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  • Keep your promises and tell the truth. If you don’t keep your promises, be the first to acknowledge the failure.

    I was an engineer for a long time and among my peers the problem we had with management was often that they had a slippery relationship with the truth.

    Also, demonstrate forgiveness within the organization for technical mistakes. If your engineers don’t want to share the bad decisions they’ve made, look for aspects of your company culture that punish people who admit mistakes.

    One example would be times when someone spoke about a mistake they made and then was relieved of responsibility because of it. That’s an example of punishing the admission of a technical mistake.