TrustTalk - It's all about Trust
The Trust Journey, Navigating its Complexities and Embracing its Power.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 25 minutes
- Episodes
- 120
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Impatience, Vague Requests, and the Strain on Trust
Our guest is Charles Feltman, founder of Insight Coaching and author of The Thin Book of Trust. Charles has spent decades helping leaders and teams strengthen their ability to lead through trust. He …
Scandal, Suspicion, and the Road to Rebuilding Trust
My guest, Tiziana Gaito explores what happens when a company caught in a sustainability scandal loses the trust of its stakeholders, and isn’t even believed when trying to make amends. Rather than of…
Organizational Schizophrenia, AI Villains, and the Logic of Suspicion
Our guest today is Roger Mayer, one of the most influential scholars in the field of trust and co-creator of a widely cited model of organizational trust. After attending Roger's presentation at the …
Trade and Trust in Turbulent Times
What happens to global trade when nations stop trusting each other? Our guest, Simon Evenett, Professor of Geopolitics and Strategy at IMD and co-chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Cou…
Trust Through Open-Source Evidence
Our guest today is Eliot Higgins, founder of Bellingcat, the groundbreaking open-source collective that has transformed investigative journalism. From uncovering the truth behind the downing of MH17 …
Woke Words, Broken Trust
Today we talk with Musa al-Gharbi, sociologist and author of the book "We Have Never Been Woke", a sharp, no-nonsense look at how modern social justice talk often serves the powerful more than the pe…
Desire, Trust and the Boardroom
Our guest today is Dana Pharant, a former professional dominatrix turned leadership coach, who shares her unique insights into the links between trust, power, and vulnerability. Drawing from her exp…
China–US, Trust in an Age of Trade Tensions and Civilizational Politics
As US-China relations strain under rising economic rivalry, political divergence, and competing global visions, trust has become more elusive and essential. In this episode, Yale scholar Feng Zhang e…
The Bankers' New Clothes, The Danger of Blind Trust in Finance
Our guest today is Anat Admati, professor of Finance and Economics at Stanford Graduate School of Business and co-author of The Bankers’ New Clothes. In this episode, she takes a critical look at tru…
Leading Through the Storm: Fairness, Trust, and Tough Decisions
Our guest today is Joel Brockner, a professor at Columbia Business School. He discusses the crucial role of procedural fairness in building trust. He explains that trust isn’t just about delivering r…
Immigration, Trust, and the Politics of Fear
Our guest today is Zeke Hernandez, author of "The Truth About Immigration”. He powerfully challenges the myths and fears surrounding immigration, revealing the human stories and everyday realities be…
Trust, Performance, and the Dark Side of Business Partnerships
In this episode, Dominika Latusek from Kozminski University in Warsaw, Poland, talks about trust in business partnerships and why it doesn’t always work the way we expect. While trust can help buyers…
Trust, Doubt and the Power of Experts
Is trust in experts really declining, or is it just changing? In this episode, Gil Eyal, sociology professor at Columbia University, challenges the popular idea that people are losing trust in scienc…
From Tap to Trust: Water as a Measure of Governance
In this episode, Manny Teodoro, author of The Profits of Distrust, explores the deep connection between trust in tap water and trust in government. He explains how public distrust grows when water sy…
Does Control Erode Trust?
Today’s guest, Tina Øllgaard Bentzen, a researcher at Roskilde University in Denmark, explores the nuanced relationship between trust and control. Specializing in trust-based management, Tina challen…
Force for Good, Leadership with Purpose and Trust
Our guest today is John Blakey, author of Force for Good, to explore how leaders can embrace a purpose-driven approach to build trust, inspire teams, and create lasting impact in a skeptical world. J…
War, Alliances, and Trust: Navigating an Unstable Era
In this episode of TrustTalk, my guest explores the fragile dynamics of trust in today’s world of shifting alliances and escalating global tensions. With Richard Ned Lebow, emeritus professor of inte…
Religion and Trust
In episode 102 we meet Adam Seligman Professor of Religion at Boston University He talks about the profound dynamics of trust, religion, and human rights in today’s society. Seligman, a prominent thi…
The Subtle Art of Trust: Curiosity and Connection
In this episode of TrustTalk, we talk with Anne de Graaf, Corporate Affairs Director at Heineken Cambodia. Drawing from her extensive experience in finance, diplomacy, and leadership, Anne shares her…
The Placebo Effect and the Role of Trust
In this milestone episode, Andrea Evers, Professor of Health Psychology at Leiden University, joins us to discuss her expertise on the placebo effect and its significant relationship to trust in heal…