by Erin | Feb 2, 2026
This piece was written by Erin Beattie as a reflection of the Wise Council for the Southern Vancouver Island Birth and Family Stewards Centre, working to restore birth as ceremony and to create community-rooted, relational care for families and birth-workers. On...
by Erin | Jan 22, 2026
If power begins with meaning, and meaning is shaped by gender, then the final question becomes unavoidable. Part 3 of 3 Who is allowed to speak? Not who is invited.Not who is present. Who is authorized? Because in every organization, long before anyone raises a hand...
by Erin | Jan 15, 2026
How gender quietly shapes interpretive power inside organizations. Part 2 of 3 If power at work is really about who gets to shape meaning, then the next question becomes unavoidable. Whose meaning counts? We rarely ask this directly. Instead, we talk about influence,...
by Erin | Jan 10, 2026
Why strategy is about meaning, not decisions. Part 1 of 3 There’s a phrase we use constantly in organizational life that I’ve started to find deeply strange. “We need a seat at the table.” Internal communications uses it. HR uses it. DEI uses it. Strategy teams use...
by Erin | Jan 6, 2026
By Erin Beattie, Founder and CCO, Engage + Empower Consulting I’ve been thinking about how we talk about internal communications and external communications as if they’re two different things. In practice, they feel less like separate disciplines and more like the...
by Erin | Nov 17, 2025
Beyond noise. Toward messages that matter. Communication is everywhere, yet many of us still feel like we’re not being heard or understood. AI tools are generating content faster than ever. Inboxes are overflowing. Meetings get booked before folks have time to think.... 
What we practice togetherFebruary 2, 2026
