#18 - How to Talk About Race, with Kwame Christian

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Kwame Christian, the author of 'Finding Confidence in Conflict', talks about the role of leaders in tackling systemic racism and inequality in the workplace.

This episode can be broken up in two parts:

• In the first 14 minutes or so, we discuss Kwame's personal story, his view on the Black Lives Matter movement and his own experiences with systemic racism.
  
• In the second part, we focus on the role of leadership and how to have conversations about race in the workplace.

““What you need to do is to invite the people who might be different from you… to have a conversation and encourage them to educate you on this.”

— Kwame Christian

Links to people, books and resources mentioned in this episode:

• Kwame’s profile on LinkedIn, his show Negotiate Anything via Apple Podcasts, his TEDx Talk Finding Confidence in Conflict, his book ‘Finding Confidence in Conflict’ (via Amazon), the website of the American Negotiation Institute (where Kwame works) and the negotiation guides he mentions on the show.
• Please also check out my earlier conversation with Kwame from December 2019 when we discussed why he chooses to live in a constant state of conflict.