Comments on: Transparency and Reputation: Communication http://speakfearlessly.net/transparency-and-reputation/ Communication Skills for Business Professionals The Henderson Group's complete portfolio of communications skill programs provides your employees the results they need in face-to-face conversations, during online presentations, or when delivering speeches to large global audiences. We offer customized programs that boost your organization's bottom line, whether selling products, managing teams, presenting customer solutions, or leading companies worldwide. Mon, 05 Mar 2012 05:41:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: bs http://speakfearlessly.net/transparency-and-reputation/#comment-4 bs Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:56:00 +0000 http://speakfearlessly.net/transparency-and-reputation/#comment-4 i'm sort of confused. i read both of your posts, and i think that the ideas of vulnerability and authenticity are strangely absent from todays mass media. they strain for objectivity, but that seems to result in unsatisfying and contrived accounts of the reality we're trusting them to describe for us. the thing is, they seem to be strapping their core values behind their backs in order to appeal to the widest audience possible. i'm not certain of that because i don't really know bill o'reilly or anderson cooper, but that's what it looks like.<br /><br />i guess what i'm wondering is, how did you find your core values? and how do you examine and share them publically without allowing them to be altered by the scrutiny? did you stumble into them as you examined your own behaviors? blogging to me seems most like journaling, but unique in the sharing aspect. the thing i love about reading other people's blogs is how they present their core values to me over time through the blogger's own epiphanies. but it seems to me that this process is by necessity messy as you gauge your own hypocrisy at the same time as wallowing in it.it always leaves you open for reproach as well as enthusiasm. interesting post you've got there! i'm sort of confused. i read both of your posts, and i think that the ideas of vulnerability and authenticity are strangely absent from todays mass media. they strain for objectivity, but that seems to result in unsatisfying and contrived accounts of the reality we're trusting them to describe for us. the thing is, they seem to be strapping their core values behind their backs in order to appeal to the widest audience possible. i'm not certain of that because i don't really know bill o'reilly or anderson cooper, but that's what it looks like.

i guess what i'm wondering is, how did you find your core values? and how do you examine and share them publically without allowing them to be altered by the scrutiny? did you stumble into them as you examined your own behaviors? blogging to me seems most like journaling, but unique in the sharing aspect. the thing i love about reading other people's blogs is how they present their core values to me over time through the blogger's own epiphanies. but it seems to me that this process is by necessity messy as you gauge your own hypocrisy at the same time as wallowing in it.it always leaves you open for reproach as well as enthusiasm. interesting post you've got there!

]]> By: terrygault http://speakfearlessly.net/transparency-and-reputation/#comment-59 terrygault Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:15:51 +0000 http://speakfearlessly.net/transparency-and-reputation/#comment-59 <p>bs, </p> <p>Thanks so much for your thoughtful comment. </p> <p>I certainly agree that vulnerability and authenticity are absent from todays mass media but I don't find it strange. </p> <p>When the media is focused solely on profit, authenticity suffers. Big companies (including media conglomerates) only want their sanctioned message heard. A message massaged by their marketing and legal teams into corporate speak that lacks the humanity of a genuine, human conversation. </p> <p>The problem is that the audience is very media savvy. Their BS-detectors are extremely adept. They begin to filter out the messages that are not authentic. </p> <p>The dinosaur-companies haven't figured out to deal with this seismic shift in the crust of commerce. The more adaptive, smarter organizations see it and understand that the only way to survive is to deliver value to their customers and have a genuine conversation with their customers. </p> <p>And LISTEN TO THE FEEDBACK. </p> <p>The richest question that you asked was, "How did you find your core values?"  To try to describe that process would take at least one book and I wonder if I could write it ... </p> <p>In short, I can only describe it as trying to experience my life consciously. How can I avoid doing harm? How can I take actions that serve the community while serving the needs of my family and myself? </p> <p>And LISTEN TO THE FEEDBACK from the world around me. </p> <p>Yes, it IS a messy process because to live consciously is to be a work in progress, unfinished, an iteration on the path to an unreachable perfection ... and yet, find some peace with that state of being unfinished ... some compassion with our imperfect selves. </p> <p>BTW, check out <a href="http://www.cluetrain.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.cluetrain.com</a> ... It's a deep mediation on this question of authenticity and compelling reading.</p> bs,

Thanks so much for your thoughtful comment.

I certainly agree that vulnerability and authenticity are absent from todays mass media but I don't find it strange.

When the media is focused solely on profit, authenticity suffers. Big companies (including media conglomerates) only want their sanctioned message heard. A message massaged by their marketing and legal teams into corporate speak that lacks the humanity of a genuine, human conversation.

The problem is that the audience is very media savvy. Their BS-detectors are extremely adept. They begin to filter out the messages that are not authentic.

The dinosaur-companies haven't figured out to deal with this seismic shift in the crust of commerce. The more adaptive, smarter organizations see it and understand that the only way to survive is to deliver value to their customers and have a genuine conversation with their customers.

And LISTEN TO THE FEEDBACK.

The richest question that you asked was, "How did you find your core values?"  To try to describe that process would take at least one book and I wonder if I could write it …

In short, I can only describe it as trying to experience my life consciously. How can I avoid doing harm? How can I take actions that serve the community while serving the needs of my family and myself?

And LISTEN TO THE FEEDBACK from the world around me.

Yes, it IS a messy process because to live consciously is to be a work in progress, unfinished, an iteration on the path to an unreachable perfection … and yet, find some peace with that state of being unfinished … some compassion with our imperfect selves.

BTW, check out http://www.cluetrain.com … It's a deep mediation on this question of authenticity and compelling reading.

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