Trust is so important to what we do. It is why integrity becomes a part of who we are as agile practitioners.
What are the ways that you keep faith with those around you? What are your daily practices that help engender trust?
Conversely where have you seen the contract broken? How could it have been avoided? How can we rehabilitate those relationships? Should we do so? Why or why not?
Just putting out there. I saw this on LinkedIn https://medium.com/axial-product-and-design/rebuilding-trust-in-a-product-organization-9412e7313327?source=linkShare-41be9a8f513b-1512173374
@andycleff is about 4 hours ahead of me again 
Wait, @bradstokes that is not possible. You live in the future. Itās tomorrow where you areā¦
There are hours of good conversation on this wonderful topicā¦
Some of the things I practice, to keep the faith, and Iāve written about (to help me remember) are:
The contract is so easily broken. I forget where I first head the analogyā¦ (or is it a metaphorā¦i never know the diff)
āTrust is a bucket that fills drop by drop, yet you can kick it over in an instant.ā
I am passionate about this topicā¦ and would love to host a conversation / podcast in 2018ā¦
PS: Practicing vulnerability: Iām afraid the above list might come across differently than I intend it to. Not provided with ego attachment āLook what I knowāā¦ but more āHereās what Iāve discovered along my journey, I want to share it, to start conversations, to be able to come back to a ājourney historyā when I forget and veer off in a side path and get lostā
I currently contemplating how an organisation restores trust with itās employees once it is broken. Trust in a personal relationship takes time, good will and hard work.
What is it like when a system goes awry and either intentionally or unintentionally injures? Can the relationship at the relationship restored? Is it the same as a personal relationship? Is it harder or worse?
And I wouldnāt worry about it. Most of my writing is me working through an idea.
I was reading this and thinking, āthis looks a lot like non-violent communicationā, then I got to the bottomā¦
Iām reading Paul Hillās book: https://www.amazon.com/Leadership-Mission-Control-Room-Boardroom/dp/099863431X
A captivating glimpse into NASA Mission Controlās descent into āno ripples allowedā +ādiplomacy over clarityā and subsequent rebuilding of trust at all levels.
The TLDR is that the rebuilding started at the very top of the org, and re-grew level by level.
It was, a continues to be, a leadership journey.
Hillās got five book recommendations that were integral to NASA MODās transformation/rebirth:
And he suggests a leadership book club that works thru the titles, top to bottom.
And not your standard book club - an experiential one.
Transparency, courage, respectā¦ it all starts there, it all ends there. If the organization is dysfunctional (and you want to help fix it rather than run away screamingā¦), then you have to foster people in positions of leadership to start truly embracing those three ideas in everything they say and do.