www.ishara.one
Ishara*
Decoding trust and power through language
Ishara (meaning 'sign' or 'signal') is a Singapore-based organisation focused on meaning making by understanding how trust is built and how power is enabled through language.We help organisations build trust and enable power through their comms via our Trust Comms Lab consulting workshop.Our Communicate With Intention programme is designed for ICs and Generalists to understand how to build trust and enable power through communication.Our free weekly newsletter, Signpost, analyses how language builds trust and enables power. It's free to subscribe.
Trust Comms Lab
Turning intention into trust.
A hands-on audit + workshop that helps your comms team build trust by closing the gap between what you intend to say and what audiences hear. It’s practical, collaborative, and designed to turn your communications into a driver of trust.
At the end of the session, you'll receive a Trust Audit Report, which includes:🗺️ a Trust Gap Map → visualising intention vs perception
🛠️ Tools and frameworks (Pillars of Trust, Language Acts, Archetypes) → applied directly to your comms,
📢 a 3-Point Comms Action Plan → clear shifts your team can implement right away.
How It Works1️⃣ Pre-Session → We review your comms pieces + survey your team’s intentions
2️⃣ 1-Day Workshop → Discovery, reflection, and applied exercises
3️⃣ Post-Session → Trust Audit Report + recommendations + follow-up consultation
Communicate With Intention
The Workshop - Coming Soon!
A 1-Day workshop to help ICs and Generalists understand how to communicate with insight, impact, and intention.
The Handbook
Signpost
A weekly newsletter analysing how language builds trust and enables power.
About me
Imran Khan is a communications professional and founder of Ishara, a Singapore-based training and consultancy that helps hybrid professionals and individual contributors communicate with credibility, clarity, and impact. With 15 years of experience across advertising, public relations, editorial, and marketing, Imran brings a cross-functional and cross-cultural lens to communication, having worked at TikTok, Google, Tech in Asia, and OMD, covering APAC and MENA.Imran holds an MBA from Hult International Business School and an MA in Creative Writing from LASALLE College of the Arts (Goldsmiths). He also holds an Advanced Certificate in Learning and Performance (ACLP 2.0).Imran writes Signpost, a weekly newsletter on how language builds trust and enables power. He also teaches and performs improv.You can reach him at [email protected].