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Reputation is rebuilt in public

What the Bengal Cement turnaround taught me about narrative discipline in crisis communication.

By Abdullah Al Alamin30 July 20245:20
On rebuilding reputation in public.

The Bengal Cement case

Bengal Cement was under public scrutiny when the office joined the group. The work was not to issue a press release; it was to design a multi-stakeholder narrative shift and to measure it across the year.

The discipline

The discipline is to publish the evidence, hold the line on the message, and let the measurements tell the story. Crisis communication is a year-long practice, not a single event.

  • Stakeholder mapping — every audience, not just the loudest one
  • Evidence-led public update — a quarterly narrative review
  • Outcome measurement — share of positive coverage, share of voice, sentiment shift
  • Fractional CMO Senior marketing leadership in the chair, without the full-time hire.
  • Board Advisory A brand and AI strategy voice in the boardroom, on a defined cadence.

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