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CREATING VALUE
HOW CRISIS CHANGES THE psychological safety, which in many
WAY WE THINK ABOUT VALUES cases, for some at least temporarily,
may be in serious jeopardy.
5. Your gratitude is growing. 7. Individual differences are fading.
After the early weeks of panic When we have a common enemy, we
buying basics like toilet paper, bond with those around us. Even the
paracetamol and hand sanitiser most argumentative spouses,
seemed to disappear from the partners, or challenging teenagers
planet. Weeks later, with stocks agree they don’t want to get sick and
returning and greater calm need to work together to overcome
restored to everyday shopping, the virus. We realise that the virus
you begin to feel fortunate that doesn’t care if we are black, white,
you have some of the necessities young, old, educated, illiterate,
in life. People with higher levels socialist, conservative incarcerated,
of gratitude routinely report homeless, or a celebrity living in a
greater life satisfaction. mansion. We learn that we are all
Collective well-being is equally vulnerable and basically the
replacing the selfish practices same despite the superficial
we experienced in the early differences in how we look, what we
weeks. Many people have believe, or where we are from.
‘opted in’ more frequently to
support common causes when The world is uniting against a common
previously the default choice enemy. Social change is upon us.
was ‘opting out.’
6. You may finally understand Personal and political ideologies become
what privilege means. Let’s secondary to overcome the current
face it—many of you probably obstacles.
have a smartphone or computer
and internet service. Regardless Rival countries are banding together to
of the challenges you may need help each other despite philosophical
to overcome, you are far better differences.
off than the vast majority of
people who are less fortunate Now is the time to recognize that your
and may not know when or if beliefs and values and those of your loved
they will have a place to sleep ones, work colleagues and customers are
or food to eat. You may now also changing and the fight against the
realise that privilege is not virus will ultimately transform our lives for
about how hard you’ve worked the better.
or what you have accomplished,
but instead is about living your
day-to-day life without needing
to think about your physical or
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