Listening to Each Other: Politics Today with Diane Hessan

This week we speak with Diane Hessan, a long-time, devoted member of the temple. Diane has done so many things for the congregation. She’s been on the board, starred in famous temple musicals, helped in the preschool (both of her daughters are graduates of our program and went on to become b’not mitzvah here), and even served on the last rabbinic search committee.

She has a few other things going on. Diane’s accomplishments are spectacular. She was the founder and CEO of C Space for 14 years, working with hundreds of global brands to gain insight and inspiration from their consumers. Since then she’s led other companies, written books, been invited to serve as a trustee on several boards including Tufts University and Beth Israel Deaconess, and recognized for her business acumen and her leadership by several prestigious organizations. And… there’s more.

The focus of our conversation will be another one of Diane’s passions: listening to how and why people vote the way they do. For almost five years, week after week, Diane has personally interviewed a panel of voters from all states, ages and ends of the political spectrum. She looks for trends, shifts, and common ground, and then writes about her findings in the Boston Globe. With the election just days away, her insight could not be more timely. To read more about Diane click here. To read her Op-Eds in the Boston Globe click here.