The Tactics of Trust

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Daniel Dow 15/02/2021

Participants in a large, complex collaboration need to find common ground and build trust — and it doesn’t have to take years. 

In this Stanford Social Innovation Review (SSIR) article, David Sawyer and David Ehrlichman, discuss how to accelerate the trust building process that is essential to any ambitious network collaboration effort. 

Their article contains examples of activities and exercises that network leaders can use to build trust, understand the system, strengthen relationships, grow understanding, and deepen authentic sharing among network members.

  1. Trust can be based on many factors 
  2. Focusing on “trust for impact” (impact we want to have together) is key to accelerated trust-building in diverse groups.
  3. Trust becomes a bigger issue as your network grows in size and diversity
  • Sawyer, David and David Ehrlichman. The Tactics of Trust. Stanford Social Innovation Review. Winter, 2016.
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