"The brain likes to take the same neural pathways when it listens. Almost always running the same course, day in and day out. That means we listen with our habitual ways and biases. There is a way to trick the brain into a fresh way of listening. We can give ourselves a deliberate angle or listening lens to listen with for a specific time. Afterwards, we then take a moment to see what came up. This practice can help fresh thoughts and insights reach the surface and contribute to thought-provoking dialogue.

I often work with the listening lenses that have emerged from my book Going Horizontal."