#61 Miki Kashtan: Mutual Influencing, Collective Wisdom, and Nonviolent Communication

Miki Kashtan is a “practical visionary”, exploring the application of the principles and tools of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) to social transformation. She is an author, certified NVC trainer, and co-founder of Bay Area NVC (baynvc.org). Miki teaches and works with organizations, visionary leaders, activists, and others to support the transition to a world that works for all.

She addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:

• That having big practical problems to face will bring us together, against our conditioning towards “scarcity, separation and powerlessness” 
• That finding the noncontroversial “essential nugget” of agreed principles will create goodwill between opposing sides and pave a way to find solutions.
• That “if you come to a togetherness about solving a problem, it doesn't matter what your opinion is any longer because you know that you have to come up with a solution that isn't going to work only for you.”
• That collective wisdom will enable us to solve big problems, especially through mutual influencing. “I hear what's important to you. I don't yet know how to do it, but I now care about it and I'm changed.”

Resources

• convergentfacilitation.org
• thefearlessheart.org
• Self-study NVC course: Making Life Work. For You. For Everyone. No Exception.  
• Book: The Highest Common Denominator: Using Convergent Facilitation to Reach Breakthrough Collaborative Decisions by Miki Kashtan

Connect with Miki Kashtan
Website: mikikashtan.org/
Twitter: twitter.com/MikiKashtan 
Facebook: facebook.com/MikiKashtan/

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