When systems we believed in cause harm, something inside us gets injured. That injury often shows up as fatigue, cynicism, and disengagement. But underneath it is often moral sorrow: the pain of caring in environments that don’t always seem to value care.

We talk about attention as something to optimize, hack, or reclaim—but what if that’s the wrong idea?

Learn three practical moves to navigate hard conversations in the moment: signal receptiveness, balance inquiry and advocacy, and ask what matters most. Through David and Maya's story, you'll see how to stay grounded when emotions run high, reset when you slip, and transform adversarial exchanges into collaborative problem-solving. Small shifts, big impact.

As leaders, we don't often think much about poetry, until it becomes a necessity.