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Communication

Navigating Chaos with Compassion: Zach Stone on PYP 623

How empathy, behavioral science, and a martial artist’s poise can turn workplace chaos into collaborative gold.

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Non-Sleazy Selling That Works: Ian Ross on PYP 616

Can sales be both effective and ethical? What are the secrets of persuasion with integrity?

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The Language of Good: jan Usawi on PYP 594

Could you make yourself understood if your language had only 125 words?

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How to Become a Better Listener: Elise Kushner on PYP 592

How to become the kind of listener who can bring out the magic in the people around you.

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Being Real and Standing Out: David Fish on PYP 590

The world needs us to show up and stand out. So how do we get over ourselves and shine our lights?

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Transform Problems into Opportunities with This Magic Question: Dr Howie Jacobson on PYP 585

What’s the problem with being a “problem-solver?” How can we create the future we want for ourselves, and help others do the same? On today’s Walk and Talk, let’s explore the Magic Question.

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Practical Ethics for Our Time: Peter Singer on PYP 555

Peter Singer pretty much launched the animal rights and animal welfare movements in 1975 with the publication of Animal Liberation. Forty-eight years later, he’s got a revised edition coming out: Animal Liberation Now.

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Rising Together in the Workplace: Sally Helgesen on PYP 554

How can we create workplace cultures that include all of us, when there’s still so much sexism, racism, and systematic fuckery in organizations?

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How to Engage in “Healthy Conflict”: Mark Goulston, MD, on PYP 545

Mark Goulston, MD, shares how to engage in healthy conflict, control your anger in tough situations, and defuse tension with “surgical empathy” and “radical patience.”

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The Sounds of Life: Karen Bakker, PhD on PYP 542

Humans aren’t the only beings that talk to each other. Whales, elephants, bees, corals, unhatched turtles, and even plants and fungi use sound waves to connect and coordinate. Can we begin to understand them, and talk back?

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