A model for approaching a dialogue with someone you disagree with.
How to work through conflict
The "twin peaks" model of conflict transformation (PDF)
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These words or phrases can block or build dialogue.
Tool: How to use language to listen well
A free PDF download on "blockers" and "builders" in our dialogue
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Authenticity
When we contribute as our authentic selves, our collaborations flourish.
Hospitality
To welcome differences, explore new ground, foster creativity, and engage in healthy conflict, we need hospitable spaces where honest work can be done.
Peace
Nonviolence is an option, even when we disagree. We can bring humanity, dignity and
What is Co.school?
Co.school is a social innovation design firm, based in British Columbia (Kelowna and Vancouver). We are a Canadian small business, with a strong focused on collaborative partnerships, to help co-create a better world. Our toolkit includes facilitation, coaching, service design, strategic design, participatory strategy and
| Founder & CEO, Co.school.
Kevan is a writer / strategist / public speaker / facilitator / general creative-entrepreneurial-consultant-person, who also writes songs, raises chickens, and helps parent four kiddos alongside his partner Kendra. Kevan founded Co.school with the hope of helping people work together, through conflict, towards peace.
Kevan's background
| Creative Partnerships Lead, Co.school.
Charlotte is a skilled facilitator and community cultivator, collaborating with people across North America and the United Kingdom.
She brings a posture of curiosity and inquiry into her work of co-creating thoughtfully and intentionally designed spaces, where people can make meaningful personal and collective change.
A few people around the world over the years have named their own product or organization some variation on the name "Co School." It's a neat name! There is no relationship at all between these entities, but here's a helpful guide to telling the