I’m at the amazing Omega Institute this weekend, at the amazing Women and Power gathering, where the amazing Elizabeth Lesser helped to open the conversation. She called upon the stories of Eve and Cassandra, and upon the wisdom of Toni Morrison, who advised, as you enter positions of trust and power, Dream a little […]
You are the place where I stand on the day when my feet are sore. This is the literal translation of “mo sheasamh ort lá no choise tinne,” the Irish phrase for trust, as noted by Pádraig Ó Tuama. I’ve been thinking a lot about trust lately, partly because every survey and every statistic shows […]
There are three signs of a hypocrite: when he speaks he speaks lies, when he makes a promise he breaks it, and when he is trusted he is treacherous. – Prophet Muhammad This week the terrible, horrible details of the Pennsylvania grand jury investigation of Catholic priests were released, and they were […]
Who do you trust? Increasingly, the answer is “myself, and no one else.” The new Edelman Trust survey shows global declines in trust across the board – government, business, NGO’s, and media – a result which has not been seen since these surveys began in 2001. It doesn’t matter how you slice the data – rich people […]