TRUST COMPASS FRAMEWORK™
Our Trust Compass™ trust building framework is a helpful guide to navigate trust and repair in the context of our individual and collective experiences, cultures, and contexts.
Trust isn't one-size-fits-all. What builds trust for you might break it for someone else. Culture, power, context, and identity shape everything about how we trust—yet most tools ignore these dynamics entirely.
This gap is holding us back. Without understanding trust's complexity, we fragment relationships, splinter coalitions, and stall progress.
Our Trust Compass Framework changes that. It's a practical tool we use to help clients navigate trust and repair by asking better questions about what's really happening in our relationships.
Four Dimensions of Trust:
🔹 Identities: How does who we are shape how we build and repair trust?
🔹 Contexts: What histories, politics, and geographies shape our relationships?
🔹 Values: Where do our values align or conflict—and what are the implications on our ability to trust each other?
🔹 Power: How are power and privilege impacting our relational dynamics?
Our Trust Compass framework will not do the work for you—but it will help you see what you're navigating. You might have integrity, but what power dynamics are at play? You might be honest, but what does honesty require when navigating race and privilege?
This framework is a navigational tool for the relationships that matter most: with yourself, your organization, and the movements rebuilding a more just world.
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