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Workshop: How to Have Hard Conversations and Happiness – The Art of Disagreement

November 16 @ 2:35 pm - 3:50 pm

In today’s increasingly polarized world, we struggle to have hard conversations. This workshop will first take participants back in time and explore how the Enlightenment ushered in a “persuasion revolution”, whereby ideas with which one disagreed could be tolerated (and even celebrated!) for, arguably, the first time ever. Then, it will return to the modern day and present compelling neuropsychology about why disagreement feels terrible, and thus a threat. But when we approach hard conversations with humility (for our views) and curiosity (for others’ views), disagreement can suddenly turn exciting, and thus an adventure. Participants will leave this session equipped with a framework to transform contentious, threatening discussions into valuable, adventurous ones—which might just work to heal a culture beset by contempt for “the other side”.

SPEAKERS:

  • Bryce Fuemmeler: Senior Research Associate, Leadership & Happiness Laboratory, Harvard Kennedy School

Details

Date:
November 16
Time:
2:35 pm - 3:50 pm
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Venue

Harvard Kennedy School | Wexner G-02
79 John F. Kennedy St
Cambridge, MA 02138 United States
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