We need more stories like these about bridging the pro-life & pro-choice divide braverangels.org/if-we-could-ge…

Want to make progress on any stuck, controversial issue? Learn to transform stuck opposition into pragmatic problem solving mitsloan.mit.edu/ideas-made-to-… via MIT Sloan School of Management

4-step ‘listening challenge’ to help reduce polarized discourse from #MITSloan prof Kate Isaacs mitsln.co/tZxu50Kfq2q Learn more during her course, Nimble Leadership mitsln.co/FIGL50Kfq2G

4-step ‘listening challenge’ to help reduce polarized discourse from #MITSloan prof Kate Isaacs mitsln.co/tZxu50Kfq2q Learn more during her course, Nimble Leadership mitsln.co/FIGL50Kfq2G

Check out my new article about a hopeful path forward on the abortion issue with mentions of Braver Angels John Wood Jr. and the amazing facilitation work of @susanpodziba in Boston theconversation.com/theres-reason-…

White adults are more than twice as likely as Black and Latino households to get sizable financial help from parents or elders, a new joint NPR poll finds. That has profound intergenerational effects. n.pr/3CgMz8J

Happy #ListenFirst Friday! This week's message is from Kate Isaacs who helps run the Listening Challenge!

Love this advice for tackling complex problems: “What do I know about this topic? Then, what are some intermediate steps that could get me closer? If I have this number, then I just need this other number...where do you get that number?" news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/…

Associate Justice Breyer “‘If you can get 30 percent out of that group, do it. The people who would normally support you will say you’re a traitor and a rat. Forget that: You get the 30 percent as opposed to being a hero for nothing.’” news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/… via Harvard University

Don't miss our next LinkedIn Live w/ #MITSloan prof Kate Isaacs - How to Have Difficult Conversations with Opposing Viewpoints on Sep 27 at 12p ET mitsln.co/xgkf50Kxiqw

Has anyone experienced this? Try watching a Bob Ross painting video. His gentle & relaxed tone of voice, his humor, his encouragement that anyone can paint, and the feeling that you are part of an intimate conversation with him…so relaxing and uplifting nytimes.com/2019/04/04/mag…

Sending prayers for the safety of all my friends & colleagues in Tampa Bay and the west coast of Florida. I have many happy memories of being there & a special place in my ❤️ for you. I hope everyone has evacuated and you’re doing ok. Let us know what y’all need. We will help

I predict we will see rising solidarity globally for policy change that corrects class & racial inequality and raises the standard of living for all nytimes.com/2022/12/08/opi…

Thanks DoorDash for serving dinner to our dog! 😳😅

3 principles for better work: 1) Do fewer things, 2) Work at a natural pace, 3) Obsess over quality. That trio of properties hits the sweet spot of how we’re actually wired and produces valuable meaningful work, that is personally sustainable. The New York Times nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Austin Ashe@MIT: Affirming that knowledge comes from everyone & everywhere creates the necessary psychological safety for marginalized groups to share their knowledge, versus having to calculate the personal risk of being a contributor tinyurl.com/3nf67d8d

Not sure who needs to hear this but university presidents do not (as a general rule) write codes of conduct nor are they the ones who enforce them They’re not CEOs Ask some faculty

Love this switch from doom & gloom to a positive future vision: “We can address climate change alongside other issues. It’s not going to cost you a ton of money. It might save you money. We’ll have cleaner air. We’ll have more energy security.” nytimes.com/interactive/20…

To our Rays family, fans and the entire Tampa Bay community. 💙