Why Pushing Harder Makes People Resist More — with Elena Aguilar (Ep. 54)
Have you ever tried to change someone's mind or get someone to act differently, only to watch them dig in their heels? Or offer what seems like perfectly reasonable advice, only to meet defensiveness, anger, or silence? What if the way we respond to resistance is actually making it worse? In this fascinating and surprisingly practical conversation, acclaimed author and educator Elena Aguilar challenges much of what we assume about people who resist change. Drawing on her new book, How to Coac...
18 Jul 2026
The Cost of Silence: Why Good People Don’t Speak Up (Ep. 53)
Why do good people remain silent when they see problems that need to be addressed? The problem schools face is not always that there is too much conflict. Sometimes the greater problem is too little: people hold back concerns, avoid questioning decisions, remain quiet about problems that everyone can see, or simply disengage. Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson, whose groundbreaking research introduced the concept of psychological safety, and civic leader Rich Harwood, founder of ...
13 May 2026
An Alternative to “Knock it Off!” when Students Fight (Ep. 52)
In this episode of “Courageous Conversations about our Schools,” host Ken Futernick talks with educator and interpreter Shelby Rideout about a simple, in-the-moment strategy for handling kid conflicts without defaulting to “Knock it off,” “Go to your room,” or forced apologies. Instead of sending kids away to “work it out” without tools, Shelby guides them to pause, lower the emotional temperature, and actively look for what they have in common. She shares a hallway incident where two n...
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