Building Trust in Teams
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History includes building an appliance company that sells in 2013 and advising startups, but the practical claim is this: trust grows from specific routines and artifacts, not slogans. Weekly in‑person code review Fridays, one‑on‑one lunches, cross‑team lunch‑and‑learns that show ops deployment diagrams, offsite weekends off‑grid to force hard decisions, and community trips (packing food bank boxes) create predictability. Communication rules matter too — know your team's pizza order and if email replies get longer change the medium. Leaders model trust by admitting mistakes loudly and scheduling trust time.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Introduction and background
- 7:54What is trust?
- 10:23Culture and safety in teams
- 12:28Leadership vs authority vs influence
- 15:19Communication and trust
- 20:35Building trust outside work
- 26:16Team activities and shared values
- 30:07Offsites and difficult decisions
- 31:32Remote work and team dynamics
- 33:59Admitting mistakes and vulnerability
- 35:05Actionable steps for trust
- 40:27Summary and resources
