{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 1: Authority in the COVID Moment","description":"How do you capture history as it happens? When the pandemic\u2019s full effects became clear in March, History Factory began its COVID-19 Memory Project to capture corporate America\u2019s reaction in real-time and provide insight into how organizations are responding to the crisis. In this episode, host Aaron Schoenherr and History Factory Managing Director Jason Dressel discuss the project rising above the noise of standard thought leadership, and how every organization will have its \u201cCOVID moment.\u201d 1:30 \u2013 Jason discusses his background and introduces History Factory. 2:31 \u2013 A deep dive into the COVID-19 Memory Project and what Jason and his team discovered. 5:49 \u2013 Aaron asks Jason to elaborate on the connection between authority and organizational responses to social issues. 7:16 \u2013 Challenges in creating the COVID-19 Memory Project and capturing corporate America\u2019s definitive moments as they happened. 8:48 \u2013 Jason explains how an organization\u2019s history supports its own notion of authority. 10:25 \u2013 Examples of organizations that have exhibited authority amid the COVID-19 pandemic and social unrest. 13:30 \u2013 Jason describes how every organization will have its \u201cCOVID moment.\u201d 15:21 \u2013 The role digital archives played in creating the COVID-19 Memory Project. 16:42 \u2013 How technology has impacted responses to 2020\u2019s major events versus those of the past. 17:39 \u2013 Jason reflects on the powerful impact a tangible document holds in a digital world and provides firsthand examples. 21:25 \u2013 Aaron and Jason discuss how organizations and leaders have effectively expressed authority in their actions. ","author_name":"Authority Figures","author_url":"http:\/\/greentarget.com","html":"