Leadership

Things I Knew and Didn’t Say” asks whether we have made authenticity too dependent on what other people can see. It distinguishes between revealing ourselves and expressing ourselves, and notes that a quiet colleague can be deeply authentic, though from the outside we cannot tell whether their privacy stems from temperament or self-protection. Rather than urging everyone to be vulnerable, the article asks whether people can disagree without being diminished and whether confidences are respected. It closes by wondering whether we have made room for people to decide for themselves how much to share.