Identity

1992

Entrepreneur

Engineer

Writer

Blogger

September

Orlando

Banks

Rare

Reputation was simple

If people believed it, it was true

You were the sum of public opinion

Who am I?

President and CEO of Louisville Medical Center

Ph.D. Assistant Professor of French, University of Michigan

Lie

Another Lie

What did I like?

Who did I know?

How did I feel about the world?

Redundant?

Where was the transaction?

We’re not just who we believe

we are

That is not how reputation works

thought

Thought

THOUGHT

The Answer

Recreate the transaction

Lie

Gossip

?

I could speak for myself

Others could speak about me

There was a community around

my identity

This community validated my

reputation

Objective

Who you are?