The latest edition of the Edelman Trust Barometer shows yet another drop in the trust vested in business leaders. According to the 2024 report 61% of respondents (32,000 people globally) worry that business leaders are purposely trying to mislead people by saying things they know are false or gross exaggerations (a 2% rise in the...
We know relationship can be tough as we navigate the many idiosyncrasies of the human condition. We can find ourselves ‘at odds’ with another person, another group or team, another organisation for any number of reasons and this can lead to a hunkering down, a sense of moral outrage or injustice, the blame game and...
In order to place our trust in another one of the things we tend to do is weigh up the level of integrity we perceive. It’s a fascinating word, ‘integrity’, in that two definitions are offered by dictionaries – the first being wholeness and consistency and the second, as morally strong and honest. We might...
The level of misinformation surrounding us these days is so pervasive and toxic that it’s possible to lose all sense of equilibrium and ‘truth’ even when exchanging views with long-standing friends and colleagues. Of course, truth can be both factual and perceptual. For example, there are many ‘truths’ or what we might call ‘deep knowing’...