Comment: I agree that disciplined debate matters, yet debate can only take us so far. We also need dialogic spaces where curiosity replaces defensiveness and people learn to think together rather than apart.Our society is dangerously polarised.
We don’t listen to each other.
Too many of us are separating into ideological tribes.
This has to stop.
The future of our democracy depends on it.
This is what the Munk Debates is all about.
Opening minds to different points of view.
Challenging groupthink.
Debating controversial issues with rigour and honesty.
Credit: Munk Debates
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Conversational Leadership Workshop
In-person, 7–11 September 2026
Warbrook House, Hampshire, UK
In-person, 7–11 September 2026
Warbrook House, Hampshire, UK
We are living and working in conditions of uncertainty, complexity, and rapid change. This week-long workshop offers a space to practise Conversational Leadership as a shared, lived experience.
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