Quotes About Transparency

Mathematics is Open Source.

In order to solve problems, information has to be shared; and not only information, but doubts, fears and questions.

Confident and courageous leaders have no problems pointing out their own weaknesses and ignorance.

A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason.

The more you openly name your struggles, the less people can use your silence as a back door to blackmail you, to sabotage your leadership, or to subvert relationships within the organization.

There's nothing more demoralizing than a leader who can't clearly articulate why we're doing what we're doing.

The most important quality of leadership is intellectual honesty. The reality principle - the ability to see the world as it really is, not as you wish it were.

Leaders who fail to appreciate this fundamental precept of accountability must also fail to muster the profound commitment true leadership demands.

He that would run his company on visible figures alone will in time have neither company nor figures.

When you get honest with God, you can exchange the fig leaves you used to cover your sin with the righteousness of Jesus Christ.

Anytime you commit sin and God deals with you, you have the opportunity to confess it. If you don't confess it, you only have one option but to cover it up.

If you want to know if I'm a Godly man, follow me home.

Whether you are a business leader or political leader, you need people around you who are prepared to tell the truth.

Leadership is obliged to justify itself daily.

Authenticity is critical to leadership. That means trying to be yourself - this involves some self-disclosure, admitting what you don't know and being willing to ask questions.

Everybody who aspires to high positions of leadership in their state and in their country should be willing to take unscreened, unrehearsed questions from the people who pay their salary.

We need somebody with a proven track record of competence, leadership and what you see is what you get.

Servant leadership teaches us that you have to lay your cards on the table.

Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow (e.g., given a large enough beta-tester and co-developer base, almost every problem will be characterized quickly and the fix obvious to someone).

It is unreasonable to expect a known corrupt law enforcement department to uphold your legal rights.

When you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes out, because that's what's inside. When you are squeezed, what comes out is what is inside.

To err is human; to admit it, superhuman.

Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.

The idea that God is a worthy recipient of our gratitude for the blessings of life but should not be held accountable for the disasters is a transparently disingenuous innovation of the theologians.