For leaders, deciding how much trust to place in the people you manage can be tricky. Give them too much leeway, and they might take advantage of you—but don’t give them enough, and they may not feel safe to take risks. So how much does a more trusting CEO really spur innovation? And how should you determine if more trust is what your organization really needs? Prof. Kieu-Trang Nguyen describes a new study that takes a clever approach to analyzing trust at the top.