How Hyper-Polarization Threatens Our Future, and What To Do About It. (Part 1/2)

The Omni-Win Project Podcast

Welcome to the Omni-Win Project Podcast.It's time to upgrade our democracy. If you're fed up with the status quo and want to catalyze political and societal change, you're in the right place. The Omni-Win Project Podcast is ready to shed light on the many opportunities we have to revolutionize our political culture. We’re all in this together, so join us in co-creating the future of democracy. “Everybody’s talking, but they’re not listening.”This week, Duncan welcomes Guy and Heidi Burgess onto the show. They talk about how people have a moral obligation to get involved in solving our problems, and that our current way of thinking isn’t working for us. Climate change and conflict have many similarities, and Heidi explains what they are.Uncover why our political system simply isn’t working for us, and how we can start changing that. We’re deeply polarized, and our media and politics play into this issue. It stops us from coming together to create lasting change, and we need to fight back against bad actors.Are you ready to be a force for good in our world? Episode Highlights: Discover how a man in Uzbekistan inspired the Burgesses to make their content accessible to all.Heidi explains the similarities between climate change and conflict. Guy talks about the issue with watching our favorite news channel. Understand why it’s imperative we bring people together from different disciplines. (Maybe that’s you!)Heidi calls for people in the field to get involved in teaching people how to deal with polarization.Guy explains why we need to solve problems the same way doctors do. Uncover why our political system just doesn’t work. Duncan explains why issues aren’t as simple as yes or no or this or that About this episode's guest: Guy and Heidi Burgess are a husband-and-wife team of Ph.D. social scientists. They have been studying, teaching, and practicing conflict resolution for 40+ years. They co-direct the Conflict Information Consortium and its underlying projects, Beyond Intractability and the Constructive Conflict Initiative. Their biggest focus is creating an online resource library on www.beyondintractability.org about peacebuilding, strengthening democracy, and conflict resolution. Connect with Heidi & Guy:WebsiteEmail: [e-mail] Here are some resources mentioned in the show. Beyond IntractabilityThings you can do to helpConstructive Conflict InitiativeThe Hyper-Polarization Crisis: A Conflict Resolution Challengefeature article, published in the Conflict Resolution Quarterly (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/crq.21334).For more resources and content from this episode go to the episode page HERE Where Else can you find this episode? Watch On Youtube On SubstackEpisode PageLooking to learn more about how we can change the future of our democracy? Connect with Duncan & the Omni-Win Project: FacebookInstagramTwitterLinkedInYouTubeSubstack