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Tag Archives: communication

Covid-19, Media, Podcast, Psychology

Appearing on Making Waves: Conversations with Influencers and Disruptors June 30

Posted on by Dr. Sarb Johal
18
Jun

I’m very pleased to tell you that I’ll be appearing on Making Waves: Conversations with Influencers and Disruptors, June 30 (Pacific Time). This is part of the TEDxSantaBarbara community, and I’m looking forward to not only connecting back with this community and Mark Sylvester who will be interviewing, but also with the wider TEDx world. […]

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Communications, Covid-19, Psychology

Front Page of Twizel Update: Speaking on June 28

Posted on by Dr. Sarb Johal
16
Jun

Yesterday, I had a great chat with the Editor of the Twizel Update, resulting in a front page story of this week’s issue. This is ahead of me visiting Twizel on June 28th to do a public talk in the evening at the Events Centre from 7-8.30pm on COVID-19 and our future from a psychological […]

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Communications, Psychology

How to prepare for the impact of low-frequency events or HILFs

Posted on by Dr. Sarb Johal
02
Jun

What can we do to prepare for the impact of low-probability occurrences but with the potential of huge impact? Climate change, solar flares, biological accidents or attacks, and technological malfeasance can all be included in this category – though the probability of these are changing al the time e.g. cyber attacks. Governments should invest in […]

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Covid-19, Featured, Psychology

Steady now FREE to read on Kindle Unlimited – Please Share!

Posted on by Dr. Sarb Johal
01
Jun

It’s tricky trying to do what you love and also make a living. And although I’m busy doing what I love, the ‘making a living’ thing is proving to be a quite the challenge to crack. I’ve discovered that I love writing. Not academic writing: I can do it, but I wouldn’t describe my relationship […]

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Business, Communications, Covid-19, Psychology

Better Safe Than Sorry

Posted on by Dr. Sarb Johal
26
May

The news that the vaccine timetable for those in Group 4 – most of the New Zealand population – has slipped from July to the ‘end of July’ is concerning enough on its own. But now we also see that there is a small outbreak of Covid-19 cases in Melbourne, which authorities are scrambling to […]

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Business, Communications, Covid-19, Psychology

[SOLUTION] If you’ve tried to order my paperback book from Amazon and you’ve been told its not available, here’s why

Posted on by Dr. Sarb Johal
29
Mar

If you’ve ordered my paperback book from Amazon, especially in the UK and have been told it’s out of stock, I can only apologise. To be honest, I’m bewildered, confused and more than a little annoyed. I suspect this is a combination of incompetence on the part of IngramSpark (who is my printer and supplier […]

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Communications, Covid-19, Featured, Psychology

Preparing for Covid-19 in the Community When Borders Start to Re-Open

Posted on by Dr. Sarb Johal
17
Mar

Let’s imagine that we have a vaccination campaign that has gone really well in New Zealand, with a high proportion of the population receiving the Pfizer / BioNTech jab. As more people get vaccinated, community protection also increases. Let’s also imagine that, globally, numbers of cases of Covid-19 have fallen dramatically, but pandemic coronavirus variants […]

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Communications, Covid-19, Featured, Psychology

Exiting Covid-19: Changing our relationship with the future

Posted on by Dr. Sarb Johal
11
Mar

In my lengthy blog post yesterday, I talked about what the exit narrative for New Zealand may look like now we know more about the vaccination strategy. Thinking further about this, what I’ve realised is that the task is about changing New Zealanders’ relationship with the future. Let me explain. When the pandemic started, it […]

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Communications, Covid-19, Featured, Psychology

Now that the Vaccine Pathway is Clearer, What is the Exit Narrative?

Posted on by Dr. Sarb Johal
10
Mar

This psychologically-informed post offers suggestions for reframing the current narrative for strategic, high level Covid-19 communications. My analysis describes the current successful minority influence approach, but also the risks of continuing along this path. I propose moving from a story of safeguarding to a narrative of the potential benefits that are unlocked through vaccine uptake […]

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Communications, Psychology

New Zealand: Multiple Hazards, Multiple Uncertainties

Posted on by Dr. Sarb Johal
05
Mar

The two earthquakes overnight offshore are likely to have woken many people up, who then had trouble getting back to sleep, or who had to evacuate because they lived in a potential tsunami-risk area. Or perhaps they had kids who were frightened and couldn’t get back to sleep. Or maybe you slept through the whole […]

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