Hello and thank you for listening to the Squiggly Careers podcast.

I'm Sarah Ellis, one of your hosts, and this is our Ask the Expert second series.

The idea of these conversations is to continue exploring specific skills that we hope will help everyone listening

as we all continue to navigate our careers and a world of work that has got a whole lot squigglyer in 2020.

In today's episode, you're going to hear me talking about connection with Priya Parker.

Priya is trained in conflict resolution, which is something that I find terrifying and fascinating in equal measure.

It's a job that I can never imagine doing

as someone who gets very nervous of conflict and as a natural introvert. So it's a really

interesting area to explore. And Priya has become through her work a real expert in the art of

conversation, how to gather people together in a way that's meaningful and that

matters, whether it's global leaders from around the world or your weekly meeting at work.

And we do discuss lots of kind of practicalities of how can we make meetings just that

little bit better, which is something I think most of us would hope for and benefit from.

And just before we get started, I wanted to

take the time to thank our partner, the Bupa Foundation. Without them, we couldn't do these

interviews. And they're a charity we're so proud to work with. They have a brilliant purpose to

help people live longer, happier and healthier lives. And if you have a bit of space in your

week for an extra podcast, they've launched something called Resilience Brilliant. And if you have a bit of space in your week for an extra podcast,

they've launched something called Resilience Brilliant. And what I love about the podcast is it

features stories from people that you're not going to hear from elsewhere. They're everyday people

doing brilliant, extraordinary things and just sharing their personal reflections on how they stay resilient through tough times.

It's a really heartwarming listen and I think it just gives you the opportunity to get a window into some other people's worlds that you probably wouldn't usually hear from.

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