IC Best Practices for 2026: Combining AI, Data & Strategy to Stay Ahead – A Quantexa Perspective
Laura Bernhard
Rachel Tolhurst
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How can internal communicators deliver the most value and impact using AI to stay indispensable as automation accelerates?
Join Laura Bernhard, Head of Employee Experience and Internal Communications at Quantexa, for a practical conversation on how her team has evolved IC over four years inside a data and AI-driven organisation and what that means for the future of the profession in 2026.
In conversation with our very own communications expert, Rachel Tolhurst from Simpplr, Laura shares what works in practice: from securing executive buy-in to implementation and measurement, to manager enablement, and to leaning in where human judgement and connection still matters most.
- Hear how IC roles and skills are evolving alongside AI
- Understand which tasks always need human judgment and empathy
- Get practical tips on becoming a strategic data-driven IC partner to leadership by turning insight to action
- Discover how to empower managers as communicators without losing quality or control
Save your seat today. Whether you’re implementing new technology or getting more from existing platforms, you’ll leave with actionable ideas you can apply in your own organisation.
About the presenters
Laura Bernhard
Laura is a Comms, Culture, and Employer Branding leader with 10+ years’ experience scaling workplace cultures and crafting brand narratives for the UK’s fastest-growing tech startups and global multinationals including Apple, Amazon, Sky, and Unilever.
Blending Organisational Psychology with Marketing, she designs award-winning employee experiences that drive engagement, impact, and productivity.
She partners closely with CEOs, founders, and executive teams to build cultures where flexibility, inclusion, and psychological safety aren’t just policies - they’re lived experiences.
Whether building values-driven, high-performance cultures or embedding authentic leadership and psychological safety into transformation programs, Laura helps organisations create environments where people can thrive and deliver exceptional results.
Rachel Tolhurst
Rachel is an award-winning communicator with nearly 30 years' experience across financial and infrastructure services, aviation, healthcare, satcomms and agency.
She has spoken at many events about measurement for communicators, and delivered masterclasses in internal communications and embracing AI. She is passionate about the value of employee voice and data to measure impact and drive insight and improvement.
Rachel has been an International Association of Business Communicators UK&I Board member for two years and a mentor with Help for Heroes.