The Tête-à-Tête pre-launch: Building terms of reference

-Matt Burgess- Can you think of an example of a particularly productive, reasoned, consensus-seeking discussion of an important but controversial issue? If so, we’d like to hear about it. What made the issue controversial and what strategies were employed to reach consensus? In order for The Tête-à-Tete to succeed in its mission, we recognize that how we…

Founding Editorial: Our vision for The Tête-à-Tête

-Matt Burgess & Ian Burgess- As a society, we face some thorny challenges that demand reasoned, pragmatic, but potentially uncomfortable conversations in public forums. We fear that the capacity to have this type of public conversation is eroding. The Tête-à-Tête’s mission is to create a safe space for reasoned and constructive conversations about any and…