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How to talk politics when you disagree

While honesty is critical to the process of understanding each other’s values (PI Practice M1), respect plays an important role in facilitating honest conversations. Without respect, honest conversations can devolve quickly into highly contentious arguments. This 12-minute TED Talk overviews good practices on talking to others who differ over political values.

   Video

   12 minutes

   By: Ciaran O'Connor, TEDx

   Leader-prep | Lifelong learners


Making connections:

Principled Innovation asks us to work with others and recognize the limits of our own knowledge so that we can better understand and tackle the complex issues our communities face.

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