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June 01, 2009

Listen to the course of the world and to your own nature; and you'll know what to do. Most people think that dialogue is a form of talking. It's more about articulating what's been heard and at what level. What are you actually listening to? --Bill Isaacs

The Art of Dialogue:
What's the secret of good conversations? Bill Isaacs, the author of "Dialogue and the Art of Thinking Together" and director of the Dialogue Project at MIT's Organizational Learning Center, says that people need to build specific skills and to appreciate the separate stages of a good conversation. This Fast Company article outlines a few key skills, followed by a description of those stages that a conversation moves through as it evolves from the cursory to the creative: polite talk, breakdown, inquiry, and flow. [more]

Be The Change:
Engage in dialogue with someone with whom you haven't had a "creative" conversation.


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