Trust Faster: A Clearspeed Podcast

Technology has increased the speed and scope of our interactions with one another, but the trust gap continues to widen. Companies hoping to thrive in a global marketplace must rely on a network of trusted partners to succeed. Customers are continually asked to turn over more and more information about themselves and trust that it’s being stored safely and used ethically. More and more research sh...

Insurance may not be a glamorous industry on paper, but it underpins the movement of people, goods, and services around the world. Insurance allows homes to be built, sports to be played, and movies to be filmed. Insurance fraud is thousands of years old, and any claims investigator will bend your ear with wild stories of outlandish crimes. But consumers are becoming increasingly frustrated with w...

To understand how fundamental trust is to athletic competition, you only need to look at some of the metaphors we use every day. “Level playing field,” “fair play,” “a good call.” We use sports as a lens for our understanding of what equality looks like. Sports is also a huge global industry, with billions of dollars in play, and people around the world watching athletes compete in events they bel...

We tend to think about assessing risk in the largest terms possible - on the battlefield, or when financial decisions have billions of dollars at stake. But risk assessment is something we all do every day, from picking the right jacket for the day’s weather to waiting for the light to turn green before we cross the street. In this episode, we look at how assessing risks both big and small is at t...

Every decision we make involves navigating the tension between risk and trust. How do you move forward when risk is at an all-time high, and trust is seen as a rare commodity? Clearspeed exists to narrow the trust gap at scale, enabling leaders to lead more efficiently and effectively. In this episode, Alex Martin, Clearspeed CEO and co-founder, discusses how his journey from Marine to entrepreneu...

If there's anyone who can speak to measuring something subjective like trust, it's Tonia Ries. She's been the Executive Director of the Edelman Trust Barometer -  the research output from the Edelman Trust Institute - for the last decade. We asked Tonia what it means to trust, how it's built, and how easily it's broken - and the current state of trust between citizens, governments, institutions, a...

Everyone agrees that trust is important, but the trust gap continues to grow - between government and citizens, employers and employees, and companies and consumers.  In Trust Faster we unpack how the bonds of trust are built and broken; how risks are identified and mitigated in high-stakes situations; and how emerging technologies are affecting these relationships in brand-new ways. This season—t...