Episode 1: Nonviolent Communication, Part I

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For our first foray into the wide world of Dev Empathy, we’re reading Nonviolent Communication, by Marshall B. Rosenberg. It describes splitting our communication into distinct layers: observations, feelings, needs, and requests.

After some initial reflections on the book, we moved on to discuss:

• 16:00 Value Judgments vs. Moral Judgments
• 35:04 Using Positive Action Language
• 53:09 “Have to” vs. “Choose to”
• 1:04:26 Is NVC realistic? Does it make us sound insincere?
• 1:17:00 How can we apply NVC in daily communication, especially written communication?