Gut-alytics
Since joining the Trust Agents Facebook page, I’ve seen some really interesting, thought-provoking posts on trust and its role in the new economy. This morning, I posted the question: How often do you trust your gut?
The first to respond was Chris Brogan, who wrote:
Not often enough. There was a book about fear that came out in the late 1990s that said we humans often push down our gut feelings. In my personal case, I find that my gut is usually wrong. I tend to trust people a bit too quickly, and I like people before I realize whether they’re friend or foe. With that in mind, I don’t. ^cb
A few minutes later, the term gut-alytics came to mind. I thought, wouldn’t it be interesting to see how your gut fared against the reality of an evolving relationship? Could we track our first impressions of people/ relationships and compare them to subsequent interactions to gauge our initial accuracy? With that knowledge, can we learn enough about our gut feelings so that they become more reliable?
What do you think?
