This holiday season, those with different viewpoints, lifestyles, and ideologies will invariably come together – many under the same roof or around the same table. We will all show up with our best intentions and hope for a peaceful holiday season, but inevitably there may be tense conversations. Arguments may flare. Divisiveness may creep in, and unfortunately, we can stop truly listening.
We live in a polarized, political and fractured world.?The Pew Research Center released a?report?in October that shows a nation more divided than at any other time in recent history. Polarization between parties across 10 key political values is at 36%, more than double the divide in 1994.
I believe we all share an obligation to understand this cultural divide, as well as identify the human truths that unite us all. So earlier in the year, HP conducted a nationwide qualitative study aimed at understanding the things we hold sacred, which unite us and divide us. (more…)
