Level of Needs
How Our Relationship to Needs Evolves How is it that we can share the same universal human needs, yet experience, express, and prioritise them in such different ways? And could exploring human development help us understand how our relationship to needs evolves...
The Needs of Every Person are Equally Important
Reading the assumption “the needs of every person are equally important and can at least be taken into consideration” touches different parts of me. Sometimes I read it from the perspective of someone with less influence – for example, as an employee, a patient...
All Human Beings Share the Same Universal Needs
Same Needs, Different Worlds: The Double Edge Sword of Consciousness I have, for more than 15 years – ever since I first encountered Nonviolent Communication (NVC) – held the assumption that all human beings share the same universal needs. And even before...
Needs Awareness
Why do people so often misunderstand each other, even when both sides are intelligent, well-intentioned, and well-meaning? Why do the same situations trigger completely different emotional reactions in different people? In this short series, I’m exploring the...
Navigating conflicts in organizations
“One way of describing conflict is that it points to a situation in which the level of trust is low enough that feedback cannot be shared as a way to attend to the situation before it becomes a full-blown conflict.” Miki Kashtan Once, I heard a certified NVC trainer...
All people have good intentions
Sometimes you are not included in these intentions. “What are your hidden motives?” My colleague looked sceptically at me after I offered to take on an unpopular job task. My first reaction was irritation and disappointment. I wanted to contribute and was met with...
Silent Empathy – Highlighting an Underestimated Practice
During my years of studying Nonviolent Communication (NVC), I have learnt to use the four components (observations, feelings, needs and requests) to create connection. A quality of connection in which my joy of contributing to others has risen. Through empathy and...
The Difference Between Needs and Strategies
In the blog post series “AI explains NVC”, Joachim Berggren (JB) asks questions about NVC to Alex Incognito (AI), a fictional character representing Artificial Intelligence in the form of the tool ChatGPT. *** JB: In my conversations with you, Alex, we...