First Who Then What

Getting the right persons onboard is absolutely essential ...By this we mean, people who exhibit the right qualities and attributes. They must be pre-disposed to the right values. This is absolutely critical if we want to build trust. For it is through trust that we are able to speed up collaboration and decision-making.

Examples of trust building:
a) fulfill all promises made;
b) do not take what is not yours;
c) value people's idea and work and treat these as monies that you would not normally part with;
d) do not slack by making sure that you deliver your part of the bargain etc.

Remember, once trust is broken it is very difficult to mend back. It will be a major setback as it creates uncertainty and when there is uncertainty, collaborators will shy away from sharing their work and co-operation will eventually cease. This is a lose-lose scenario contrary to the game theory which states that a win-win outcome will bring about an optimum payout to the collaborators.

As such if we have the right persons onboard, we will not counter such irrational behaviour and all energies can be channeled towards productive work.

Once we have the necessary and sufficient conditions, we better the odds of stringing together a series of good decisions.

Keywords: quality, value systems, trust, domain knowledge, technology, networking, maven traps, speed of trust, lifestyle

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