Forging Common Ground
A community for humans dedicated to doing the hard internal work of forging common ground.
Episodes
6 episodes
What's Your Conflict Style?
In this episode, I respond to a listener question about whether forging common ground is ultimately about individuals or systems — and explain why I see it as both.I explore how individual skills form the foundation for larger cultural a...
Spicing things up
Three topics this time:A listener response about communication stylesMore reflections on identity, and how our sense of self can get in the way of forging common groundSomething even spicier than communication styl...
Who exactly is "me"?
A story about the challenges of bridging communication styles, plus some thoughts on how our sense of who we are can get in the way of forging common ground.
"We'll talk about it tomorrow" means...what?
I close the loop on communication styles and why they're a case study for a much deeper issue: seeing ourselves as the source of...well, pretty much everything. That is, if we're serious about forging common ground.
What does brain management have to do with communication styles?
In this episode of Forging Common Ground, I reflect on feedback from the previous episode, focusing on gender and generational differences in the workplace. I discuss the importance of understanding communication styles, particularly the tensio...