Contents
Part I: Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?
1. Closer Than We Appear
2. Yet We’re So Different
3. And Then There’s You
Part II: Building a More Culturally Intelligent World
4. What’s Your CQ?
5. How to Navigate Polarizing Conversations
6. How to Compete with Robots
Part III: CQ Solutions for Polarized Worlds
7. Place
8. Race
9. Pronouns
10. G/god/s
11. Politics
David Livermore is a social scientist and thought leader devoted to the topics of cultural intelligence and global leadership. He's the president and cofounder of the Cultural Intelligence Center in East Lansing, Michigan, and a research fellow at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Livermore spent twenty years in leadership positions with a variety of nonprofit organizations around the world and taught in numerous universities. He is a frequent speaker and adviser to leaders in Fortune 500s companies, nonprofits, and governments and has worked in more than one hundred countries.
“In times like these, it’s easy to throw up our hands and conclude
that we just can’t get along. But Livermore shows how we can do
better—to talk with each other rather than past each other and
close the gaps that separate us.”
—Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of When,
Drive, and To Sell Is Human
“As a White House correspondent, I couldn’t pay the mortgage
without being able to talk to—and hear—both Democrats and
Republicans, Iowan farmers and Manhattan fundraisers. Just when
that feels impossible in today’s America, David Livermore comes
along with twenty-five years of research and real-world experience
to make it feel doable again. Taking the reader along on his
far-flung travels, Livermore pushes beyond red-versus-blue,
Black-versus-white and offers practical strategies for connecting
and communicating as people first. An important work that is, at
once, macro and micro—and just might save us from ourselves.”
—Sandra Sobieraj Westfall, Politics Editor, People, and former
White House Correspondent, Associated Press
“As a member of the armed forces, I believe cultural intelligence
is the greatest ‘weapon’ we have for accomplishing our mission.
With service members and partner nations all over the world, CQ has
the power to unlock the full potential of any team or unit serving
on land, sea, or air.”
—Captain Jae Yu, US Army Officer and West Point graduate
“What can each of us do to address what feels like an intractable
problem in our organizations and communities—polarization? David
Livermore shares what he has learned from his own research and
journey about what it takes to develop cultural intelligence and
build healthy relationships with others different from
ourselves.”
—Linda A. Hill, PhD, Professor, Harvard Business School, and
coauthor of Collective Genius, Being the Boss, and other
bestselling titles
“In the spirit of Michael Lewis, David Livermore weaves an intimate
nonfiction thriller of encounters, travels, and colliding worlds of
extro- and introspection. Digital, Diverse & Divided is Livermore’s
best treatise yet on cultural intelligence.”
—Soon Ang, PhD, pioneering social scientist in cultural
intelligence, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
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