Trust in the police, already low among people of color, may never be the same in Mpls. after the death of George Floyd in police custody. His death under the hold of an officer was video -recorded in a horrific cold-blooded scene that spread virally around the US and abroad. Floyd’s death was followed by peaceful and violent protests, destruction, fires, and also senseless crime. In all this, I think of the mothers of young  black men . will face the days ahead. Who can they trust to keep Their sons safe?  

*Two separate autopsies both ruled that Floyd’s death a homicide. The police officer who held his knee on a prone Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes has been charged with third degree murder and manslaughter. 

My friend, psychiatrist Jeff Berger, describes trust as a process with as many layers as there are fathoms in the ocean. Now in private practice, he's worked with people in prison, at a college, on an Indian reservation and as Medical Director of a mental health unit of a regional hospital.  We talked about what mental health treatment is like in the age of the coronavirus and at the end, did a deep dive into how we trust enough to share our most painful experiences.

Dr. Berger did his Pscyh residency at Oregon Health University in Portland, Oregon and earned his medical degree from Indiana University Medical School. He lives with his wife on Samish Island in Bow, Washington and has a private practice out of Mount Vernon, Washington. 

What does it take for a business to earn trust today? My guest Mike Klein, a leading change communicator in the Netherlands, talks about the different kinds of trust and why predictability is so important in business. Must a company be virtuous to be trustworthy? You’ll hear Mike’s conclusion.

Today we’ll be talking with our guest and business columnist at the Star Tribune, Lee Schafer.  Named the best business columnist by American Business Editors and Writers, Lee was a reporter at Investors Business Daily, the Real Estate Journal and Corporate Report before spending  15 years in the business community, most recently as a consultant on mergers and acquisitions.  He returned to his journalism roots in 2012. Lee is a frequent speaker, and has covered a range of issues from complex tax consequences of mergers,  Federal Reserve policy and  health care economics - as well as the very personal challenges of small business owners.  

Lee is a  graduate of Macalester College and the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University — and he is one of my personal highly trusted sources. 

Finally, in  full disclosure, Lee and I were business partners in a financial and market research firm from 2002 - 2007, a business we formed as equal partners on the basis of mutual trust.