Now Forming · Founding Cohort 2026

The Trust Institute

Research, programs, and a community of leaders building trust into the practice of business. Vetted curriculum. Senior expertise. Outcomes that hold.

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A Harris | Allison initiative

A discipline, not a sentiment.

Trust is the operating principle that determines whether transformation sticks. The Institute turns it into something teachable, measurable, and practiced.

Research

Open frameworks & field studies

Publishing the working models behind The Trust Operating System™ - in the open, with the receipts. Built with practitioners, refined in real engagements.

Programs

Vetted courses for leaders

Curriculum built and reviewed by senior operators. Cohort and self-paced. The flagship course, Thought Leadership for Executives, opens its founding cohort in 2026.

Community

Members who do the work

A working community of CEOs, founders, and senior leaders who treat trust as craft. Peer cohorts, office hours, faculty access, shared library.

Flagship Course

Thought Leadership for Executives

A senior-led program for leaders who want their thinking to land - inside the company and out.

FormatCohort · 6 weeks
ForCEOs · Founders · Senior Leaders
OpensFounding Cohort 2026
  • Find the point of view only you can hold · and the proof points to back it.
  • Build the cadence, channels, and assets that put it in front of the right rooms.
  • Translate strategy into language your team, board, and market actually act on.
  • Pressure-test your thinking with peers and faculty before it goes public.
  • Leave with a 12-month thought leadership plan you can run.

The wider work on trust.

The Institute extends a body of work already in motion at Harris | Allison. Start with these.

The Trust Operating System™

The methodology behind senior-led transformation that holds in the middle market.

Read the methodology →

Trust Into Transformation

The book by Bill Harris. Request the first chapter free.

Get the excerpt →

The Trust Maturity Matrix

A framework for diagnosing where trust is breaking inside the business.

Open the framework →

Join the founding waitlist.

Early signups get first access to the flagship course, founding-cohort pricing, and previews of new research as it ships.