For all its dramatic twists and turns, the most aggrieved conversations that arose from the recent political crisis in Maharashtra were not about which party eventually came to rule — they were about how voters' trust in their government and in the democratic process had been decimated. And while the dust is still settling around Uddhav Thackeray stepping into the role as the state's new Chief Minister, the crisis has highlighted, once again, just how important a role of trust plays in ensuring stable governance.

Corporate India too is witness to numerous instances when a lack of trust in the leadership of organisations either led stakeholders to undertake major restructuring efforts or the organisation shuttering its doors altogether. In fact, a 2019 Gallup poll went on to state that business around the world is suffering from a 'trust crisis', with two-thirds of respondents agreeing that corruption is widespread in businesses.