Paul Nadeau is a highly decorated former police detective, hostage negotiator and international peacekeeper. 

He shares the story of how a terrorist saved his life, and why the cost of not listening can be fatal.

Learn how to ask the right questions and build rapport. Paul says that at the core, hostage negotiation and crisis negotiation is listening. Opening a space for them to speak and making people feel heard.

Learn how Paul was able to truly connect with a man who terrified his other police colleagues.

By asking people to speak and really listening - Paul has learnt that people are more like us than they are different.

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Paul Nadeau is a highly decorated former police detective, hostage negotiator and international peacekeeper. 

He shares the story of how a terrorist saved his life, and why the cost of not listening can be fatal.

Learn how to ask the right questions and build rapport. Paul says that at the core, hostage negotiation and crisis negotiation is listening. Opening a space for them to speak and making people feel heard.

Learn how Paul was able to truly connect with a man who terrified his other police colleagues.

By asking people to speak and really listening - Paul has learnt that people are more like us than they are different.

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Dame Evelyn Glennie is on a quest to teach the world to listen, to themselves and to each other. 

Evelyn is an internationally renowned percussionist, remarkably despite being deaf since age 12. She shares the story of an encouraging music teacher, who suggested she remove her hearing aids to listen better.

Learn about Evelyn's ability to listen with the whole body, and hear her expert insights on conductors and acoustics.

Oscar and Evelyn speak about listening to silence the unsaid, and even a silent piece of music.

Evelyn advocates that everyone, regardless of background or circumstance can listen.

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Dame Evelyn Glennie is on a quest to teach the world to listen, to themselves and to each other. 

Evelyn is an internationally renowned percussionist, remarkably despite being deaf since age 12. She shares the story of an encouraging music teacher, who suggested she remove her hearing aids to listen better.

Learn about Evelyn's ability to listen with the whole body, and hear her expert insights on conductors and acoustics.

Oscar and Evelyn speak about listening to silence the unsaid, and even a silent piece of music.

Evelyn advocates that everyone, regardless of background or circumstance can listen.

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Which listening villain are you? Once you know, you can’t forget it.

86% of people think they are an above average listener.

So rather than thinking about how to listen better, it can be more helpful to notice what bad listening looks like.

Meet the Four Villains of Listening: Dramatic, Interrupting, Lost and Shrewd.

Each of these villains embodies particular bad habits we fall into, which completely derail our listening.

Learn about the ways the villains show up, and tips to combat them.

Once you know your listening villains, you know what’s getting in your way to becoming a deep listener.

Tune in to this episode, and take the Listening Quiz at listeningquiz.com

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Which listening villain are you? Once you know, you can’t forget it.

86% of people think they are an above average listener.

So rather than thinking about how to listen better, it can be more helpful to notice what bad listening looks like.

Meet the Four Villains of Listening: Dramatic, Interrupting, Lost and Shrewd.

Each of these villains embodies particular bad habits we fall into, which completely derail our listening.

Learn about the ways the villains show up, and tips to combat them.

Once you know your listening villains, you know what’s getting in your way to becoming a deep listener.

Tune in to this episode, and take the Listening Quiz at listeningquiz.com

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How do employee surveys get in the way of listening?

How do you listen in face-to-face situations and at scale, to hundreds or thousands of employees?

Oscar speaks with Geoff Ho, a renowned director and behavioural scientist. Geoff has worked in Google's People Analytics team and is now at Rogers, where he helps shape the management strategies for more than 26,000 employees. His award-winning research is used by governments and organisations around the world.

How do you listen to what's unsaid, by analysing data?

How do you make sure you listen to large groups of people without bias?

Learn how to conduct a listening tour that actually works, how to design effective focus groups, and how Google listened to its employees and gave them a pay rise.

Geoff maps the process of listening to your employees onto the Five Levels of Listening. Learn how to become a Deep Listener at scale.

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How do employee surveys get in the way of listening?

How do you listen in face-to-face situations and at scale, to hundreds or thousands of employees?

Oscar speaks with Geoff Ho, a renowned director and behavioural scientist. Geoff has worked in Google's People Analytics team and is now at Rogers, where he helps shape the management strategies for more than 26,000 employees. His award-winning research is used by governments and organisations around the world.

How do you listen to what's unsaid, by analysing data?

How do you make sure you listen to large groups of people without bias?

Learn how to conduct a listening tour that actually works, how to design effective focus groups, and how Google listened to its employees and gave them a pay rise.

Geoff maps the process of listening to your employees onto the Five Levels of Listening.
Learn how to become a Deep Listener at scale.

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