Comments on: Social transparency? How about honesty.

By: Rick

Rick — Sun, 23 May 2010 18:53:23 +0000

I suppose that’s why languages are always evolving, and words and expressions are continually falling in and out of fashion.

By: ninadrianna

ninadrianna — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:33:19 +0000

Don’t all words have the possibility of becoming co-opted by organizational jargon? As soon as a corporate value or goal is ‘honesty’, I think it’s in danger of going down the road of being overused, misused, and eventually annoying.

By: Rayanne Langdon

Rayanne Langdon — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 00:12:13 +0000

Oh man, I TOTALLY agree! I’m starting to hate all the buzz words we use that were meant to make us less corporate sounding in the first place. I HATE the word “networking” and I’m starting to dislike “community”, even.

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:05:11 +0000

Hey Will,

I’m talking about transparency as it’s commonly used in business. The degree of openness applied is a balance; optimized to fulfill certain responsibilities, keep stakeholders happy, maximize trust, and at the same time protect proprietary information.

According to the dictionary definition, you’re absolutely right.

You’re also right about people being nerds.

By: Will O'Neill

Will O'Neill — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:12:04 +0000

I’ve never heard of the word ‘transparency’ being defined as finding some sort of balance between disclosure and omission – transparency is a synonym for openness, period.

As for people who talk like that in social exchanges, they are nerds.

I think that’s all.