Better Signals, Less Noise: Join the Expert Panel on June 23
The data from the new Korbyt + Reworked report landed with a finding that should reframe a lot of IC conversations: half of employees say message volume is "about right." 44% still tune out.
Some might confuse this with an overload problem. But instead, it’s a relevance problem. And it's harder to fix.
We wrote about the full report findings, but data alone doesn't change how organizations communicate. That's where the conversation needs to go next.
On June 23 at 1:00 PM ET, a panel of practitioners and workplace tech leaders is doing exactly that.
Better Signals, Less Noise: Fixing Workplace Communication is a live expert panel from Korbyt and Reworked, in association with ICology. It's built around the report findings and focused on what communicators can actually do with them.
The panel:
Julliann Schrader, Sr. Manager of Internal Comms at Fresenius Kabi, is doing this work inside a large, complex organization every day.
Kayla Bonnin, Internal Comms Manager at Allianz, adds the practitioner view from a global financial services context.
Chuck Gose, Founder of ICology, has been tracking this research and its implications for the IC community.
Natalie Appleton, VP Workplace at Korbyt, brings the platform perspective on where organizations are struggling to cut through.
The panel delivers a useful mix. Not just vendor perspective, not just theory, not just one org's experience. A few of the specific findings worth bringing to the conversation:
73% of employees say sender identity is the top factor in whether they trust a message. "From the Leadership Team" isn't cutting it. The panel will get into what that actually means for how organizations structure communication ownership.
92% of workers say AI should reduce information overload, not increase message volume. That's a clear mandate, and most organizations aren't meeting it yet.
Hybrid workers are more than twice as likely to say staying informed has gotten harder over the last few years compared to their fully in-office counterparts. One communication strategy doesn't serve both groups.
There's also the shadow comms reality the report confirms: when official channels fail, employees don't stop finding information. They just go somewhere else. Slack DMs, WhatsApp threads, hallway conversations. If that's where the real news travels in your organization, this panel is worth an hour of your time.
If you want to read the full research first, download the report or read the ICology breakdown before the session.