Thank you, Cat Wildman and Global Equality Collective (GEC). Our conversation has stayed with me since and very much influenced one of the important projects I worked on last year: linkedin.com/pulse/what-con…

Should the job of #news organisations be to give both sides of the story a fair hearing or tell us which one the #facts say is right? Ioanna Maraki 💙 and I put this question to the latest guest on our podcast, BBC journalist, Charlotte Rose.

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Such a pleasure to chat about the importance of constructive debate & disagreement with Tony Koutsoumbos & Ioanna Maraki 💙, how they impact news production, and issues around free speech and social media regulation:

We recorded this long before the #CapitolRiots and #TwitterBansTrump so it was really interesting to hear what our guest, BBC journalist, Charlotte Rose had to say about restricting debate on social media orgs...
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An insight into military strategy from a defence expert - in the latest episode of Dare2Disagree - that any entrepreneur will tell you is just as relevant to running a business effectively. Hear the full interview at: tinyurl.com/y7s2qm2y

#strategy #entrepreneurs #podcasts

Hear the full interview on dare2disagree.co.uk

In today's episode of Dare to Disagree, Jack Watling, research fellow for the Royal United Services Institute explains his process for influencing senior decision-makers.

#communication #training #podcast

In this fascinating episode of Dare2Disagree, Ioanna Maraki 💙 and I spoke to Jack Watling about how learning to #debate at school led him to helping the military shape the UK's defence strategy for the decades ahead today. #Dialogue #podcasts #Military

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You can listen to the full interview with Latifa and how she is using disagreement as a tool to make the NHS more inclusive in the brand new episode of Dare to Disagree at dare2disagree.co.uk.

#podcast #NHS #community #DiversityandInclusion

Really enjoyed making this episode with Ioanna Maraki 💙 for the new series of our podcast, out this morning.

Looking forward to teaming up with École de Guerre (French War College) for a fascinating experiment. If you pit 3 expert debaters against 3 military experts for a debate on defence in front of a lay audience, who will win? FREE entry and ALL welcome - eventbrite.co.uk/e/team-uk-v-te…

#HereForCulture - online debate tonight from 6.30 PM on public trust in the decision-makers leading and influencing the UK response to #COVID19 and rollout of #CovidVaccine . FREE entry and ALL welcome: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-coronavi…

One of the many lessons from #Election2020 - for all of us - is that we need to find a new way to deal with disagreement that makes it a positive experience and helps us to make better decisions as a result. Meet the person who is doing just that: dare2disagree.co.uk/e/dare-to-disa…

This week Ioanna Maraki 💙 and I spoke to a US-based debate director who exchanged a career as a successful attorney for working with a university to transform the tone of public debate in America. This is why. You can hear the full interview at: dare2disagree.co.uk
#ElectionDay

It's easy to think that the future of American democracy rests on this one day, but as I learned in this US election themed podcast, a lot more depends on people like our guest, Paul Hayes, raising the bar of public discourse. dare2disagree.co.uk/e/dare-to-disa…

#ElectionDay #Election2020

Great messaging from Mark Drakeford 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿. Instead of reiterating rules, emphasizes values that should guide decision-making. 'Let your first question to yourself be: what can I do to keep others safe?' Clear, simple, and reflects how people actually think when making judgement calls.

This looks fantastic. This is what university education looks like when it is driven by a clear sense of purpose. There's a big debate to be had over what that purpose should be and who should decide, to which initiatives like this will hopefully lead - londoninterdisciplinaryschool.org

Update: Sadly, UK excess deaths are rising again after a summer of stability. Since mid-March, a cautious estimate of the number of UK excess deaths linked to coronavirus has risen to

67,500

There is both bad and good news in this figure

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Last year, I ran the same debate (on childhood vaccination) with 3 groups 1) public engagement experts 2) BioScience experts and 3) non-expert. Guess who was best at empathising with people not like them and producing nuanced arguments others missed? eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-coronavi…