Priya Parker
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346 appearances
4 recordings
2 series
first heard Jul 2019
last heard 8 Sep
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be doing this.
Exactly.
We assume if heat is rising and we are getting these warning signals that this must be bad, but actually the reframe is, oh, there's something relevant here.
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And that may be true.
And this is not saying that fighting is on the rails.
I am interested in group life.
I'm interested in what allows us, despite all of the obstacles in modern life, despite having different schedules and different beliefs and all of these things, how can we still meaningfully connect?
And gathering is one tool to help us get better at group life.
And conflict is another tool to help us get better at group life.
And in my 20 years as a conflict resolution facilitator, I've learned that healthy communities need love, but healthy communities also need heat.
conflict?
when trouble rises, we often oscillate between these two stances, which is kind of avoidance, pretending like nothing is here, folks, and escalation, kind of burning the house down.
There's a place between what I call unhealthy peace and unhealthy conflict, which is healthy heat or healthy conflict.
And I think of that space as a place where a group or a group of people are able to hold tension with care and
long enough to be generative or clarifying.
And so when we don't know how to fight well, we end up either saying nothing at all and then it implodes or exiting.
And so learning how to be what I call an artful fighter is actually an investment in community.
in the book.
Can I continue to engage meaningfully without facing?
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