The Omni-Win Project Podcast

Welcome to the Omni-Win Project Podcast. It's time to upgrade our democracy. If you're fed up with the status quo and want to catalyze political and societal change, you're in the right place. The Omni-Win Project Podcast is ready to shed light on the many opportunities we have to revolutionize our political culture. We’re all in this together, so join us in co-creating the future of democracy. Our relationships are in jeopardy due to our divisive political culture. In part one of this two-part discussion, Duncan talks with Ryan Nakade about ideology and how it impacts our connection to each other. You'll learn about extremism, cultural humility, and how modern society has demonized ideology. Extreme views and toxic polarization in society and politics make connecting with those with differing opinions harder than ever before. But developing an advanced understanding of other people's perspectives and ideologies can build mutual respect. Are you ready to delve into what ideology really is?Highlights in this episode:Ryan explains what ideology truly is and describes meta-ideology. Learn about the worrying challenges we face within our political culture.Understand the importance of personal ideological awareness.Discover illuminating questions you can ask someone about their ideology. Ryan talks about how he connects with people who hold extremist beliefs.Recognize the benefits of understanding someone's point of view for cultivating relationships. Learn how core values and boundary judgments shape our perceptions.Ryan talks about deradicalizing extremists; his method can level up your relationships.Discover argument strategies like "straw man" and "steel man" and how to debate effectively.About this episode’s guest:Ryan Nakade is the co-founder of the podcast Meta-Ideological Politics, catalyzing transformative civic engagement. He leads workshops teaching communication and dialogue skills, emphasizing political depolarization and conflict prevention. He also works with violent extremists, employing unique deradicalization techniques. Ryan teaches diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) workshops with a complexity theory perspective. More from Ryan Nakade:Website: https://www.ruminantresolutions.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/NakadeRyanLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-nakade-a7b07821b/Medium: https://greenteaji108.medium.com/Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/meta-ideological-politics/id1580668474Meta-Ideological Politics (Youtube): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIuhGOD1cknRPV3HymQQhpA

It's time to upgrade our democracy. If you're fed up with the status quo and want to catalyze political and societal change, you're in the right place. The Omni-Win Project Podcast is ready to shed light on the many opportunities we have to revolutionize our political culture. We’re all in this together, so join us in co-creating the future of democracy. Host Duncan Autrey continues his thought-provoking conversation with mediator Ken Cloke in this episode. Our current political system only allows citizens to say yes or no. The problem? Having a binary voting system ignores the nuance. It excludes perspectives, and it disenfranchises voters. The more perspectives we have in a situation, the deeper our understanding of the solution. Duncan and Ken discuss the impact of a deliberative decision-making process on our democracy. How can we ensure citizen participation to make sure we all win?Video Version available here: https://youtu.be/G32z8mUV690Highlights in this episode:Ken tells us why compromise is not an optimal solution.Understand the challenges of bringing mediation and conflict resolution into politics.Learn the skills for organizing conversations and bringing polarized people together.Find out the metrics Ken will use during the next presidential election.Uncover the most powerful problem-solving organization that’s a huge part of the issue.Discover why conflict and polarization are not negatives.Gain an understanding of why conceding is not the point of negotiation.Find out Ken’s view on finding a solution to the war in Ukraine.Ken and Duncan discuss why people want to harm others and how we can prevent it. Follow the Omni-Win Project:Subscribe to the Omni-Win Project on Substack here: omniwin.substack.comLearn about the Omni-Win Project: omniwinproject.com/aboutWatch the Omni-win Project on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg438TPZCZpfEn1jvJjt0yQHere are the full lyrics to my song, "The Trees": https://www.fractalfriends.us/rolewholehttps://linktr.ee/omniwin

It's time to upgrade our democracy. If you're fed up with the status quo and want to catalyze political and societal change, you're in the right place. The Omni-Win Project Podcast is ready to shed light on the many opportunities we have to revolutionize our political culture. We’re all in this together, so join us in co-creating the future of democracy. In this inaugural episode of the Omni-Win Project Podcast, Duncan welcomes Ken Cloke, a mediator and conflict resolution practitioner with nearly 40 years of experience. As Duncan's mentor, Ken has inspired the creation of this engaging podcast. This is part one of a powerful two-part conversation with Ken Cloke. Duncan and Ken discuss the relationship between conflict and politics, introducing new lenses through which we can view our political culture. Are you ready to see conflict in a new light?Highlights in this episode:Ken talks about the greatest challenges democracy faces right now.Learn about the three forms of democracy and how we’re getting it wrong.Discover why nuance is so vital in our complex world.Understand why collaboration in decision-making is crucial.Learn how conflict resolution tools can maximize the search for the highest common good.Uncover why democracy fails and how people use it as a weapon.Appreciate how important it is for us to overcome the adversarial nature of nation-states.Video Version Available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qFcjlHjRNn8About Ken Cloke:Ken is a tireless advocate for combining conflict resolution and interest-based mediation with our politics and culture to create change. Ken is the author of many books, including Mediating Dangerously, Conflict Revolution, and Politics, Dialogue and the Evolution of Democracy. He's also the founder of Mediators Beyond Borders International and one of the founding leaders of the Democracy, Politics, and Conflict Engagement Initiative (DPACE). Connect with Ken:Website: https://www.kencloke.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-cloke-4b66433 Follow the Omni-Win Project:Subscribe to the Omni-Win Project on Substack here: omniwin.substack.comLearn about the Omni-Win Project: omniwinproject.com/aboutWatch the Omni-win Project on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg438TPZCZpfEn1jvJjt0yQhttps://linktr.ee/omniwin

Our democracy is having a hard time, and there’s pretty much an international consensus that things aren’t working. Our global system is ineffective and divisive.People don’t believe that this system represents their voices because it doesn’t. We’re not making an effort to include everyone’s voices. Decisions aren’t collaborative, even when it comes to really important things. There’s no consensus on how to integrate things from our past, how to deal with current issues, or how to handle the long-term stuff coming down the pipe. We have rivalrous win-lose systems, paradigms, and thinking that ensure we’re constantly in a divisive world. It seems to be getting worse. We’re not just organizing ourselves geographically, but by us and them, right and wrong, good and bad.This rivalry has prevented diversity from being the boon that it can be. Instead, it’s a source of challenge and frustration. We desperately need to evolve our democracy and develop a political culture that understands our interconnectedness and aims to meet everyone’s needs.We need to ensure that everyone has a voice in the decisions that affect their lives. In other words, we need an omni-win political culture and democracy. I  decided to dedicate my life, or at least for the foreseeable future, to supporting this evolution of democracy.Subscribe to the podcast here: omniwin.substack.comLearn about the Omni-Win Project: omniwinproject.com/aboutWatch the Omni-win Project on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg438TPZCZpfEn1jvJjt0yQHere are the full lyrics to my song, "The Trees": https://www.fractalfriends.us/rolewholehttps://linktr.ee/omniwin

Welcome to the Omni-Win Project Podcast. In this message your host,  Duncan Autrey, shares with you what you can expect from The Omni-Win Project Podcast.The goal of the Omni-Win Project is to facilitate the healing and evolution of our democratic systems and political culture, so that we can co-create a future that works for everyone.The first couple of episodes will be released on July 18th, so subscribe to the show so that you know when we release the first episodes. Connect with Duncan Autrey:Website: www.omniwinproject.comInstagram: @omni.winLinkedIn: @Omni-Win ProjectTwitter: @Duncan AutreyFacebook: @Omni-Win Project - Fractal FriendsYouTube: @Duncan Autrey Substack: https://omniwin.substack.com/