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Priya Parker • The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
We agree with those who think revitalizing place-based identities and local engagement may help to break down these walls. If we redirect people’s attention back to local politics and working with fellow community members on projects that have a tangible impact, perhaps we can restart a positive feedback loop and regenerate the crosscutting connect... See more
Alex Pentland • Rediscovering the Pleasures of Pluralism: The Potential of Digitally Mediated Civic Participation — Digitalist Papers
Engage Your Loyal Opposition
Andy Stefanovich • Look at More: A Proven Approach to Innovation, Growth, and Change
Peter Coleman brings people together in his Difficult Conversations Lab,
Adam Grant • Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Starting projects and embracing “theories of change” became de rigeur .
Paul Musgrave • Move Slow and Fix Things
You must be visibly willing to take a stand for the guiding ideas you consider important, while remaining open to involvement and points of view from others
Art Kleiner • The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook: Strategies for Building a Learning Organization
Starts with explaining how in the 1980s and 1990s, in elite schools (e.g. Harvard), there was a shift in focus from producing good corporate employees to the following:
Paul Musgrave • Move Slow and Fix Things
providing them with feedback to help avoid problems like groupthink and polarization.
Alex Pentland • Honest Signals: How They Shape Our World (Bradford Books)
Thirty years ago I had a high school history and government teacher who forever changed the way I think about the power of identity, especially group identity, in affecting human behavior. In my senior year of high school, in the early 1990s, he taught a section on Nazi propaganda that I’m sure these days would be posted to social media in a hot mi... See more