Truth? What is that?
Don’t listen to a word I say
The screams all sound the same
Though the truth may vary
This ship will carry our bodies safe to shore— Of Monsters and Men, “My head is an animal”
Having been out of corporate life for 5 months, the change is refreshing on so many levels, some superficial and some profound.
But the one that stands out most strongly is the relationship with truth.
From a sober distance, it is hard to come to terms with the roles that delusion, reckless ignorance and wilful deception play in corporate life.
Donald Trump, Jacob Zuma, and other “post-truth” leaders are not an onslaught on truth, they are shadows of what we have boldly crafted as standards in day-to-day life.