How students at Colorado State helped teach their community to stop talking past each other and manage complex problems

Moving past debates and two-minute comment periods can help communities work together. ALotOfPerople/iStock via Getty Images On a Thursday evening in Fort Collins, Colorado, community members gathered around tables to discuss whether the city should allow marijuana dispensaries within city limits. Rather than take turns for two minutes at a microphone, the participants considered various viewpoints, engaged with quality information and focused on exploring solutions that worked to mitigate the…