The World Needs Dialogue! Six: Your Organization Needs Dialogue!

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Dialogue Publications Ltd

A New Kind of Dialogue is a landmark in understanding the pervasive challenges of modern society.\nIt is a serious but easy read, written as a first-hand narrative that encourages dialogic thinking.\nThis is the story of how a new kind of Dialogue was conceived by the author and theoretical physicist David Bohm, and their eight years of participatory research until Bohm's death in 1992. Their seminal paper, "Dialogue - A Proposal", laid the foundation for the author's 30 years of work introducing Dialogue into prison systems and consulting to multinational organisations.\nAcross the span of this remarkable journey, the author's discoveries cover such diverse territory as . . .\nOrganisations. The author explores with compassion and insight the dynamic realities of these complex structures. Organisations are everywhere, and they struc- ture every part of our lives. But we are not running them - they are running us. We may be unaware of the cause, but we all experience the consequences that include social fragmentation and the proliferation of seemingly unresolvable problems.\nFragmentation of thought. It seems humans have changed little since Stone Age times, but our world has changed substantially. It is shaped by the way we now talk and think, that has become detached, fragmented and confused. The proposal that there is a single root cause is radical yet hugely encouraging. It is clear where to place our attention.\nDialogue as a profession. The author shows how one central way forward is the development of Professional Dialogue, which has proven itself to be effective and generative.

A New Kind of Dialogue

Politics & Social Sciences

Garrett, Peter

Social Sciences

This inaugural volume records the Gathering of the Field of Professional Dialogue. It acknowledges and celebrates the work of 25 Professional Dialogue Practitioners, and the wide variety of good work they have delivered. Some have been actively developing their Professional Dialogue careers for decades, whilst others add the innovative energy of being relative newcomers. Their combined work has provided a unique service, addressing and resolving fragmented situations in hundreds of organisations and communities in different sectors and countries around the world.
The publication is the first collection of such accounts and thereby provides the first benchmark for the field. It records the stateof Professional Dialogue in 2018, setting a standard that others will emulate and no doubt surpass in the future. The authorshad their work considered at the firstinternational conference of the Academy of Professional Dialogue, The World Needs Dialogue! Their papers were written and circulated to participants before the Academy's inaugural gathering. Extracts from the considerations with participants at the conference are included, along with their subsequently written postscripts.

The World Needs Dialogue!: One: Gathering the Field

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