The Tyranny of the Minority - w/ Chris Voss

Published: Aug. 2, 2023, 12:37 p.m.

b'On Today\\u2019s Episode - \\nMark welcomes everyone in and lets us know that Chuck will not be with us today. Blunt Force Truth West is without power / AC. So, we were not going to make Chuck go sit in a metal building in 110-degree heat with no AC. Mark introduces us to today\\u2019s guest Chris Voss (bio below). Chris is going to talk us through some if his lessons learned and share what he knows with us.  \\n\\nAll Chris\\u2019s books below\\nhttps://www.amazon.com/stores/Chris-Voss/author/B018Y2I9A8?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true \\n\\nChris Voss\\nhttps://www.blackswanltd.com/chris-voss \\nChris used his many years of experience in international crises and high-stakes negotiations to develop a unique program that applies globally proven techniques to the business world.\\nPrior to 2008, Chris was the lead international kidnapping negotiator for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), as well as the FBI\\u2019s hostage negotiation representative for the National Security Council\\u2019s Hostage Working Group. During his career, he also represented the U.S. government as an expert in kidnapping at two international conferences sponsored by the G8.\\nBefore becoming the FBI\'s lead international kidnapping negotiator, Christopher served as the lead Crisis Negotiator for the New York City division of the FBI. Chris was a member of the New York City Joint Terrorist Task Force for 14 years. He was the case agent on TERRSTOP (Omar Abdel-Rahman/"The Blind Sheikh" case) and the TWA Flight 800 catastrophe. He also negotiated the surrender of the first hostage taker to give up in the Chase Manhattan Bank robbery.\\nDuring Chris\\u2019s 24-year tenure with the Bureau, he was trained in the art of negotiation by not only the FBI, but also Scotland Yard and Harvard Law School. He is also a recipient of the Attorney General\\u2019s Award for Excellence in Law Enforcement and the FBI Agents Association Award for Distinguished and Exemplary Service.\\nChris has taught business negotiation in MBA programs as an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, and at Georgetown University McDonough School of Business. He also taught business negotiation at Harvard University and guest lectured at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, the IMD Business School in Lausanne, Switzerland, and the Goethe Business School in Frankfurt, Germany.'