Rana el Kaliouby Quotes

When you go into something where you can really trust that everyone has thought about it, more than you have even, then that's like a gift.

Everything's a lot easier when you work with someone you know just about as well as you know yourself.

A strong working relationship requires every participant to be on the same page.

I assure you that it is our desire and intention to keep the doors of consultation always and fully open. There must never be a final word between friends.

It's important to build trust if you're trying to deal with big things. Big issues require everybody to get outside their comfort zone, and people are more willing to do so if they believe that their partner is sincere in their efforts. And the only way you can do that is to engage them on a personal level.

I usually tell people upfront what to expect, and that I really want their feedback and their ideas, and if they think I've got a hair out of place or food stuck in my teeth, gosh, I want to know that.

In effect, I feel like a blind, deaf, and illiterate person working through the sensibilities and multiple, real talents of other people. Everything I do is collaborative.

I'm not really a control person, and I'm a big believer in collaboration. I like to have a friend.

Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.

The amount of trust and bandwidth that you build up working with someone for five, seven, 10 years? It's just awesome. I care about openness and connectedness in a global sense.

None of us is as smart as all of us.

Trust brings a higher level of communication and a higher level of commitment and accountability.

What you want to do is put people in a position where they feel connected enough to you that they're willing to collaborate with you; they're willing to show you the things that they were scared to tell you about before.

Enterprise customers have been working together with us for a long time, they trust us, and we just keep everything open and transparent.

I am open with the players, with my media officer, and also the media.

It makes it so much easier to work with people who you can implicitly trust.

Communication is number one, and we have to communicate honestly and openly with each other.

No one person, no one alliance, no one nation, no one of us is as smart as all of us thinking together.

I just can't say enough about the actors having faith and trust in the writers and the writers having faith and trust in the actors.

True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance.

A good cult delivers on its promises. A good cult nourishes the needs of its members, has transparency and integrity, and creates provisions for challenging its leadership openly. A good cult expands the freedoms and well-being of its members rather than limits them.

The relationship between a client must be 'we.'

Constantly probe the people who report to you, and encourage them to probe you.

I find that when you open the door toward openness and transparency, a lot of people will follow you through.

The ability to work together has to be in the blood of particle physicists. They learn very early on that it is impossible to advance on one's own and that constant exchange is necessary.