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Gerard Leigh Business Consultant, United Kingdom
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Techniques for Real Dialogue in Organisations
How does one get people to see the difference between advocacy and dialogue? Many conversations that take place in organisations are designed to have (or at least result in having) a winner i.e. "My argument or idea is better than yours…", or "I am more senior, therefore we'll do it my way".
I am interested in techniques that people have used to help people see the benefits of real dialogue.
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Jaap de Jonge Editor, Netherlands
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Tools to Appreciate Dialogue
Hi Gerard, when I read your question in my mind immediately the 6 Thinking Hats method came up so that is why this discussion was moved to this knowledge center.
A particular strong point of 6TH for your purpose is that in a typical workshop all participants are invited to switch perspective (orientation, point of view) collectively and simultaneously.
As a result, various perspectives can be explored in-depth, while advocacy too early on in the process is avoided.
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Paramathmuni srinivas Kumar India
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True Dialogue for Change to Happen
We all have backgrounds and we speak based on our earlier experiences. Maybe the tendency to lean towards our past is st...
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Roland Alech Consultant, France
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Keep Focused on the Purpose of the Dialogue?
My way is to keep everybody focused on "what do we try to achieve?", i.e. the desired result.
Dialogue becomes an explo...
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Johan Roels Consultant, Belgium
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Tools for Crucial Dialogues
Hi Gerard, I've written a book (in Dutch language) that encompasses all the techniques I have used in order to have succ...
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Bernhard Keim Business Consultant, Germany
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Conflict Between One's Role and Objective of Discourse
Modern philosophy might help on the topic. The German philosopher Jürgen Habermas emphasizes that true dialog can only h...
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Johan Roels Consultant, Belgium
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Conflict Between Roles and Goals
@Bernhard Keim: That's exactly one of the characteristics: in true dialogue there should be no hierarchal levels. So thi...
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Katie Pawley MBA Consultant, United States
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Many Interesting Perspectives on Real Dialogue in Organisations
This is an interesting and necessary discussion, very relevant. I have read and am considering this valuable information...
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melchiorre calabrese Manager, Italy
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Techniques for Dialogue in Organizations
I think that you have all done good reflections about the topic proposed by Gerard Leigh. We can summarize everything in...
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Justine Bradney Consultant, Papua New Guinea
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Value Perspective
Hi Gerard,
If you are after dialogue, then valuing the perspective of others is a way to go.
This moves away from the ...
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