At its best, opera represents collaboration and shared vision in its purest sense. And you don’t need a giant opera house or a big budget to see that magic, to be, in the words of Lin Manuel Miranda, in the room where it happens. Even if that room is on Zoom.
Read MoreWe are told to “think before you speak” and “speak your mind” – but where are the reciprocal statements for listening? Where is the attention paid to our right to be heard? What if we took the emotional and psychological needs of all people seriously?
Read MoreA professor once told me that “leadership begins with listening” and I take that to heart. But in all of my work creating spaces for story-sharing and in being a leader who listens, I wasn’t listening to myself.
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