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Kindness

At its most fundamental level, civility is a stubborn persistence to continue to be in community with others, even when we disagree. As ASU professor Liz Lerman, says in this video, kindness can serve as “glue” that helps to hold that community together when negotiations over values—fundamental to Principled Innovation (Practice M1, C2)—threaten to tear it apart.

https://news.asu.edu/content/liz-lerman

Video

   2 minutes

   By: ASU, Liz Lerman

   Leader-prep | Lifelong learners

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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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