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High Context is for experienced communications people — across corporate communications, PR, employer branding, internal communications and related disciplines.

Most people here are already established in their work. Some are leading teams, stepping into bigger roles or working across markets. Others are consulting, going fractional, considering a move or simply trying to make better decisions in the role they already have.

You do not need to be job hunting to belong here.

Because having a large network and having the right people around a specific question are two different things.

High Context is being built so you do not have to explain your career, your company, your ambitions and the politics around a situation from scratch every time you need a second opinion.

Over time, the people around you know more of the backstory. That makes the advice better — and makes it easier to ask the questions you would never put on LinkedIn.

High Context Open is what you can be part of now: selected events, conversations, High Context Voices, updates and public content. It will continue after Membership launches.

Some parts of Open are still curated. We review requests to join the WhatsApp group, and some events may have limited places, so we can keep the people in the room relevant to experienced communications professionals.

Membership, opening in March 2027, is the smaller paid layer. It adds Career Boards, Private Ask, Context Profiles, curated introductions, member-only rooms and the continuity that comes from people knowing more about you over time.

Circle will be where Membership lives. Circle itself is not the point — what matters is what becomes possible once the same people keep showing up with more context.

High Context Voices is coming soon. It’s where we publish ideas, experiences and perspectives from people working in communications. It’s public and free for anyone to read.

When Membership opens, members will be able to pitch their own ideas for Voices. We may also invite non-members to contribute when they have a perspective we genuinely want to share.

Because relevance drops quickly when a professional community becomes a very large directory of strangers.

Membership will be curated around fit, professional experience and what people can both contribute and get from the room. The aim is not to collect as many profiles as possible. It is to make it more likely that when you need perspective, an introduction or a useful conversation, there is someone there who understands the situation.

We will explain the application process before Membership opens.

A Career Board is a small, recurring group of peers who get to know each other’s work, ambitions and current challenges over time.

Think 6–8 people rather than a big networking group.

You might bring a promotion conversation, a difficult leadership situation, an interview, a move into a new market, a question about going fractional, or simply something at work that you need to think through with people outside your company.

The value is that by the third or fourth conversation, you are no longer starting with the backstory.

That is what Private Ask is for.

You can bring a sensitive question to High Context without having it posted publicly under your name. The High Context team will know who submitted it, but the question can be shared anonymously with the relevant group.

Before anything is shared, you will see and approve the final wording.

This is for the situations where the useful question is also the one you are least likely to ask in a public professional space.

You do not need another directory and a message saying, “You two should connect.”

If there is someone in the network who could genuinely be useful — because of their experience, market, role, company background or something you are working through — High Context can help connect the dots.

We ask first. We explain why the introduction makes sense. And we do not turn member information into a recruiter or sales prospecting list.

It is not a recruitment service or a traditional job board.

But career opportunities can come through the network: relevant roles, projects, referrals, introductions, visibility through High Context Voices and people knowing what you are good at and what you may want next.

The bigger idea is to build career options before you urgently need one.

That's great!

High Context is not designed only for moments when something has gone wrong or when you want to leave.

It can be useful when you are preparing for your first board presentation, managing a bigger remit, hiring a team, negotiating scope, dealing with a difficult stakeholder, entering a new market or wondering what the next few years of your career should look like.

Some of the most useful career work happens before you need to make a move.

Some questions need more than a conversation.

High Context may run shorter, focused formats around things such as changing role or market, preparing for a specific career moment, seeing how another communications team actually works, or spending more time together in a retreat or gathering.

These sit separately from Membership and may be priced separately. Members may receive priority or a different rate for selected experiences.

Right now, the open High Context community mainly lives through our WhatsApp group, events, High Context Voices, email updates and public channels.

Requests to join the WhatsApp group are reviewed before people are added, so we can keep the group relevant to experienced communications professionals.

When Membership opens in March 2027, the private member experience will live on Circle. That is where members will have Career Boards, Private Ask, Context Profiles, member-only rooms and ongoing conversations that build context over time.

Selected online and in-person events will continue alongside both.

Yes. High Context Membership is designed to be easy for employers to support.

It gives experienced communicators access to external peer perspective, practical examples from other organisations and a trusted place to test difficult decisions — making it a natural fit for professional development or learning budgets. We’ll make company-funded Membership and reimbursement straightforward.