2040's Ideas and Innovations Newsletter, Issue 47: How to Have a Complicated Conversation

How many recent conversations at work or in your personal life have been complicated?

Everyone is anxious about the war in Ukraine, the unjust actions on its people and the unprovoked war’s effects on our country and the world. This new source of anxiety adds to our stress levels in navigating a return to some level of what was normal pre-pandemic. The global situation has also thrust us into having complicated conversations as the world around us seemingly changes and we don’t have a concrete way to understand what the future will bring. It’s a potential minefield out there to address conversationally and express ourselves.

Why Conversation Matters

This week, we want to dive into the topic having complicated conversations and offer some thoughts and approaches for your interactions with individuals and groups. Why? Leaders, managers and really any individual, in professional and personal lives, need to be prepared to have complicated conversations that provide an open forum to have resu…