Slip into Kate Moss’s dress to builD trust

When workplaces use their culture as a growth factor, trust is the structure on which all progress is built, and transparency is a seam that can hold it all together.
 
But transparency, like all things, is a spectrum, and the knowledge-ignorance one is impactful for employees.
 
For employees this spectrum is … do I know all I need to know to do my best work? Am I included in the information that makes me feel I belong, and I can contribute to the success of? Can I grow from this for my current objectives and future career through my contributions?
Or, am I given to too much info that is affecting my decision making in a negative way? Is my grey-matter being consumed by things I cannot influence (and attending some of those excess meetings??) that is preventing me from doing my best work?
 
And for the leaders at the organisation, it is…. have we shielded enough from differing levels of the organisation so it doesn’t hurt people, or lead them to make decisions or act in ways that are detrimental to our goals and strategy? And have we given them enough information to feel empowered and authoritative enough to take risks and action that drives real results?
 
Let’s get radical about the topic…. radical transparency can hurt, “the account you didn’t renew means we can’t hire the new team next year and people’s jobs are at risk. What can you do now to recover this?”

Yet radical candour is the honest lump to swallow of “we recognise the great amount of work you put in to secure the account; sadly losing it causes a significant loss to the business, so what opportunities have we got in the pipeline that we can secure fast, and avoid tough decisions in the near future?”
 
Radical candour is where you care deeply and challenge directly. It’s where an organisation choses to slip into a dress like the beautiful yet unforgiving silk of Kate Moss’s dress that rocketed her to superstardom in the 90s - it’s not transparent, it’s kinder on the individual, sheer, and in the right situation, reveals enough to know what’s going on underneath.
 
And radical transparency is Bella Hadid’s all or nothing spray on dress that broke the runways and fashion channels earlier this year - not many should do it as it’s very very hard to pull off (and put on) and 99% of the population would be very uncomfortable in it.
 
What dress does your organisation wear that gives the appropriate level of transparency for trust to build?
Or am I talking a load of old fleece in your opinion?