If you enter a conversation with the intention of changing someone’s mind — it immediately feels transactional.
If you enter with the intention to connect, learn, and see where you can go, together — that’s where *real* conversation can take place.
A privilege to see members of the People’s Assembly on Care at Westmead come together, Welcome to Country by Aunty Grace Mumbles, opened by @KathyBelov, and co-facilitated by Prof Bandanna Saini and @ProfBrendan. Big shout out to University colleagues and @f_dust#AustraliaCares
We’re thrilled to come away from a full day of community-led policymaking at our #AustraliaCares People's Assembly on Care in Westmead last weekend with so many ideas for the future of care policy
A little thoughtfulness in designing your meetings goes a long way.
Here are two tips to help your team relax and bring out the best in each other — from myself and Mentora founder @HitendraWadhwa.
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The pandemic made us more multisensory — more capable of having conversations in different ways — and organizations should lean into that when aiming to build community.
Some tips on how to do it and do it well in @HR_Brew:
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@MichaelDAshford seeks out guests you haven’t heard regurgitate the same 6 talking points while he asks great questions to arrive at places of empathy & mutual respect
Start w/ @f_dust a fellow conversation savant podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
Social connection is a topic I have spoken about at length.
As the epidemic of loneliness continues to intensify, we are lucky to have Dr. @vivek_murthy’s guidance and leadership in reversing its course.
NEW: Today, I released a Surgeon General's Advisory on the epidemic of loneliness and isolation facing our country, the destructive impacts it has on our collective health, and the extraordinary healing power of our relationships. Surgeongeneral.gov/lonelines…#Connect2Heal 1/8
In the latest episode of The Follow-Up Question, Fred Dust (@f_dust) shares why creating change is an elemental component of how we communicate with each other.
Listen at michaelashford.com/episodes/… or wherever you get your podcasts.
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On the latest episode of the #BiophilicSolutions podcast, meet @f_dust, author of Making Conversation: Seven Essential Elements of Meaningful Communication, who will be the keynote speaker at The Biophilic Leadership Summit this month in @serenbe: biophilicsummit.com
Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about where creative inspiration comes from, deep listening, and how we as humans communicate with each other.
It brought me to my most interesting and least explored question — how does nature influence conversation?
Fortunately I found @thejenniferwalshand and Monica Olsen and was able to join them on the #BiophilicSolutionsPodcast. We discussed those ideas and more: how to build conversational communities, and why we need them now.
Pull up a chair and have a listen:
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