“What you don't do is just say, "I've got all the ideas and all the knowledge, and listen to me."” Quote by Duncan Green
“Activists can get very preachy about things. It's more about understanding people's own experiences and tapping into them.” PeopleUnderstandingActivistTapping Author:Duncan Green
“The question, "When did you last listen to a poor person properly and try to understand what's going on inside their own experience?" enables you to connect.” TryingPersonsLastsPoor Author:Duncan Green
“Often we're having an argument with something imaginary - a fixed idea of the "enemy" and the good. We need to get beyond that and actually develop a deep curiosity about people and systems and understand them better.” PeopleNeedsIdeasEnemyArgumentCuriosityFixedImaginary Author:Duncan Green
“We should look at how "the enemy" - people that you wouldn't necessarily agree with - have done change and see whether there's bits in there that we could learn from.” PeopleShouldLooksDoneBitsEnemyAgree Author:Duncan Green
“There's a tendency for people who believe passionately in something to be so convinced of their rightness that if they just repeat themselves a lot at the person, that will convince them. And that hasn't worked on things like immigration or trade deals.” PeopleIfsBelievePersonsDealsTradeConvincedImmigrationTendenciesRepeatsConvince Author:Duncan Green
“The death of deference seems to be general at the moment, so everybody has to earn their reputation and trust all over again. You don't just get it by virtue of being a professor or a politician or anybody else.” MomentsSeemsVirtuePoliticianReputationProfessorsDeference Author:Duncan Green
“I think that the people of Great Britain have had enough of experts with organisations from acronyms saying - from organisations with acronyms - saying that they know what is best and getting it consistently wrong, because these people - these people - are the same ones who got consistently wrong.” PeopleEnoughExpertsBritainHad EnoughGreat Britain Author:Michael Gove
“People are saying, "I have a right to my opinion. Don't just keep condescending, telling me what to think." There's something slightly liberating about that, but also it lends itself to being taken advantage of, because in come the demagogues.” PeopleThinkingOpinionTakenAdvantageLiberatingCondescendingTaken Advantage Author:Duncan Green
“Somewhere like Russia or China, decision-makers have far fewer constraints on acting than in more open systems.” DecisionActingChinaRussiaMakersFewerConstraintsDecision Makers Author:Duncan Green
“If you were disabled in Russia, you had to re-register every year, and it took up to six months to re-register, so people who lost limbs in Afghanistan had to prove that their leg hadn't grown back.” PeopleIfsYearsLostMonthsProveSixLegsRussiaAfghanistanSix MonthsLimbsDisabledRegister Author:Duncan Green