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Less Chaos, More Care: Tommy Ryan on Measuring What Matters

When was the last time technology made your work feel lighter instead of heavier?

If you work in human services, I’m guessing you had to think about that one for a minute. I know I did.

That’s the question at the heart of my latest Community Possibilities episode with my friend Tommy Ryan, founder and CEO of ThreeWill, a Georgia-based Microsoft 365 technology and operations consulting firm. ThreeWill helps organizations in home and community-based chronic care reclaim time for the work that really matters.

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Understanding Someone Else’s Point of View

Today, I want to share a series that the Hidden Brain podcast is doing, called Us 2.0.

The first episode in the series is “What We Have in Common” and explores why we feel the way we do about people with differing political views with psychologist Kurt Gray.

Episode 2 in the series is, “Win Hearts, then Minds.” Sociologist Robb Willer shares the common mistakes we make in trying to persuade others.

This week, the 3rd episode is “Living with Our Differences” and features psychologist Peter Coleman. Dr. Coleman studies conflict and how disagreements become intractable and what we can do about it.

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Creating Inclusive Spaces for Community Conversations

As we are all painfully aware, we are living in a time when conversations with others can be HARD. Impossible even. Seems like the most innocent of conversations can turn political these days.

Are we all just primed to argue?

But I bet you also have experienced the power of a healing conversation. Maybe when you were in an argument with a loved one, but you stayed in the moment. You heard them and they heard you.

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