Communication Skills

Agree to Disagree

Cover Image for the collection 'Agree to Disagree'

Turning disputes into opportunities to cultivate understanding

By The Blinkist Curators

What's it about?

Communication Skills Personal Development

Whether it's a disagreement at work or with your partner, these unresolved conflicts often leave us with feelings of unease and tension that can potentially harm our relationships. With so much at stake, it's understandable why many of us shy away from disputes—but this isn't the only way for arguments to end. If you approach arguments as an opportunity to see the world from someone else's perspective, you could turn disputes into insights and a chance for breakthroughs. In this collection of Blinks and Shortcast episodes, you'll learn how to lead constructive and respectful dialogues at work, why engaging people in conversation is more beneficial than calling them out, and techniques to manoeuvre high-stakes conflicts.

Agree to Disagree

Turning disputes into opportunities to cultivate understanding

Don't Call Out, Call Forward: Justin Michael Williams

Don't Call Out, Call Forward: Justin Michael Williams

From pointing fingers at each other to cancelling whole groups of people, we don't have to look far to witness the swelling polarization of our society. It’s us and them—"us" who are being wronged, and "them" who are to blame. But what if instead of calling others out, we would call each other forward? Author and transformational speaker Justin Michael Williams believes that engaging in conversations with those who have diametrically opposite beliefs to yours is exactly what our society needs in order to heal. In this episode, Justin shows you how to navigate these difficult conversations, so that we can create a world that is better for all of us.

I Don't Agree

Why we can’t stop fighting – and how to get great stuff done despite our differences

Why Are We Yelling?

Why Are We Yelling?

The Art of Productive Disagreement

Embracing Productive Disagreements

Embracing Productive Disagreements

Many of us tend to shy away from conflict in the workplace. We’ll smooth things over or even let go of let deeply-held beliefs—all to keep the peace and avoid the difficult feelings of a disagreement. It's no wonder, too; we don’t want to spend our energy or time on something that feels negative. But what if disagreements are actually positive? In this episode, Rodney and Aaron explore why it’s so important to have disagreements at work. They sit down with Buster Benson, author of the disagreement bible Why Are We Yelling? to reframe how we understand disagreements and our anxiety around them. Buster shares his tips on how to treat productive disagreement as skill to build, so that we’re constantly learning from our conflicts so that eventually, we can even enjoy them!

Talking Across the Divide

Talking Across the Divide

How to Communicate with People You Disagree with and Maybe Even Change the World

Crucial Conversations

Crucial Conversations

Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler

Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High

Making Conflict Useful

Making Conflict Useful

We're more or less programmed to think of conflict as a negative thing—but as this episode will show, it can be beneficial! In this episode, psychologist and business strategist Liane Davey shows you how encouraging people to pull in different directions can make a team better. You'll learn about harnessing conflict as a positive force, instead of avoiding it and missing out on opportunities to grow. You'll also get practical advice on how to handle existing conflict with real listening, looking for solutions, and creating a culture which channels creative tension into innovative results.

How to Have Impossible Conversations

How to Have Impossible Conversations

Peter Boghossian and James A. Lindsay

A Very Practical Guide

The Discomfort Zone

The Discomfort Zone

Marcia Reynolds

How Leaders Turn Difficult Conversations into Breakthroughs

Strategy: Kwame Christian

Strategy: Kwame Christian

The best things in life stand on the other side of difficult conversations, says today’s guest, Kwame Christian. In this episode the master negotiator challenges the negative connotation of conflicts by calling them opportunities and talks about the two essential factors of a successful negotiation.

The Art of Negotiation

The Art of Negotiation

Michael Wheeler

How to Improvise Agreement in a Chaotic World

Screenshots of selected Blinks, Shortcasts and collections — available on Blinkist.

Understand powerful ideas in 15 minutes—with Blinkist!

Start your free trial

More collections

Other collections you might like

Books About Communication

Books About Communication

Master conversations and resolve arguments without breaking a sweat

Navigating Difficult Team Conversations

Navigating Difficult Team Conversations

Resolve your differences to achieve a positive outcome

Pitch Perfect

How to present and impress with confidence and power

9 Days to Better Team Communication

9 Days to Better Team Communication

Unlock the secrets of putting together a high performing team

Make More of Your Network in 6 Days

Make More of Your Network in 6 Days

Leverage your network to its best potential

Listen to Communicate Better

Listen to Communicate Better

Improve your listening skills to create more connection

Powerful ideas from top nonfiction

Try Blinkist to get the key ideas from 7,500+ bestselling nonfiction titles and podcasts. Listen or read in just 15 minutes.

Start your free trial

Cover Image for the book 'The 5 AM Club' by Robin Sharma

Blink 3 of 8 - The 5 AM Club

by Robin Sharma

Discover the Blinkist catalogue