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Disagreeing Well Skills Video Series
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Introduction to the Series
Welcome to UCL’s Disagreeing Well Skills Series, with Mia Forbes Pirie, international conflict mediator, coach and UCL alumna. Mia’s introduction gives you an overview of the series and its aim to share the key skills to help you be able to disagree better as well as protect yourself emotionally and grow stronger and more able to have difficult conversations.
Ep 1 - Being empowered in conversation
This first episode explores being empowered in conversations. Mia walks through how to navigate challenging conversations with her top five tips. If you get to grips with these five concepts you will feel much more empowered in difficult conversations.
NEW! Ep 2 – Dealing with triggers
Copy: This episode explores how to deal with triggers. Mia shares tools to help individuals stay empowered in challenging conversations, even when they may feel triggered or uncomfortable.
NEW! Ep 3 – Preparing to listen
Copy: This episode discusses how we can prepare to listen. Although listening is a skill we sometimes take for granted, Mia explains that it’s not always easy, and how aligning our body and emotions enables us to be present.
NEW! Ep 4 – Preparing to speak
Copy: In this episode, Mia explores how we can equip ourselves to prepare to speak and make a conversation a positive learning experience for both parties.
About Mia Forbes Pirie
Mia Forbes Pirie (LLB Law with French Law 1998) is one of the UK's leading international mediators and winner of the UK Independent Mediator of the Year 2022 Corporate International Award.
Her work ranges from dealing with personal matters like divorce and neighbour complaints to mediating on a global scale for G7 countries, the Government of Mongolia, the EU, the Church of England and Members of Parliament. She has advised the US Department of Energy on using facilitated negotiation to develop legislation, enabling them to reach peaceful solutions and positive transformation.
The subject matters she has dealt with include space, chemicals, oil and gas, sustainability, refugees, same-sex marriage, race, competition law and property law.
Described as “a quiet storm”, Mia is trilingual, holds both a Masters of Law and Science, has spoken at Chatham House on Conflict Resolution and hosted the European Union Commission's Business Awards for the Environment.
Additional resources
Whether you prefer books, lectures, TED Talks, or podcasts, these additional resources aim to guide you in fostering constructive conversations and finding common ground in the face of disagreement.