VIRTUAL: Thu, May 25, 2023 | 7:00 PM Central The "others", whoever they may be, are not evil, but often serving a different set of priorities. Learning how to describe strategies in ways that speak to others' priorities helps us move forward together. Even when we work to separate our observations from judgements we make about them, the judgements remain. We still apply a moral framework, some way of prioritizing what’s important to us. Social…

VIRTUAL: Thursday, April 27, 2023 | 7:00 PM Creating intellectual humility and reframing change as learning and growth (vs "flip-flopping" or failures of integrity). Building skill in changing our mind is an important step in creating change. Adam Grant suppoorts this skill with a description of what it means to re-think what we know, how we know it, and the skills we need to learn and integrate new information and perspectives. “What gets us into…

VIRTUAL: Thu, Mar 23, 2023 7:00 PM IN PERSON: Sat, Mar 25, 2023 9:00 AM A data-driven discussion about how we can measure both the problems of our world and the extent to which our strategies to solve them are effective. Practice embracing observation (of the data) without judgment, acknowledging the feelings that arise, and understanding the needs behind those feelings builds a foundation for subsequent conversations. Having spent time learning how to experience, acknowledge,…

VIRTUAL: Thursday, January 26, 2023 | 7:00 pm US Central When we hide, suppress, and deny our own emotions (or others'), we blind ourselves to what we most desire and risk collateral damage when those emotions escape on their own. This month, we'll be giving ourselves permission to feel our own emotions so that we can be available to join others in their experience. Maybe you’ve heard people say, “facts don’t care about your feelings.”…