Timen Baart

Author · Founder · Speaker

Changing whatleaders manage

Engagement, performance and retention are outcomes. The conditions that produce them can be measured, and managed.

I wrote the book on how trust compounds inside organizations, and built the instrument that measures it.

The book

Compounding Trust

Five structural drivers that decide whether trust builds or decays. Out 2026.

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The platform

TrustXP

Continuous trust measurement for companies of 25 to 500 employees.

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The practice

Speaking & Consulting

Keynotes, workshops, diagnostics and advice.

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The argument

Organizations measure the consequences of their conditions and call it insight. Engagement, performance and retention are outcomes: you cannot manage an outcome, only inherit it. Trust is the condition underneath, and unlike the outcomes it produces, it can be observed while there is still time to act.

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Compounding Trust by Timen Baart, Rethink Press 2026
The letter

The Compounding Trust letter

What I am working out about trust and how organizations actually perform. It goes out when there is something worth sending.

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