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This episode is step ten in the 10-Step Toolkit to Having Critical Conversations featuring Steven Windisch, the Director of the Crime and Security Data Analytics Lab in the Terrorism Research Center at the University of Arkansas. Dr. Windisch's research breaks away from approaches limited to specific phases of the extremist’s life course, such as their period of incarceration. Instead, his research emphasizes the accumulation of risk factors (e.g., physical abuse) and life events (e.g., divorce) that occur during childhood, adolescence, or adulthood and how these experiences increase one’s susceptibility to accepting extremist beliefs.

In this episode, we:

• discuss risk factors to lead to extremism
• examine the role of compassion and exposure in creating change
• the importance of support systems in drawing people out of extremism
• tangible tools to aid and be open to change
  
  

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Timestamps:

04:26 Defining Change in Extremist Beliefs

12:21 Risk Factors and Pathways to Extremism

19:59 The Role of Compassion and Empathy

26:01 Challenges in Addressing White Supremacy

33:30 Navigating the Stigma of White Supremacy Upon Deradicalization

35:13 The Power of Kindness in Initiating Change

36:53 Personal Experiences with Change

38:36 Parenthood and Identity Transformation

40:17 The Process of Change and Openness

42:43 Challenges in Critical Conversations

46:10 Finding Common Ground in Difficult Dialogues

50:38 Supporting Change and Overcoming Stigma

59:16 Three Captivating Things

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This episode is step nine in the 10-Step Toolkit to Having Critical Conversations featuring Barret Michalec, director of the Center for Advancing Interprofessional Practice, Education and Research (CAIPER), and an associate professor in the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation. Michalec’s research examines humility, empathy, and belonging, particularly within the healthcare field.

In this episode, we:

• discuss the difference between empathy and sympathy
• explore how to build emotional resilience
• define the concept of emotional contagion
• provide practical exercises for building empathy
  
  

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Timestamps:

02:57 Understanding Empathy vs. Sympathy

03:26 Empathy in Critical Conversations

04:35 Empathy in Leadership

05:22 Judicial Empathy and Bias

07:58 Emotional Contagion in Clinical Settings

09:35 Building Emotional Resilience

13:47 Empathy Exercises and Practices

19:54 Innate Empathy and Adversity

25:02 Empathy, Vulnerability, and Humility

35:54 Expanding Empathy Beyond In-Groups

39:52 Understanding Limits and Vulnerability

42:39 The Science Behind Empathy

44:46 Empathy in Healthcare

48:34 Measuring Empathy

57:52 Practical Exercises for Building Empathy

01:04:34 Empathy and Decision Making

01:08:16 Three Captivating Things

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This episode is step eight in the 10-Step Toolkit to Having Critical Conversations featuring Dr. Alison Wood Brooks, a Professor of Business Administration and Hellman Faculty Fellow at the Harvard Business School who was recently named a Best 40-Under-40 Business School Professor by Poets & Quants. Her book TALK: The Science of Conversation and the Art of Being Ourselves will be published by Crown (Penguin Random House) in January 2025.

Her research on the science of conversation has been published in prestigious academic journals, including the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, and Psychological Science, as well as in popular media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, The New York Times, Scientific American, and Harvard Business Review.

In this episode, we discuss:

• how to build a secure identity
• the power of hedging and receptive language
• mechanisms for holding accountability in conflict
• ways to move away from small talk
• tangible tools to release defenses in conversation
  
  

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Timestamps:

02:11 The Influence of Being a Twin

04:40 Exploring Self-Talk and Its Impact

06:32 Defining Conversation and Defensiveness

08:24 The Complexity of Conversations

10:29 The Dance of Communication

16:01 Navigating Sensitive Topics

19:39 Layers of Conversation Conflict

27:15 Building a Secure Identity

29:46 The Power of Receptive Language

32:21 Personal Reflections on Defensiveness

35:07 Accountability in Conversations

38:45 Navigating Difficult Conversations

44:41 The Art of Deep Conversations

51:28 Practical Tools for Better Conversations

54:48 Three Captivating Things

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