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The With Global Alliance – an international network of expert technology PR agencies of which Ideosphere is a founding member – is joining the collective of experts working with PrivacyRules. PrivacyRules is the world’s leading professional alliance on multi-disciplinary and multi-jurisdictional privacy matters. Through its network of leading law firms, cybersecurity and data services firms and communications experts, PrivacyRules gives its clients access to a one-stop shop solution to manage privacy and data protection issues from compliance to cybersecurity to data breaches.
The With Global Alliance members, as exclusive communications partners in their respective home markets, will provide crisis communications preparedness and management to businesses at risk of, or directly experiencing, a data crisis. All members have deep experience working with companies managing large volumes of data from across a wide range of sectors from financial services and telcos to health businesses and adtech companies. They also have some of the most experienced tech crisis management teams available.
“As the first truly specialised privacy and data protection alliance of its kind, providing 24/365 assistance throughout a multitude of jurisdictions, we understand the key role of communications experts in data and privacy issues as well as crisis communications” says PrivacyRules CEO and Co-founder, Andrea Chmieliński Bigazzi. “The With Global Alliance team members across the globe are uniquely positioned to help our clients as they have a clear view of the potential global impact a data crisis can have while having a deep understanding of the local challenges and best practice in crisis management in their respective market.”
“In an era where data and privacy issues are increasingly frequent occurrences – often making the headlines – PrivacyRules’ proposition is incredibly timely. As an Alliance ourselves, we understand the value of delivering a seamless experience to clients, especially when the urgency of delivering strategic and effective solutions is heightened by a crisis.” said Debbie Zaman, Global President of the With Global Alliance. “The With Global Alliance is continuously expanding and currently has 12 members, covering markets from the US to Singapore via Colombia, the UK and India who are ready to support PrivacyRules’ clients.”
Key elements of the PrivacyRules alliance include:
- Global Data Breach Prevention & Response Mechanism: A single process to swiftly activate world-class experts in a plurality of countries and with a great variety of cybersecurity and data-related experts.
- Multi-Disciplinary Leaders: The alliance is unique in its structure, made up of highly specialized law firms, tech companies, and data-related service providers who can assist businesses and individual clients in addressing any privacy-related matter.
- Data Protection One-Stop: A rapid, efficient, and globally integrated advice and services to international businesses on compliance issues, cybersecurity prevention and response, and data breaches in a cross-border context.
Data security, or the lack of it, is one of the emerging reputation crises that a company can face. Breaches in their systems, hacks or even a hint of a bug or a glitch can send stocks into a downward spiral or force investors into exiting the company. As India moves swiftly on the path of digitization, lack of information security policies, tools which are important to consider for monitoring the activity and preventing loss, and low to minimal training and awareness about data security amongst the employees could be major hurdles. At Ideosphere, we have always maintained a close eye on our customer partner’s reputation aligned to parameters such as sustainability and social responsibility, employee lifetime management policies, product quality, leadership statements, and more. Data security is an addition to the established risk parameters. With this alliance, Ideosphere will also learn and prepare to better advise our customer partners and effectively deliver on new-age digital communication tools such as metaverse.
By Monica Mantri, Operations Head
A man came upon a construction site where three people were working. He asked the first, “What are you doing?” and the man replied: “I am laying bricks.” He asked the second, “What are you doing?” and the man replied: “I am building a wall”. As he approached the third, he heard him humming a tune as he worked, and asked, “What are you doing?” The man stood, looked up at the sky, and smiled, “I am building a cathedral!”
People with innate leadership qualities should probably relate to this simple story. Understanding where people come from and ensuring they understand the path that is being paved for them, how do you guarantee that your vision is being translated well? Establishing a common long term vision and its adoption is the first step to success.
What is Vision?
Every leader has a vision. This vision is a reflection, a purpose, and a constant reminder of the reason to exist. It is the role of a leader to clearly define the vision, whether it is of the organization, a client, or even a campaign. A vision is best formed when you are honest. Because as French novelist Antoine de Saint-Exupéry said, “If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”
A vision helps you to look ahead with a stirring end goal in mind. However, this vision must be intertwined with values, values that define who we are, who our clients are, or who are the people being targeted. People will agree, be excited only if the vision and value resonate with them.
What are Values?
Values are personal ingredients by which vision is created, followed, and applied. Values set the benchmarks for our moral standards and principles. According to popular developmental psychologist Howard Gardner, “Most human beings crave an explicit statement of value – a perspective on what counts as being true, beautiful, and good.” Values are universal, everyone almost embodies the same values, but each person or organization simply categorizes values according to a different rank of meaning and importance.
So, how do you ensure that your team is on-board with your ideas and share your vision with the same excitement as you do?
No Pretentions
Don’t create a façade that you have it all figured out. While you must have a clear understanding, be open in gauging your team’s ideas, interest, and feedback. Collaboration is the foundation for true business development.
Trial
Try everything in your power to reach the goal that has been set. Map the permutations and combinations in seeking the best viable idea that brings you closer to achieving the goal. One needs to be open about trial and error and re-starting again if the initial approach proved faulty.
Feedback
Always be open to feedback. Understand the measures that can be taken to make it better. Be brave enough to make mistakes, mistakes make the path clearer.
Adjust
Once we’ve been able to understand the feedback, we also are able to recognize the adjustments that are required to fulfill the goals. Constant iteration is a crucial trait in leading the pack, it needs to be looked at as a journey together and not flying solo. Everyone needs to be a part of it and play a significant role in doing so.
There will be challenges along the way, but it is the leader’s job to keep the pack on the right path, regardless of the barriers. Self-motivation is a key aspect, as it does get lonely at the top, and to be able to collaborate against all odds can become difficult. Change is a frightening thing, but the leader needs to adapt to newer ways and pass it on to the team. There is no specific recipe that can be added as our approaches are all different, yet the outcome remains the same. The basics of collaboration, direction-setting, courage, and spirit are sure to bring ideas to fruition and success.