Nov 20, 2009 1
You are in The Truman Show
In the Truman Show Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank lives in a world where everything he does is watched by millions. The good, the bad and the embarrassing.
As a company leader this probably sounds familiar.
As individuals you can still defend some privacy (for now), some of you don’t have blogs, facebook pages, LinkedIn profiles or tweet.
But as company leaders there is no escaping transparency. Everything you do is visible to the world. Every mistake is global gossip archived by Google; every victory is an unread press release.
I was listening to a recent interview with Jeffrey Kindler, CEO of the Pfizer corporation. In it he pointed out that trust was at an all time low; we don’t trust politicians, priests, baseball players, doctors, lawyers, bankers or corporations. He believes that building trust in this new transparent world is the key to good leadership and commercial success. Read the rest of this entry »
