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Why won't they listen?

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Michael Foster
Feb 27, 2024
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"Why won’t they listen?"

In Failure of Nerve, Edwin Friedman claims communication is an emotional phenomenon. I’ve found this to be true. We have a tendency to think of communication as a mental exercise that depends on saying the right thing (data) in the right way (technique).

These things matter. However, there is a third component which trumps the oth…

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