“I keep coming back to the phrase "Dance with the system" - not just march onwards no matter what happens.” Quote by Duncan Green
“People think there's a single solution to complex problems, and the solution is often making an enemy of a group of people - pulling back and rejecting the other.” PeopleThinkingProblemEnemyGroupsSolutionsComplexesPullingRejectingComplex Problems Author:Duncan Green
“There's a diversion between economic reality - integration, global village, everybody depending on everybody else - and cultural reality, which is people feeling invaded, undermined, threatened, wanting to have "stand-your-ground" legislation all over the place. It's alarming because at the moment, the fear is outweighing the benefits, and that's partially because the benefits have been so unequally distributed that lots of people don't feel better off. They feel threatened, angry and despairing.” PeopleFeelsHas BeensMomentsFeelingsRealityEconomicBenefitsAngryVillageFeel BetterLegislationThreatenedIntegrationBetter OffDiversionGlobal VillageStand Your Ground Author:Duncan Green
“What you don't do is just say, "I've got all the ideas and all the knowledge, and listen to me."” IdeasListen To Me Author: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