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Authenticity and Trust in Enterprise Communities: Chat with Rebecca Jackson and Ben Elias

Posted on 30/07/202130/07/2021 by simongterry in Collaboration, Future of Work

Building on my recent post on the new Post on Behalf of feature in Yammer, I chatted with Rebecca Jackson and Ben Elias, two Microsoft MVPs, on authenticity and trust in enterprise communities. Both Rebecca and Ben have great insights into the background to the feature and when and how to leverage it. My key … Continue reading Authenticity and Trust in Enterprise Communities: Chat with Rebecca Jackson and Ben Elias →

The Vulnerability of Trust

Posted on 08/04/201909/04/2019 by simongterry in Future of Work

If we are to trust, we are vulnerable. In The Monarchy of Fear, discussing democracy in contrast with monarchy, Martha Nussbaum highlights that with the trust that is required to support an effective democracy comes a vulnerability to others. Trust means being willing to be exposed, to allow your own future to lie in the … Continue reading The Vulnerability of Trust →

Every Day Work Creates Every Day Trust.

Posted on 23/08/201723/08/2017 by simongterry in Collaboration, Future of Work

Effective collaboration in your organisation depends on trust. The best way to build trust in your organisation is through collaborative work. Trust is a consistent theme of this blog because it is fundamental to effective performance in organisations and social relationships. However, we mostly take it for granted and organisations often go out of … Continue reading Every Day Work Creates Every Day Trust. →

Trust is Precious

Posted on 31/07/201724/08/2017 by simongterry in Collaboration, Future of Work, Leadership

One of the challenges is the modern economy and its new far-flung connectedness is that there can be a tendency to presume trust in relationships. We need to be clear that trust is a vital part of our commercial and social activities. The role of leaders is to help create, sustain and grow trust in … Continue reading Trust is Precious →

The Essential Ingredient is Trust

Posted on 08/05/201708/05/2017 by simongterry in Collaboration, Future of Work, Leadership

When we think about our organisations we often fail to notice the essential role of trust. Trust enables or disables our work, structures, or processes. As we move more into the future of the network economy we need to make trust explicit again. What We Don’t See We forget about trust because the process of … Continue reading The Essential Ingredient is Trust →

Two Paths to Trust

Posted on 14/06/2016 by simongterry in Uncategorized

There are two paths to trust. The first is a path of ease, sameness and stability. The more sustainable path is the more challenging, the path of understanding. In corporate life, I occasionally met a manager who had a team. Whatever role they took on, they brought with them the core of a team from … Continue reading Two Paths to Trust →

Trust vs Trustless

Posted on 28/02/2016 by simongterry in Uncategorized

Recently there has been a lot of discussion on how blockchain technology will revolutionise our approach to trust. Most of these pieces glide over the design of blockchain, the distributed ledger at the heart of bitcoin. Blockchain is designed to be trustless. Human behaviour in high trust scenarios is very different to behaviour in trustless … Continue reading Trust vs Trustless →

The algorithm for trust is human #futureofwork

Posted on 03/10/2015 by simongterry in Uncategorized

We don’t need more algorithms to help us manage trust. The human brain is a finely tuned trust algorithm. Let’s focus on building trust, not proxies for trust. The proxy for trust Global connection and scale are routinely proposed as a rationale for new services to help us manage trust. Inspired by the success of … Continue reading The algorithm for trust is human #futureofwork →

Accelerating Trust

Posted on 18/05/2014 by simongterry in Uncategorized

At the recent DoLectures Australia, many of the attendees remarked on the high levels of trust that had been built between the attendees over the four days. The high trust environment was such that speakers rewrote their talks to share more and some big dreams and surprising admissions were shared on both the stage and … Continue reading Accelerating Trust →

Distrust in Hierarchies: A Barrier to Trust in Networks

Posted on 06/01/2014 by simongterry in Uncategorized

In the future of work, we are going to talk a lot about trust. We will need to consider trust deeply because it is a critical underpinning to success in our new ways of working. We need to recognise the trust that we choose to grant is a design choice. We are likely to need a … Continue reading Distrust in Hierarchies: A Barrier to Trust in Networks →