by Kurt Heinrich | Dec 21, 2016 | Business & Entrepreneurship, Communication, Have Better Conversations
Holidays bring families from all over the country and world together. This can sometimes be recipes for awkwardness when your gun-toting, freedom loving, conservative uncle breaks bread with your gay, socialist brother. The inevitable train wreck of a...
by Kurt Heinrich | Oct 18, 2016 | Communication, Have Better Conversations
Meaningful dialogue is an elusive thing in our communities. Having a respectful conversation with someone about something on which we do not agree isn’t common. Yelling opinions over someone else or building a newsfeed that reinforces your worldview are common in a...
by Godfrey von Nostitz-Tait | Oct 12, 2016 | Collaboration, Communication, Have Better Conversations
THE POTENTIAL OF DIALOGUE Meaningful dialogue is an elusive thing in our communities. Having a respectful conversation with someone about something on which we do not agree isn’t common. Yelling opinions over someone else or building a newsfeed that reinforces your...
by John Horn | Aug 17, 2016 | Have Better Conversations, Learning & Thinking
Having dinner together as a family is one of the simplest things that you can do to build a healthy community at home. Whether you share a meal with one person or twenty, taking time together to reflect on our experiences enhances everything from happiness to...
by Kurt Heinrich | Apr 6, 2016 | Communication, Have Better Conversations
Asking good questions is an important quality of a friend, a partner and a co-worker. It’s also particularly helpful in a work setting. Whether you are meeting with colleagues or attending your monthly board meeting, asking good and insightful questions without fear...
by Kurt Heinrich | Mar 23, 2016 | Have Better Conversations, Learning & Thinking
We are bombarded by media and noise all the time. On the bus, many of us are plugged in like zombies, imbibing a steady stream of google music and podcasts in a desperate last ditch effort to battle back the silence (and accompanying boredom) of a long ride home. At...