Rumours & CTs in the Workplace (Because Reasons 5)
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11/10/21 • 44 min
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EPISODE 45 | Rumours & CTs in the Workplace (Because Reasons 5)
Guest: Andrew Brown, co-founder of the Academy of Business Communications
Watercooler talk has moved online, so the speed and spread of rumours and conspiracy theories is growing every day, and it's not just inter-office gossip. How do such things take root in a work environment and what can organizations do to address them?
Andrew Brown walks us through the conditions that create fertile ground for rumors, the very human and social reasons behind them, and some real-world stories and advice for how organizations should and should not try to manage rumors in the workplace.
And while we're looking at an organizational context, these insights apply equally to any grouping of humans - a touch football team, a WhatsApp chat group or, with the holidays coming up, a family gathering.
**This interview was originally conducted for another podcast, Digital Signage Done Right. You can listen to it and see a transcript here. You can also listen to an earlier interview with Andrew Brown and his fellow co-founder Elizabeth Williams about employee surveys here.**
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SECTIONS
- 02:34 - ABC: Helping communications suck less
- 03:41 - Three levels where rumours take hold
- 09:52 - Three conditions that allow rumours to rise & spread now
- 15:13 - Maslow's Needs Hierarchy
- 18:09 - Four common but ineffective tactics
- 20:40 - These tactics ain't gonna cut it anymore
- 24:51 - Tips & models for combatting rumours & negative behaviours
- 30:16 - Traps organizations fall into
- 32:52 - What about when the leader is crazy? Are surveys useful?
- 36:08 - People want to be heard
- 39:52 - Belief is not knowing; change is scary
- Music by Fanette Ronjat
MORE INFO:
- The Academy of Business Communications
- Transcript of this episode on Digital Signage Done Right
- Visix communications resources
- The Swear Jar podcast
- The Fearless Communicator's Bullsh*t Barometer
- An IdeaPACK for Fearless Communicators
- Suspicion in the workplace: Organizational conspiracy theories and work-related outcomes
- Conspiracy theories: Why we align with them & how to manage them at work at Human Resources Director
- European Union article and infographic on identifying conspiracy theories
- Leadership Steps to Stop Spread of Conspiracy Theories on RockDove Solutions
- Conspiracy Theories: A Public Health Concern and How to Address It in Frontiers in Psychology
- Are Conspiracy Theories Harmless? in The Spanish Journal of Psychology
- The Illusory Truth Effect: Why We Believe Fake News, Conspiracy Theories and Propaganda
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EPISODE 45 | Rumours & CTs in the Workplace (Because Reasons 5)
Guest: Andrew Brown, co-founder of the Academy of Business Communications
Watercooler talk has moved online, so the speed and spread of rumours and conspiracy theories is growing every day, and it's not just inter-office gossip. How do such things take root in a work environment and what can organizations do to address them?
Andrew Brown walks us through the conditions that create fertile ground for rumors, the very human and social reasons behind them, and some real-world stories and advice for how organizations should and should not try to manage rumors in the workplace.
And while we're looking at an organizational context, these insights apply equally to any grouping of humans - a touch football team, a WhatsApp chat group or, with the holidays coming up, a family gathering.
**This interview was originally conducted for another podcast, Digital Signage Done Right. You can listen to it and see a transcript here. You can also listen to an earlier interview with Andrew Brown and his fellow co-founder Elizabeth Williams about employee surveys here.**
Like what we do? Then buy us a beer or three via our page on Buy Me a Coffee. #ConspiracyClearinghouse #sharingiscaring #donations #support #buymeacoffee
You can also SUBSCRIBE to this podcast.
SECTIONS
- 02:34 - ABC: Helping communications suck less
- 03:41 - Three levels where rumours take hold
- 09:52 - Three conditions that allow rumours to rise & spread now
- 15:13 - Maslow's Needs Hierarchy
- 18:09 - Four common but ineffective tactics
- 20:40 - These tactics ain't gonna cut it anymore
- 24:51 - Tips & models for combatting rumours & negative behaviours
- 30:16 - Traps organizations fall into
- 32:52 - What about when the leader is crazy? Are surveys useful?
- 36:08 - People want to be heard
- 39:52 - Belief is not knowing; change is scary
- Music by Fanette Ronjat
MORE INFO:
- The Academy of Business Communications
- Transcript of this episode on Digital Signage Done Right
- Visix communications resources
- The Swear Jar podcast
- The Fearless Communicator's Bullsh*t Barometer
- An IdeaPACK for Fearless Communicators
- Suspicion in the workplace: Organizational conspiracy theories and work-related outcomes
- Conspiracy theories: Why we align with them & how to manage them at work at Human Resources Director
- European Union article and infographic on identifying conspiracy theories
- Leadership Steps to Stop Spread of Conspiracy Theories on RockDove Solutions
- Conspiracy Theories: A Public Health Concern and How to Address It in Frontiers in Psychology
- Are Conspiracy Theories Harmless? in The Spanish Journal of Psychology
- The Illusory Truth Effect: Why We Believe Fake News, Conspiracy Theories and Propaganda
Follow us on social for extra goodies:
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The Philadelphia Experiment & the Montauk Project - Time Tunnel Vision
EPISODE 44 | The Philadelphia Experiment & the Montauk Project - Time Tunnel Vision
It's 78 years since one of the most storied military experiments in history, wherein a whole ship vanished and/or teleported and/or moved through time. And this dovetails with another famous military project at the tip of Long Island that's a grab bag of elements: virus labs, monster animals, Nikola Tesla, Ian Fleming, creating superhumans, teleportation, hyperspace, psychic spies, Nazi occultists, MIBs, the internet, AIDS, mind control, time travel, aliens and much more. Or so some say. Quite loudly, at times.
