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The Workplace Rewrite

AI is changing how we communicate, the tools we manage, and what employees expect. As the modern workplace evolves, we turn to practitioners in the field for real-world insight — not speculation.

The Workplace Rewrite is a peer-to-peer briefing delivering bi-weekly perspectives from seasoned experts at the intersection of Comms, IT, and HR, sharing what’s working, what’s breaking, and what matters most.

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Meet your hosts

Karen Downs smiling with shoulder-length hair, labeled as a Senior Advisor in Strategic Communications in a digital workplace context.

Karen Downs

Karen Downs is a digital workplace strategist and Senior Strategic Advisor at Staffbase. She helps enterprise organizations rethink intranets, governance, and AI in the employee experience. A former enterprise intranet leader turned advisor, Karen brings 20+ years of hands-on transformation experience.

Jeff Corbin smiling; text reads "Communications," "Jeff Corbin, Principal Strategy Advisor, Strategic Advisory."

Jeff Corbin

Jeff Corbin brings 25+ years of experience advising enterprise leaders on strategic communications and employee engagement. Former CEO of KCSA Strategic Communications and founder of APPrise Mobile and theEMPLOYEEapp, he is a recognized pioneer in mobile technology for internal communications.

Deane Barker smiling, labeled as Director of Strategic Engagement, with "Content Management" text above.

Deane Barker

Deane Barker is a global provider of internal communication technology. He’s been working in content management for 30 years, and has written four books about the patterns and practices of modeling, creating, managing, and delivering digital content, including “Web Content Management: Systems, Features, and Best Practices” for O’Reilly Media and the “Web Project Guide: From Spark to Launch and Beyond.”

Smiling person with long hair, labeled as Darin Gad, Senior Lead Designer in Communications Design Practice, on a light purple background.

Darin Gad

Darin Gad is a strategic design expert who helps teams visualize and activate their internal communication strategy through clear, people-centered design. With 15+ years of experience and dual master’s degrees in Fine Arts and Information Design, she reviews 300+ intranet and email designs each year, empowering organizations to create best-in-class experiences that drive clarity, relevance, and engagement.

Frank Wolf in a blue shirt smiling, with text reading "AI", Frank Wolf, Chief Strategy Officer."

Frank Wolf

Frank is the Chief Strategy Officer and co-founder of Staffbase. He is an intranet and communications expert with more than two decades of experience helping companies connect with their employees, including 11 years at Staffbase and a decade as an intranet consultant. He is passionate about internal communication and digital technologies that create better workplaces.

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Lara Dobson

Lara Dobson works at the intersection of employee experience, AI, and digital workplace strategy. Over the past 8 years at Staffbase, she has partnered with industry analysts and researchers to identify patterns in employee experience tech and translate them into product strategy. Now, she focuses on separating real trends from hype and exploring how companies can balance modern digital experiences with real human connection at work.

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