http://christopherspenn.disqus.com/Christopher S. Penn's Awaken Your SuperheroenSat, 07 Jul 2007 19:20:13 -0000http://www.christopherspenn.com/2017/10/transparency-is-the-currency-of-a-trust-relationship/#comment-44585059<p>I fundamentally agree with you that transparency is the currency of a relationship, but that transparency has to be mutual: too much from one side without a matching opening up from the other can overwhelm the other, and lead to a shutdown of trust. I've had to learn this the hard way, in new ways, in Second Life, where trust builds more quickly, but where it's not always clear whether the other person is matching. Note to self: don't become too transparent too quickly; wait for the other person to match, which might take real time.</p>Craig A. CunninghamSat, 07 Jul 2007 19:20:13 -0000http://www.christopherspenn.com/2017/10/transparency-is-the-currency-of-a-trust-relationship/#comment-44585058<p>Great post as always! I think it's amazing how degrees of transparency are a metric for relationships of all sorts. There are times we need to respect the lines people ask us to draw regarding disclosure, but it's also amazing where people decide to draw lines. In a current project I'm working on, there's tension about who gets let inside the secured perimeter. I understand the need for some gate keeping, but so much more can be accomplished if you are willing to be a little more transparent, a little more open and honest, and a little less afraid of the critique that might accompany it.<br>As you get more transparent, you have to get more brave, less afraid of critique, more open to ideas, and for many people, this is a process nd a hard thing to wrap their minds around.</p>WhitneySat, 17 Mar 2007 08:39:24 -0000