Santa Claus is definitely not dead to many.

His reputation remains intact, but to the contrary, there are many companies no longer around, and not all of the failures are due to Covid19.

In fact, if failed companies have obituaries many of them would read as follows:

‘Here lies the XYZ Company, born 1966, died 2020 after a reputation risk incident.

Mourned by directors, staff, shareholders, and other stakeholders. No flowers.

Rather send donations to the Society for the Preservation of Trust, Integrity and Reputation.

Afterthought: Most companies say that reputation is vital, yet if you check their annual learning & development agendas there is no provision made to train Directors, executives, management & staff about why reputation is an asset and a risk and should be managed and protected.