Julia Minson | How to Disagree Better | Talks at Google

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Professor and behavioral scientist, Julia Minson, discusses her book How to Disagree Better, which reveals the counterintuitive secret to a life of less drama and more impact. Julia brings to bear her decades of research into understanding the psychology of disagreement and its relevance to negotiations, conflict resolution, and decision-making, revealing the hidden skill that all the best mediators and negotiators share: displaying receptiveness to opposing views. Get the book here: https://goo.gle/4s02n6g. Learn more about Julia: https://www.juliaminson.com/. Julia Minson is a professor at the Harvard Kennedy School. She is a behavioral scientist with extensive research experience in conflict, communication, negotiations, and decision-making. Her primary line of research addresses the “psychology of disagreement”—how people engage with opinions, judgments, and decisions that differ from their own. Her work has been published in top academic outlets and covered by CNN, TIME, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and The New York Times. Moderated by Brandon Li.