Businesses get involved in very polarized debates, and they are taking quite strong dances. One of the things that we took away from this is actually, what can you do inside the business first? So while there is often a drive to get involved in these big issues by running an ad campaign or being really visible or vocal, how can you start those conversations within the organization? How can you think about genuinely divers teams? And how can leader show that they are aware of this in the activities that the organization does?
In their recent book, Poles Apart, behavioural scientist Alex Chesterfield, public affairs specialist Laura Osborne and political advisor Ali Goldsworthy look at what factors drive society apart and what can help bring it back together. Economist and broadcaster Linda Yueh hosts a wide-ranging discussion with the authors exploring not only the cultural forces at play, but also the economic, political and social media triggers that tip people from healthy disagreement into dangerous hostility.
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