What Could Possibly Go Right? #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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