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Sundeep Waslekar: How to Resolve Conflicts through Active Listening
The Wisdom Archiver has been launched by a group of millennials who in their view are the vanguard of the old and the new generations; have that responsibility to bridge the two. They believe in creating empathy and understanding via personal story telling and that there is much wisdom from great leaders of our world that should be passed on to future generations. They aim to archive invaluable individual stories, archive experiences, all in all – Wisdom – and pass on to future generations.
The Wisdom Archiver interviewed SFG President, Dr Sundeep Waslekar on how to resolve conflicts.
Nations in conflict are drawn to the mediation process on the basis of the perceived promise that neutrality holds and yet the concept of neutrality is fraught with difficulty. A mediator is often required to be a neutral intervener in the parties’ dispute’. Unfortunately, often times the mediation process failed because ego gets in the way, and parties forget to listen; resulting in interruptions where parties talk over each other and preventing the dispute to be solved.
Active listening is a technique that helps people establish a foundation of trust and understanding with the conflicting parties. In this podcast, Sundeep talks about the importance of listening. We also explore his life as an independent mediator in his quest to resolve conflicts between nations peacefully. He shares with us the techniques and wisdom he acquired throughout his career.
“There’s less risk in listening than talking…When you talk you can make a mistake, and you can say something which may be interpreted in a way that is not really helpful…”
You can listen to the podcast on Spotify
