Hey everyone and welcome to our throwback episode. In our throwback episodes, we are reintroducing you to some of our most popular episodes. This is great for new listeners who want to learn more about the work we've done in the past. And it's a great refresher if you've been a listener for a long time. Enjoy. Jen, thanks for joining us.

Thanks so much for having me, Kwame. Great to be back with you.

Yes, it's great to have you again. Yes, you're one of the few who we have brought back

because you are the perfect person to talk to in these crazy times we're living in.

But before we get into all of that,

let's do a reintroduction to the listeners. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do?

Sure. I am the CEO of Alignment Strategies Group, where we work with CEOs and their senior teams

to help them communicate across lines of difference

more effectively, to help them create optimal outcomes

for themselves, for their organizations and their teams,

or create organizational health and vitality and growth.

And so what that really means is that, you know,

my background is 25 years of conflict work.

My PhD is an organizational psychology with a focus on intractable conflict, which I'm sure we'll get into in a little while.

And I started my career out at the program on negotiation at Harvard Law School, working with executives and global leaders.

And it's, it's, you know, been 25 years of working with people in high conflict situations

from Israel, Palestine, to the corporate boardroom and anything in between.

Fantastic. Fantastic.

Yes.

And so the day we're recording it, it's February 2nd, and we reached out to you early in January because living in America, there's been a lot of conflict recently.

I don't know, maybe you haven't seen it.

Maybe other people have missed it.

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