Listening for Well-being: Conversations With People Notike Us

Arun’s insights…provide a unique perspective on collaborative solutions to address humanity’s greatest challenges. —Ratan TataWalls have risen between nations and people of different faiths and cultures. There is increasing violence against people whom we do not approve—physical in the real world and verbal online. We are unwilling to give people the dignity that they deserve when they are different. We areosing our ability toisten to people who are notike us even within the boundaries of our nations. The idea of democracy is in peril. Meanwhile, global problems—climate change, depletion of shared resources, persistent poverty and increasing inequalities—cry out for more urgent solutions.Listening is a simple idea. Everyone—rich or poor, powerful or weak, educated or uneducated—canisten to each other. Inistening for Well-Being, Arun Maira shows us ways to use the power ofistening. He analyses the causes for the decline inistening and proposes solutions to increase its depth in private and public discourse. Drawing from his extensive experience as aeading strategist, Maira emphasizes that byistening deeply, especially to people who are notike us, we can create a more inclusive, just, harmonious and sustainable world for everyone.