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LATEST ARTICLES ( 25 )

• Further Thoughts on Social Change Through Multi-Generational Dialogue

  The below is a section on my paper that I believe provides the foundation of why we need to change how we are talking in our organizations. Again if you would... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Introduction to New Paper: Social Change Through Multi-Generational Dialogue

  Social Change Through Multi-Generational Dialogue “The root of our global crisis, more frequently than not, is a crisis of leadership” (Pór, 2008a, p. 14). Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2011 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• A Time to Reflect on the Years Conversations

  With school, work, health, and family, this has been an incredibly busy year. I can honestly say that I do not remember a year quite like it. So many wonderful... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2010 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Dialogue Partner (Samtalspartner)

  It has been a long time since I posted and I can honestly say that my doctoral work is keeping me buried, both in time and mentally. Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2010 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• National Coalition of Dialogue and Deliberation Meeting in Portland

  180 practitioners of dialogue, deliberation, and public engagement gathered for the NCDD conference in Portland Oregon in November 13th. Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2010 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• A World Cafe for Fellow Fielding Doctoral Students and Faculty

  My friend and fellow doctoral traveler Bart Buechner hosted the November San Francisco Fielding Cluster meeting at the VA center in Yountville just north of Nap... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2010 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Using Dialogue Deliberation and Public Engagement for Social Justice

  As I get closer to defining my dissertation, I am beginning to focus in on how to use dialogic practices to increase social justice in the world. Read more

  Posted on 17 October 2010 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• A Wonderful Team of Dialogue Professionals

  I just invested three full days in Baltimore with 8 other dialog professionals who are joining with me in the journey to dialogue, deliberation, and public... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2010 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• November Systems Thinking Conference in Seattle

  Another wonderful systems thinking conference produced by Pegasus Communications. This is my third year attending the systems thinking conference and it is a... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2009 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• A Conversational "ahha"

  Every once in a while I realize that I am sliding out of line with my primary conversational practice. I suppose that I could blame my lapse on being a guy or... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2009 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Conversations Framing My Doctoral Research

  I recently started my doctoral program at Fielding Graduate University in Human and Organization Development. Preceding the start of the program and now after... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2009 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Telling Stories is the Key to Behavioral Interviewing

  Not only are stories the foundation of helping people with new insights that drive behaviors that create improvement in life and work, that are as well the... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2009 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• A Cup of Tea and Conversation...Ahhhh

  Over the years one of the great pleasures for me is conversation over a wonderful pot of Darjeeling Tea made in my Tetsubin tea pot. Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2009 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Conversations Are Healing

  My best friend in our company is seeking a new position. During his transition, he kept to himself embarrassed, angry, and humiliated. He finally came to Centra... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2009 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Pegasus Conference 2008

  This years conference created some very interesting insights for me. I reconnected with friends that I had not seen since last years conference, engaged in... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2008 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• A Post to a Question on LinkedIn: Do People Expect Too Much from the...

  Here is what I wrote in response to the question above:Mary, you have hit a hot button for me on this.Even though humans create performance, I often hear manger... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2008 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• A Sea Change, Wonderful Work Discovered Through Networking

  Years ago, 43 to be exact, Barbara Ettinger and I were in school together in 5th, 6th, and 7th grades at Ford Country Day School in Los Altos Hills California. ... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2008 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Conversations and Collaboration Are the Way Forward...

  if you are interested in creating a sustainable world. This is one of the core messages that I got out of reading Peter Senge's new book, The Necessary... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2008 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• If You Ever Doubted the Power of Conversation, Read...

  Three Cups of Tea. What a life changing book. Not only is this book about a powerful strategy for healing the world, it is about what we should be doing, being... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2008 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• "You Can Not Give Away What You Don't Own...

  ...anymore than you can come from where you haven't been." This quote by Larry Wilson founder of Wilson Learning and Pecos River Learning is one of the... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2008 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY