Conversations Worth Having Blog

“Be who I am.”
~ Jeanie Cockell

In our Conversations Worth Having Learning Lab, Jeanie Cockell, Joan McArthur-Blair, Megan Robaina, and Melissa Robaina, joined by Jackie Stavros, explored the importan...

In celebration of National Poetry at Work Day, we're sharing a delicious poem that highlights a valuable Conversations Worth Having principle. We hope you'll enjoy the poem as much as we did! Please r...

Ahh, bliss. December is here, conjuring up pleasant memories: the gentle falling of snow (admittedly, not here in Northern California yet), the cheerful greetings of friends and family, and the entici...

Zephyr Ethier begins her recent article about having conversations worth having in higher education, "On any given day in higher education, we accomplish most of our work through a series of planned o...

“We’re not dreaming nearly enough.”   Mirjam Minderman

“Have conversations to challenge the dichotomy between long-term and short-term. If we don’t take both into account, there won’t be a short t...

“You’ll Never Walk Alone”, a song of hope from Rogers and Hammerstein’s musical Carousel, was written shortly before the end of World War II (Duddleston, 2021). Still today, the world seems rather sto...

The ways in which we might respond to conflict are similar to how we respond to stress: Fight, Flight, Freeze, or Fawn. There’s another way to resolve conflict that’s the focus of our post today: Face...

If the focus of attention influences our beliefs and the stories we make up about people and situations (Poetic Principle), then it makes sense to talk about and pay attention to what’s working, what’...

In this week’s Monday Kickstarters, we addressed some challenges associated with mothering and smothering. (We love a little word play at CWH!)

Our Name It – Flip It – Frame It enthusiasts Zoomed in ...

Monday Kickstarters are virtual sessions that serve as an opportunity for all of us to practice generative questions and positive framing on issues and concerns we’re currently experiencing. Sometimes...