I Respectfully Disagree: How to Have Difficult Conversations in a Divided World

I Respectfully Disagree: How to Have Difficult Conversations in a Divided World
by: Justin Jones-Fosu (Author)
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Publication Date: 1 May 2024
Language: English
Print Length: 240 pages
ISBN-10: 152300651X
ISBN-13: 9781523006519
Book Description
Start building bridges instead of barriers! This essential guide offers a simple 4-part framework that will help you have honest and enlightening conversations despite deep and fundamental disagreements.Divisions are on the rise around the world, and 2024 may well be a peak year. We’re losing the ability to disagree without demonizing. There is a deep need for this practical and accessible guide to having challenging conversations in any situation, from the workplace to the classroom to the dinner table. It’s not about saying the right words at the right time but something vastly deeper. In this book, you’ll discover the 4 pillars of respectfully disagreeing: Focus on learning not lecturingFill in the gaps with curiosity not conclusionsFind the grey, not the black and whiteFormulate your plan to humanize and not harmBut this is not a weighty tome. Each chapter features a cartoon, and Justin Jones-Fosu tackles this serious subject with a playful and compassionate tone. For example, he writes “I have become more and more intentional in my desire to respectfully disagree with others (except those who think putting ketchup on eggs is wrong…there is no hope for respect there).” With a wide range of examples and exercises throughout, this is a timely and reader-friendly handbook to disagreeing with someone’s ideology while passionately pursuing their humanity.