Podcasts Technology Greater Than Code 128: Finding and Cultivating Community Leaders with Ben Pollard

128: Finding and Cultivating Community Leaders with Ben Pollard

Published: May 1, 2019, 9 a.m.

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00:48 - Ben\\u2019s Superpower: Making Arancini and Reading A Lot of Books

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02:00 - Starting Local Welcome and Helping Refugees

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Death of Alan Kurdi

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09:37 - Humanization, Cognitive Biases, and Heuristics

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Contact Hypothesis

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Social Constructionism

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Social Conformity - Brain Games

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In-group Bias

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Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

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Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals by Saul D. Alinsky

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21:25 - Empathy and Compassion; Humans Thriving Together

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The Compassionate Mind Foundation

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The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells

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Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist by Kate Raworth

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The 36 Questions That Lead to Love

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31:26 - Measuring Success

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41:56 - Getting People to Connect with Refugees in a Personal Way

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Lump of Labour Fallacy

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\\u201cWe come together through our sameness and we grow through our differences.\\u201d ~ Virginia Satir

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Reflections:

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Rein: The idea of communicative praxis.

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The Self after Postmodernity by Calvin O. Schrag

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Sam: The commodification of trust.

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Also, The Tyranny of Structureless: In any organization there are both explicit and implicit power structures. Changing the implicit ones.

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Ben: Having a safe space to reflect and have conversations.

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Special Guest: Ben Pollard.

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