5 more things to know about trust
Learn more about the different aspects of trust and 2 new trust concepts outlined for discussion
Here are 5 interesting things we thought important distilled from a helicopter view of trust from various branches of psychology, sociology, behavioural science and Responsible Research and Innovation.
Included here are two new concepts:
Trust not as an ‘equation’ - do x and y and trust comes out of the sausage machine - but as a messy, personal, and dynamic reflection of all our genetics, experiences, context and world view. Getting to grips with this granularity with empathy and curiosity sheds new light on trust relationships.
Trust not as black and white, you trust or you don’t - but as a spectrum of feelings and beliefs, with corresponding actions and behaviours attached. Within this, trust is not necessarily a good thing (especially trust of the untrustworthy) and distrust not a bad thing (especially where it stimulates scrutiny and results in mores responsibility and accountability.
Click on the document below for a pull out of this section of our report which explores these and three more of the key concepts of trust we felt were important to know.
To see these in context the full report is available here or on the front page of our site in the Trust section.
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