Lessons in empowerment: Honesty is essential for trust

Lessons in empowerment: honesty is essential for trust.

In a previous editorial (Scanes, 2010a), I discussed the importance of strategic planning and strategic doing in moving an organization to the next level and the alternative approaches of not strategic planning or doing so in a nonparticipatory manner or with no commitment to make the necessary changes (i.e., making the vision operational). This editorial discusses the issue of honesty. In my o...

Honesty, Competence, and Trust for Systems Design

We briefly present three problems related to promiscuous trust in connection to germane notions of honesty and competence in systems design.

Lessons in empowerment: transparency.

A previous editorial addressed the importance of honesty (Scanes, 2010). This editorial discusses the issues of transparency. In my opinion, transparency is one of the requirements for engendering trust, and trust is critical to so much of what we do. A culture of transparency is essential for research. The results section of a paper is arguably the most important section. We expect that the re...

Mutual trust is essential for successful change: lessons from implementing NHS reforms

Lessons in empowerment: the status quo is the enemy.

There is an inherent conservatism or resistance to change in many organizations. This is characterized by the saying, " If it ain't broke, don't fix it, " variably attributed to Bert Lance or proverbs from Texas or Italy or Sweden and probably other places. Respect for the traditions of an organization or loyalty to it should not blind us to the constant need to improve and innovate. Status quo...