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Why should we be optimistic that these sytems of work are going to work, or are going to change human nature? Panelists differed on their views some saying that we may still have ‘further to slide’ before we start to reform ourselves, others thinking that we’ve reached that point already. Wacker – 3 things going [...]

The panelists continued with the issue of the public lost of trust in corporations.

Wacker then got into the ability everyday people have to create their own reality. The present environment makes it difficult for people to figure out who they trust. This needs to be changed. People need to find a common context with corporations.

What does the next Craigslist look like? Newmark said most of what they’re about is classifieds. If something is wrong, you can flag it for removal and if more people agree, the item disappeared. People are overwhelmingly trustworthy; there is only a small percentage of ‘bad guys.’ Wacker said we have a different list from who we solicit trust from.

Dale Peskin introduced the day’s last session explaining that the panel was formed to talk about collaboration and the social and business changes that it is causing. Panelists were asked to give their perspectives on ‘trust systems.’

Wacker – trust and ethics are going to be dominant in the next generation. ‘Institutional crisis is pandemic.’ The real key is culture, who’s definition is what we pay our reverential hommage to, what we respect. In the world of ‘we’, it’s very easy to shut off anything you don’t want to listen to. How do we create mediation in a world of complexity and paradox? We need to distinguish between ‘true’ stories and ‘truth’ stories.