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why we just don't (want to) get it...


The thing: big crises needing big change. Environmental degradation, economic dysfunction, poverty, inequality, racial, gender, religious, thought discrimination and prejudice ... you get the gist.

The problem: most of us, if not all at some point, deal with toobigtocopewith problems by ... um, not coping with them. We deploy the time-tested techniques of ignoring, playing down, denying, avoiding, "forgetting", passing the buck. Think of your last red bill, your overdrawn bank statement, your tax return, the call to the difficult relative, the weeding, the broken drawer, the "conversation" with the boss - if we  "deal" with those relatively titchy problems by just swerving them, one way or another, then be in no doubt we do that with the Big Stuff. Big Time.

Which means if you're one of the creative disruptive types who have dedicated your life to trying to inspire those around us to look at them full frontal and roll our collective sleeves up to do something about it, you're probably chewing the carpet in despair right now.

As one of the Cafe Disruptif creative disruptors said recently, "I would love to get into the psychology of how people change their behaviours to becoming more involved in sustainability. Are there any patterns we could follow? Are there certain triggers? How could we facilitate this development? We could then use all this information to try and broaden our reach..."

The happy, happy answer, is that there is some brilliant help we can access on this. And we're going to collect every drop we can reach and create a fabulous smorgasbord of creative disruptive communication methods based on understanding what's going on in our heads, and in those people we're working to talk with ... have a browse and a comment below ...




the thing about facts, tribe and the myth of our "rational" self


Best 3 mins you might see today if you're wondering why someone you're talking to *just doesn't get it* and it's actually properly doing your head in....
Climate Outreach: fab resource for understanding climate change communication. Check it out...
George Marshall talking communication at the UN. He knows what he's taking about...
We uncovered some cracking truths at the Cafe Disruptif Psychology of Change: Is the Wet Fish Over-rated event..have a look...
Prof Paul Hoggett. He spoke at our recent event in Cornwall... and lights came on in minds across the room. Brilliant. :)
"The IPCC has now recognised that it should take the same approach to communications as it does to their science: go with the evidence base." - exactly! Adam Corner on good news on the communication thing..
Climate Psychology Alliance. (Chaired by the splendid Paul Hoggett, above). Does what it says on the tin. :)
Katherine Hayhoe. A climate scientist. A Christian. And a fantastic communicator ... has much to share...
George Marshall radio podcast on how our brains are wired when it comes to climate...
Changing Minds: event held in Bristol in October 2017 on what makes our minds work when it comes to change - click here for their slides....
Brilliant feral musicians *singing* out permaculture...genius. Have a listen...if you want to know how to communicate the planty stuff...these guys have it nailed. :)
Don’t pronounce too harshly upon those who seem not to care about the environment, advises Renée Lertzman. They may only be paralysed by the size of the problem.
How to stay calm in an anxious world: Guardian article, Nov 2017

behaviour change and all its wierdness

cultivating the art of resistance: making (good) trouble

bad news and how we cope (or don't always)

In our survey last year, you were very clear about what you needed, oh esteemed Cafe Disruptif members:

“we need anthropologists and sociologists to understand culture and change, plus psychologists for individuals, group and organisational behaviour"
 
 "Particularly understanding better how to present challenges in a more engaging way. Understanding what people respond to - words, chat, facts, art, examples, music etc"
 
 "The psychology of change is possibly the most important to understand so that we know how to make others change and drive the mainstream to think and act differently!"
 
 " help … to identify more shortcuts to achieving my goals in a way that is as optimised and efficient as possible. I would love to get into the psychology of how people change their behaviours to becoming more involved in sustainability. Are there any patterns we could follow? Are there certain triggers? How could we facilitate this development? We could then use all this information to try and broaden our reach!"


So this is exactly what we're looking at next. We're going to find a way to pull out new ways of underestanding what we're saying, to who, and how it's landing. Because we need to have new conversations about change....

Watch this space.



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  • hello
  • The psycho-sociology of change
    • the importance of transgression
    • society: disrupted
    • environment: disrupted >
      • climate: disrupted >
        • CORNWALL VCSE CLIMATE RESPONSE
      • climate emergency declarers
      • climate truths and myths
    • thought: disrupted >
      • disruptive words
      • events calendar
      • the art and science of critical thinking
      • only bloody connect: why it's so dfficult to communicate the most crucial stuff on the planet
      • the art of change
      • cognitive dissidents
      • disruptive reads
    • economics: disrupted >
      • economics: disrupted - atlas of pro-sperity
    • gallery of disruption >
      • contact us
      • andy
      • chris h
      • faraday
      • jeremy
      • joey
      • pat
      • louis
      • manda
      • stephen
      • oliver
      • ruby
      • simon
      • natalia
      • sara
      • chris j
      • lynne
      • luke
      • mod
      • ian
      • rosie
      • matt
  • cafe disruptif gatherings
    • Autumn 2021: Climate and Health Skills Lab event TWO
    • Autumn 2020: Eco-nomics Disrupted : The Cornwall Doughnut Collective
    • Autumn 2020: climate and health skills lab event
    • Summer 2019: Climate Catastrophe: Dr Rupert Read
    • Summer 2019: Negotiating the Surrender: Dougald Hine
    • Winter 2018: Polyglot: The Art of Change
    • Autumn 2018: Climate Disrupted : in Good Company
    • Autumn 2018: Eco-nomics Disrupted : The Doughnut Hack
    • Summer 2018: Economics disrupted: reclaiming the ground
    • Summer 2018: The Psychology of Change II : Now It's Personal
    • Winter 2017: Launch - The Wet Fish
  • who we are
    • resilient us
  • Blog