Welcome and Opening Keynote - I Respectfully Disagree: How to Have Difficult Conversations in a Divided World
In this interactive keynote, Justin shows how disagreement can unite rather than divide, strengthening teams and decision-making. By equipping leaders and employees with tools to navigate tough conversations with curiosity, empathy, and respect, he transforms conflict into connection. When organizations embrace productive disagreement, innovation flourishes, collaboration deepens, and workplace culture thrives.
You will learn how to: cultivate respectful disagreements with strategies to maintain respect and civility during heated discussions; understand the Four Responses to Conversation Conflict as well as identify and understand how to move to respectful disagreement from disrespectful disagreement and disrespectful agreement; and discover the 5 Pillars of Bridging Divides, where you'll learn key principles and practical tips to navigate ideological differences and promote understanding and cooperation, even in challenging conversations.