Do you remember this famous Russian proverb? President Reagan used it while negotiating reductions in nuclear arms with the Soviets. The concept is, trust but verify. The question is, “If you have to verify, is it trust at all?” Or is that simply blind trust?
It seems to me, you build the best long-term relationships when you start out trusting with something small then, verify that it happened. Then you risk a little more and again verify. Trust is a building block process and as trust but verify is met with consistent successful results you no longer need the intensity of verification. That’s when collaboration (Trust) is the norm. That is the goal of the Trust Tour.
So that’s what it meant to me when Pres. Reagan said trust but verify.
What do you think?
