E79 - Current & Critical - Robin Parsons & Dave Robertson, Conflict Resolution - A better way forward

“You can’t begin to hear what somebody else is telling you until you’ve taken a bit of time to be calm.”

-Robin Parsons - 00:33:44

“I think where a lot of this conflict is coming from is that people are scared.”

-Dave Robertson - 00:12:25

 

Western Canada seems to be polarized lately. It’s either left versus right. Oil and gas or environmentalism. Us against them. Whichever side you’re on, it seems we’ve lost the ability to have a dialogue rather than a debate. So, how can we move forward without a clear consensus and direction? That's where my guests Robin and Dave, two professional facilitators, come in to shine a light on how we can all get back on the same page.

In this episode, Robin, Dave and I discuss the importance of building a consensus through communication and how we can get back to having a dialogue instead of a debate when it comes to the way forward.