In a big, complicated crisis, it's to your advantage to break it into its constituents parts. And then the other piece is to know your values that you as an organization have and challenge yourself to live by those values. I think too many organizations haven't spent enough time thinking about what would they do in a circumstance that called upon them to act without knowing all the details of the situation. The pressure to act can be intense. That's why value, knowing your values, is so important,. Because it gives you a beacon that can decide how you are going to prioritize your actions.
“Knowing your values gives you a beacon, or a lamppost, that can inform how you’re going to prioritize your actions.”
In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, Stanford Graduate School of Business lecturer and Stanford University’s former Vice President of Public Affairs David Demarest speaks with host and lecturer Matt Abrahams on why knowing your values and the concerns of your stakeholders lays the foundation for any communication during a time of crisis.
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