You have a business initiative, an organizational change, a new value proposition. Success depends on getting employees aligned around the vision and the path to get there. Could small group conversations be the means of achieving that alignment? A new study suggests it’s at least worth a shot.

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Special thanks to Jay Moonah for the opening and closing music.

You can find the stories from which Shel’s FIR content is selected at Shel’s Link Blog. Shel has started a metaverse-focused Flipboard magazine. Neville’s “asides” blog, Outbox, is also available.

Links from this report:

• How to Change Minds? A Study Makes the Case for Talking It Out. (New York Times paywall)
• How consensus-building conversation changes our minds and aligns our brains
• Strategic Alignment: How Communicators Can Change the Face of Leadership

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