In 2014, I published ‘Trust Me, PR is Dead’.
It warned against the consequences of unchecked, unethical political and corporate spin. Many of its predictions have since come true.
’Essential reading for everyone who wants to influence and persuade.’
It was time to call bullshit on the bullshit industry of spin.
I altered names and identifying details where necessary—so I could share first-hand experiences of how public trust works and what it takes to build trustworthiness and confidence in business in the 21st century.
Although names are visiblyMargaret Heffernanredactedthroughout the book, the brutal honesty of their exchanges are not. He vividly articulates how profoundly the challenge of transparency undermines corporate control.
This is the question with which one global CEO opened every board meeting. It's a story I tell in the book. As one friend said succinctly; 'If you want to be more trusted as a leader, try not to do bad things.'
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