The Focus Episode 31: Linda Rising Interview

In which we interview Linda Rising

We discuss:

• Effective ways of introducing new ideas, discovered through much struggle
• Fearless Change
• More Fearless Change
• Telling stories that involve people emotionally
• Attempting big change is usually unsustainable. Instead, growing ideas and approaches together organically works much better.
• We cannot take everyone with us. For any new idea, there will be champions and early adopters, but there will be laggards as well.
• What genuine diversity is about
• Braver Angels
• Daniel Kahneman's Thinking Fast and Slow
• Jonathan Haidt's Happiness Hypothesis
• Menlo Innovations
• Building trust by sharing food together
• The ease with which we get divided into groups, and yet we all overestimate the number of nickels in a jar
• The miracle of agape
• Embracing both the early adopters and the laggards
• Choosing worthy targets
• Dealing with ego
• The magic of hope
• Suzanne Simard's Finding the Mother Tree
• Peter Wohlleben's The Hidden Life of Trees
• Linda's intentions as a Mother Tree for us

We are:

• Aldo Rall
• Horia Slușanschi
• Gareth Holebrook

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