Glass Jaw

“During my 30 years of helping people navigate the risks of public life, Eric Dezenhall has emerged as the most effective warrior and teacher. GLASS JAW offers the highest-resolution image of controversy in the new millennium, showing who wins, and how–who loses, and why.”–Gavin de Becker, New York Times bestselling author of The Gift of Fear“From Silicon Valley to the factories of the ‘old’ economy, marketplace power has never been more precarious. Eric Dezenhall’s GLASS JAW is to damage control what Taleb’s Black Swan is to economics-a jeremiad on how the seemingly powerful are increasingly at the mercy of the seemingly powerless. This book is the field guide anyone in a position of responsibility will want in the foxhole with them when their reputation is on the line.”–Deborah Perry Piscione, New York Times bestselling author of Secrets of Silicon Valley: What Everyone Else Can Learn from the Innovation Capital of the World“I highly recommend Eric Dezenhall’s GLASS JAW for anyone interested in reputational risk management in an age where no one is safe from scandal. GLASS JAW is like a wise cornerman teaching you how to take a public punch. No crisis is ever the same, but Dezenhall’s book, rich with amusing examples and cautionary tales, will help you recognize if it’s better to fight than to throw in the towel.”–Ian Bremmer, president, Eurasia Group, and author of Every Nation for Itself“Lots of practical advice.”–The Economist“This is not a book of morality but pragmatism…[Dezenhall] effectively shows how dramatically things have changed, from a partisan perspective that maintains, ‘social media promotes warfare, ’ and that, as with guerrilla warfare, ‘David has become Goliath, and Goliath has become David.’”–Kirkus Review“Today, one product defect, one offensive remark-combined with the power of instantaneous worldwide social networking-can bring down the mightiest giant. GLASS JAW analyzes how scandals spiral out of control and details the hard work required to regain a lost reputation. Dezenhall’s cautionary tales are fascinating-and should serve as a stern warning to anyone with a reputation to lose.”–Daniel H. Pink, author of To Sell Is Human and Drive“With GLASS JAW, Eric Dezenhall once again offers fascinating and timely insights into the gladiatorial arena of modern crisis management. Like an Amazing Randi of communications, he debunks anyone claiming to perform PR magic as a fraud. Instead, he offers realistic strategies tempered by hard truths. We’ve been studying human behavior and how good and bad people react under great stress for quite some time, but we always learn something valuable from Eric.”–Former FBI Special Agent John Douglas and Mark Olshaker, bestselling authors of Mindhunter, The Anatomy of Motive, and Law & Disorder

Eric Dezenhall is the author of ten books, including Glass Jaw: A Manifesto for Defending Fragile Reputations in an Age of Instant Scandal, and Damage Control: Why Everything You Know about Crisis Management Is Wrong (with John Weber). He has written for publications including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, LA Times, New Republic, and Huffington Post.