Radical transparency works for small startups with heavy us-against-them cultures, a mutual agreement on who the enemy is, but when it starts facing tough challenges from the inside is when that starts to disappear.
Im talking about environments where you cant express your free opinion or have to apply to rules because of "politics".
back in the days we were just working. we cared about technology. those in control cared for money. which was absolutely fine.
today, you have to fit in some weird rules and companies play governments. if you talk negative (by eg expressing your free will) you get redacted.
thus has nothing to do with transparency btw. the transparency of gitlab can be good or can be bad. but that is another topic I guess.
Women and people of color were systemically discriminated against. Companies ignored environmental externalities, or worse actively campaigned to spread misinformation about them to the detriment of us all. Cities were destroyed by anti-corporate taxation measures enacted by those who cared for money, and now the people who provide basic services cannot afford to live there.
If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?
but see? this is political talk again. and I have no time for that. accept the things as they are and try to build tools to make the world a better place. and for me that means, actively do something myself.
in the end you will find yourself in a situation where you will realize that what you thought was your own opinion was much more a copy of what others said and what you've been told. you will give up because it isnt worth the time and you will go back to your own roots and yourself with the words: "well. guess Ive wasted a year or two."
time is the most precious thing you have in this life.