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11,557 views | Alan Arnett • TEDxSquareMile

Sensemaking: using conversations to make a difference every day

Alan explores how our natural tendency to make sense of the world through past experience can hold us back, and shows how, when we want to move things forward, three questions can make a big difference to how we make progress and engage more people.

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxSquareMile, an independent event.

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Alan explores how our natural tendency to make sense of the world through past experience can hold us back, and shows how, when we want to move things forward, three questions can make a big difference to how we make progress and engage more people.

This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxSquareMile, an independent event.

Read more about TEDx.

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