How to disagree productively and find common ground ? By Julia Dhar, Business Strategist, TED Oct...

1. Mechanism of debate

1.1. Big idea on the table, one big group agreeing, the other not agreeing

1.2. How to overcome the humiliation because of disagreement ?

1.3. Seperate ideas from identity : find a commun ground !

2. Problem and analysis

2.1. Change our public conversation

2.2. Debate is engaging with the conflicting idea

2.3. Rebuttal : mechanism of exchaging ideas (idea + response + response to the response)

2.4. People who disagree most start from shared reality

3. Approaches

3.1. Gather a lot of odeas on the same template, anonymous and without identity to analyse a situation

3.2. The humility of uncertainty, otherwise, mututal ownership between ideas and people

3.2.1. evaluate a wide range of evidences

3.2.2. become more objective and less defensive

4. Context

4.1. Some days, we can't agree on anything

4.2. Examples : TV, people online,

4.3. Fear leads to not discuss

4.4. What to do ?

5. Questions to ask

5.1. What idea have you changed your mind about and why ?

5.2. What it would take to change one's mind ?

5.3. What technical skills of debate and persuasion do I need ?