Tech CEO and Former Under Secretary of State Keith Krach to Georgetown Law Students: "Trust is the Key to Transformational Leadership"

WASHINGTON, March 16, 2022 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- In a discussion with Georgetown Law students and Dean William M. Treanor, former unanimously confirmed Under Secretary of State Keith Krach, a 2022 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, offered his unique perspective on building global trust networks in the private and public sectors by assembling high-performance teams and challenging the status quo. Krach shared lessons learned from his four decades of bringing transformational leadership to multiple sectors, including robotics, engineering automation, e-commerce, higher education, philanthropy, economic statecraft, and even the way people sign.

During his conversation with the Georgetown Law students, Krach pointed to the importance of trust in forming successful partnerships and coalitions: "Trust is the most important word in any language. It is the basis of every relationship — business, personal, or otherwise. You do business with people you trust. You partner with people you trust. You buy from people you trust. You love people you trust."

Krach's deployment of the Clean Network Alliance of Democracies, rooted in his "Trust Principle" doctrine, led to his Nobel Peace Prize nomination. Lack of trust, Krach told the students, is the dictatorship's Achilles' heel. Trust is a strategic competitive advantage free nations have over authoritarian ones. Democratic trust principles, such as respect for the rule of law, human rights, the environment, labor practices, and sovereignty of nations are the foundation of trusted collaboration, and a peaceful alternative to the totalitarian's "Power Principle," rooted in brute power, coercion, and intimidation.

"What you did running U.S. economic diplomacy and building the Clean Network is of the utmost importance especially now," Treanor told Krach. "Your use of the 'Trust Principle' to defend against technological authoritarianism, safeguard global economic security, preserve democracy in Taiwan, and protect human rights resonates with Georgetown's core values. The Jesuit mission of men and women for others — that's in our DNA here. That's why people come here and what they hope to do in their careers, so your message is inspiring."

Krach's transformational diplomacy based on the "Trust Principle" doctrine has integrated Silicon Valley Strategies and foreign policy tools into a new category called Tech Statecraft. His dedication to the mission of advancing freedom continues as the Chairman and Co-founder for the Center for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue (CTDP).

On joining CTDP's board, former U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta observed the urgency of adopting Krach's "Trust Principle"-based model to counter authoritarianism: "China's techno-economic aggression presents a serious threat to the free world, especially when it comes to advanced technologies. The Clean Network pioneered a trust-based model for countering authoritarian aggression across all areas of techno-economic competition. I support the adoption of that successful model by the CTDP in its noble mission."

Former National Security Advisor General H.R. McMaster added: "The Clean Network's defeat of the Chinese Communist Party's masterplan to control 5G communications was the first time a government-led initiative proved that China's economic warfare is beatable because it exposed their biggest weakness: nobody trusts them."

Krach concluded his talk with Treanor and the Georgetown Law students by emphasizing the importance of securing high tech from authoritarianism: "Considering the integral role of tech in humanity's next chapter, world peace is unattainable without the widespread adoption of trusted technology."

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