Transparency builds trust

This is probably a Duh… statement. However, it’s interesting when you think about various conflict at work or even personal life, that we do the opposite.. hold our thoughts inside. This is perhaps because we want to avoid conflict, or do not want to tell other person that we disagree.

I belive there are simple answers to most of the diffcult questions. And I think transparency is that simple answer in people to people conflicts. Transparency is about communication.. if we can openly communicate what we believe in, what we think is right and what is wrong, and the other person can do this as well.. then it turns into a difference between ideas and beliefs and not a conflict. I can have a different belief that a person, but it doesn’t mean that I have anything against the person.

The key element here is to look at things as your own belief and not as something that is a fact. It’s not to say that I think the other person is wrong, but it is about I think that something should be done in X manner , while the other person thinks it should be done in Y manner.

Once we can put the beliefs in this open space, then we can see things from other people’s perspective. After that if we disagree on something then that is a fact.. and fighting it or hiding it will not help. We have to it is head on and accept it and in accepting it, we are pushing the disagreement behind us. If we can still work together, we continue to do so, if we cannot, then we decide so together, and respectfuly.