Transparency: The Scary but Necessary Journey of Being Vulnerable in Business

The more and more I experience of this thing we call life, the more I’ve come to realise that most of us are truly terrible at being open. Half of the time, we can’t even be open and honest with ourselves so how are we supposed to lay everything bare to other people?

It’s about being okay with vulnerability and this instagram world has influenced us to be more terrified than ever of showing imperfection. But why? Why are we so scared of it? Some of the greatest comedians who have ever graced the stage became great because of their self-deprecating humour. They tear themselves apart on stage and we laugh hysterically because we can relate. The jokes are so funny because we’ve all experienced an identical event or thought process and we feel connected.

That leads me into business and our ‘workplace personalities’. I saw a brilliant Ted Talk recently by an engineer called Simone Giertz. My takeaway from it was to bin all inhibitions about failing and stop taking ourselves so seriously, immediately. Many of us, myself certainly included, have forgotten to really create and innovate because we’re so tied up with achieving our…