Trust me. I know what I'm doing

E.M. Forster recognised the importance of trust in human relationships. In What I believe, he wrote: "One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life." Maish over at elearningpost links to Peter Andrews who provides some tips for avoiding virtual messes in Trust-building for a virtual team.

Update: Steven Cohen agrees: "Trust. That's how collaboration works." You demonstrate trustworthiness through your actions, but those actions, and hence your trustworthiness, are communicated through stories. As Larry Prusak says "…when people tell stories about other people, the motivations are usually reliability, trust and knowledge."