Belonging: The Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divides

How did we become so alienated? Why is our sense of belonging so undermined?  What if there were a useful set of takeaways for managers and educators of all stripes to create connections even during challenging times?

"A well-written treatise on being a better person."  -  Kirkus Reviews

We live in enormously polarized times. From politics to race, religion, gender, and class, division runs rampant. In 2020, 40 per cent of each political party said that supporters of the opposing party were "downright evil." In 2019, hate crimes reached a ten-year high in the United States. One in five Americans suffers from chronic loneliness, with teenagers and young adults at increased risk. Social ties at work, at school, and in our communities have frayed. In Belonging, Stanford University professor Geoffrey L. Cohen applies his and others' groundbreaking research to the myriad problems of communal existence and offers concrete solutions for improving daily life at work, in school, in our homes, and in our communities. 

"Cohen alternates between telling the deep history of successful social psychological interventions and focusing on modern interventions that are being used to astounding effect...If we want more people to have the chance to maximize their abilities and their contributions to society, reading Belonging is the right place to start."  -  Matthew Lieberman, Science Magazine