Making Conversation with Fred Dust

Raaz Chuhan

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I'm so thrilled to share this conversation with you. Meeting Fred Dust came, as all the best things in life do, through a series of random conversations. Fred is a former global managing partner at the acclaimed design firm IDEO. He currently consults with the Rockefeller Foundation on the future of global dialogue, and with other foundations, like The Einhorn Family Fund to host constructive dialogue. His work is dedicated to rebuilding human connection in a climate of widespread polarization and cynicism. I will tread lightly on this introduction. Fred’s book, Making Conversation, is both a straightforward and delightfully lyrical book about how to see conversations as an act of creativity. We are never just participants in a conversation...we’re co-creators. And we can step up and re-design our conversations if we look with new eyes. I’ll share one surprisingly simple tool from Fred’s book that I’ve started to use in my own coaching work. A director I am working with sketched out a whole script about how they wanted to address some concerns her direct reports had. After reading over the approach, I asked them: “If you could choose 3 adjectives to describe how you want your reports to feel after this conversation, what would they be?” They thought for a moment, and provided some words. These adjectives are the goal and the way. “Looking over this conversation script, do you think you’ll get those three words out of this conversation map?” On reflection, it was clear that there were some simple changes to make. Brainstorming adjectives also allowed us to have a deeper conversation about what their goals were - wh

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