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SECTIONS
- 01:41 - Happy Easter - The Philadelphia Experiment - Carl Allen marks up Jessup, the Varo Edition
- 08:57 - Nothin up my sleeve! Vincent Gaddis & Charles Berlitz chime in, Einstein collides with pop culture
- 13:24 - Eyewitnesses tell different stories
- 15:17 - Project Rainbow - the U2 is too easy to see, Jacques Vallee has some thoughts on hoaxes
- 17:38 - The Montauk Project - Small but mighty - The town of Montauk, New York
- 20:53 - The Montauk Monster, Plum Island & Lab 257, Jeff Rense chirps up
- 24:12 - Life Imitating Art Imitating Life - Preston B. Nichols writes a book about Camp Hero, makes some startling claims, inspires movies and TV shows, writes more books
- 33:45 - Slav to Love - Stewart A. Swerdlow tries to get in on the action, Al Bielek travels to the future & deep space
- Music by Fanette Ronjat
MORE INFO:
- Philadelphia Experiment on Military.com
- PE on How Stuff Works
- The Varo Edition text
- FAQs from the Department of Defense
- The Philadelphia Experiment from A-Z
- Timeline of events 1923-1999
- Anatomy of a Hoax: The Philadelphia Experiment
Fifty Years Later by Jacques Vallee - Montauk Monster: Dogfighting Washout? on Wired.com
- The Montauk Monster Legend Endures 10 Years After It Broke the Internet on Dan's Papers
- 10 Years Later The Montauk Monster Is Still a Weird, Gross, Dark Mystery on Observer.com
- 'Montauk Monster' Mystery May Have Been Solved on Fox News
- Book offers rare access to Plum Island on The Day
- So what’s Plum Island really like? One reporter’s inside tour on The Suffolk Times
- Montauk Project on Disinformation.com
- Lab 257: The Disturbing Story of the Government's Secret Plum Island Germ Laboratory by Michael Carroll
- Camp Hero on Roadtrippers.com
- Time Travel Is Possible at the Tip of the South Fork in New York Magazine
- Montauk Project on All That's Interesting
- Inside the Real-Life Time-Travel Experiment That Inspired 'Stranger Things' on Thrillist
- The Incredible Story of Al Bielek, the Man Who Traveled Through Time and Space on Destination Trips
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Fakespiracies: Anyone Can Play!
EPISODE 46 | Fakespiracies: Anyone Can Play!
As another holiday season rolls around, there's the looming threat of dealing family & friends who subscribe to this conspiracy theory or that one. Here's a collection of some fake conspiracy theories, #fakespiracy, that you can use to confound those folks, as well as entertain and maybe even educate a bit. From hidden messages about 9/11 in the film "Back to the Future" to nefarious truths about snack foods, and even some tools for creating your own #fakespiracies out of whole cloth, this episode will help you prepare for the onslaught on CT conversation around the dinner table.
See a video version of this episode on our YouTube channel.
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SECTIONS
- 02:12 - Unknown unknowns & the attention economy
- 07:15 - The McFly Code - "Back to the Future" predicts 9/11
- 12:45 - Nonsense or sense?
- 13:28 - A Connecting Principle, Linked to the Invisible - the Sync Movement
- 17:39 - What a Tangled Web We Weave - secrets in Disney movies
- 18:25 - How to Start a CT
- 20:47 - A collection of memes
- 23:21 - Silica gel packs are red pills
- 24:32 - Yummy in the Tummy - food #fakespiracies
- 25:55 - The Shape of Evil, with Sauce - the BTS/Among Us McNugget
- 30:14 - Crunch All You Want, We'll Make More - The Doritos Conspiracies
- 36:02 - What's in a Name - The Truth Behind Triscuits
- 38:09 - Mix & Match - Conspiracy Theory generators & more
- Music by Fanette Ronjat
MORE INFO:
- Time Cube - Four Is the Loneliest Number
- Now You See It, Now You Don't - Finland Doesn't Exist
- Birds Aren't Real
- BACK TO THE FUTURE predicts 9/11
- The Sync Book
- 42 Minutes podcast on Apple
- Sorry Cassandra I Misunderstood: EVERYTHING PREDICTS 9-11
- The DELTA-TERRESTRIAL: Harvesting DRACO VRIL "Liquids" To Ignite Zero-Point PANPSYCHISM (Draco Wars)
- The Internet Is Made of Cats
- A $100,000 Chicken McNugget Triggered a Child-Sex-Trafficking Conspiracy Theory in Rolling Stone
- rule62rule62 ebay forum comment
- The Doritos Conspiracy on Security Boulevard
- Rebecca Webb Carranza, 98; Pioneered Creation, Manufacture of Tortilla Chip
- ‘Lady Doritos’ and the new, facile culture wars
- Fact check: CNN correction about Ted Cruz, Dorito chip is fake
- Writer Can’t Find The Origin Of The ‘Doritos’ Name, Makes Up His Own Creepy Backstory
- Cracker Brand “Triscuit” Rewarded Man For Explaining The Real Meaning Of Its Name
- The “Snacks Madness” Roundtable
- The Conspiracy Singularity Has Arrived
- How to Build a Conspiracy Theory
- How to Start a Conspiracy Theory flow chart
- CT Generators:
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