Knowledge-base Map: Lipstick on a Pig (No-Spin Era)

Central pages

• Lipstick on a Pig (the no-spin era): book profile and conceptual summary: profile, central thesis, table of contents and practical summary.
• Concept Matrix: Lipstick on a Pig (No-Spin Era): a map of the concepts and the basis of their extraction.
• Interpretive Considerations and Responsible Use: the boundaries between transparency, getting ahead, information flooding and accountability.
• Chapters That Need Direct Checking Against the Book: chapters whose account could not be recovered from the underlying summary.

Foundational principles

• The No-Spin Era & Transparency
• Tell the Truth Early, Often, and in Plain Language
• Deliver the Bad News Yourself & Admit Mistakes Fast
• Flood the Zone
• Don’t Create a Pig in the First Place
• Credibility & Trust

Designing and carrying out communication

• Message & Objective First
• Have More Than One Weapon in Your Arsenal
• Communications Is a Science, Not an Art
• Crisis Communication in the Real World