culture, innovation, and communication. From navigating a VUCA world to leveraging AI for trust-building and empowering teams to cultivate their resilience, this conversation offers actionable insights to help leaders and brands thrive.

Join us as we discuss:
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The future of work is clearly no longer about clocking in at a desk. For this episode’s guest, it’s more about creating a whole new rhythm of leadership and engagement that makes work more human.

Speaker, author, coach and consultant Eryc Eyl shares his unique perspective on the evolving dynamics of the workplace and challenges with how "employee engagement” is understood today. We dive into the generational shifts shaping how we wo...
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Want to know the secret to thriving in a world full of marketing buzzwords? It’s all about mastering the right blend of authenticity, technology, and real human connections to make your brand not just heard, but truly relevant and memorable.

This week, host Anne Green opens up our listener mailbag to answer questions on compelling guest conversations from Season 2 episodes. This includes exploring how businesses can thrive by aligni...
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PR professionals are stepping up their game, transforming from mere communicators to strategic partners who drive business success by blending storytelling skills with essential business acumen. Today, we’re uncovering the secrets to mastering this game-changing skill set, crucial for communication leaders at every career stage—from entry-level roles to Chief Communications Officers (CCOs).

In this episode, we’re excited to welcome ...
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SNL. NFL. MLS. 313. You know you’ve got a good brand on your hands when all it takes is three letters or numbers to evoke an image or a moment that millions of people around the world recognize. But whether it’s a super quotable comedy sketch, an unforgettable moment in football (both American and European), or the birthplace of the car and Motown, it can be all too easy to take powerful branding for granted after it becomes so ing...
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In this episode of "Building Brand Gravity," Steve Halsey interviews Kim Losey, CEO of Rapid Robotics, about her journey from designer to marketer to one of Silicon Valley's few female CEOs. The discussion centers on the transformative power of AI-driven manufacturing and the importance of design thinking, customer experience and bold innovation. 

Kim shares insights from her diverse career, including her time at Hasbro, where she l...
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B2B vs. B2C marketing, internal vs. external communications, public affairs vs. business communications – these are typical examples of the binaries that have long dominated the communications landscape. 

As the industry evolves, many professionals are recognizing that these binaries contribute to siloed organizations – and less effective communications across a complex array of external and internal stakeholders. To propel organiza...
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The role of Chief Communications Officers continues to evolve into an ever more integral and matrixed leadership position. The days of being seen as the ones who just write the press releases are (hopefully!) behind us in the communications field.

Yet communications professionals themselves must foster - and articulate - a clearer vision of the centrality of this role to the business. Today’s visionary leaders will drive faster chan...
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The media landscape is undergoing rapid and unprecedented transformations, driven significantly by the powerful influence of artificial intelligence, social media, and remote work.
 
In an effort to understand modern journalism and predict its future trajectory, Greg Galant, CEO and Co-Founder of Muck Rack, joins host Steve Halsey to discuss Muck Rack’s latest research, The State of Journalism 2024. They delve into emerging trends sh...
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No one can escape a conversation about AI today (and this statement will likely remain relevant whenever if read in the near future).

As AI continues to dominate discussions in 2024, we revisit a previous dialogue with Anne Green, host of the Building Brand Gravity podcast and CEO of G&S Business Communications, and Kyle Turner, Digital Growth Director at the same firm. This conversation explores the transformative impact of AI ...
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