DIALOGUE: Rediscover the Transforming Power of Conversation.

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Table of Contents

Foreword: A Dialogue with Meg Wheatley, Peter Senge, Joe Jaworski, Dawna Markova, Juanita Brown, Sarita Chawla, Danny Martin, Ron Patrick.

Author's Opening Letters

Part I - The Journey of Dialogue: Why is dialogue worth paying attention to? Its roots and evolution into the practice we are writing about.

Part II - The "Living Technology" of Dialogue: An in-depth look at what we call the "living technology" or art and craft of dialogue. The skills and guides that support dialogue and what occurs as groups engage in the ongoing practice of dialogue

Part III - Bringing Dialogue to Work: A look at the predominant conversational patterns in our work environment. Strategies for bringing the principles and skills of dialogue into day-to-day work to help foster collaboration, partnership and shared leadership.

Part IV - The Transformational Power of Dialogue: Descriptions of shifts that occur in the thinking of those who commit to an ongoing practice of dialogue.

Part V - A Dialogue on Partnership: An edited transcript of a dialogue with margin notes that help identify different skills (inquiry, self-reflection, assumption identification, etc.), followed by participant reflections and a short "epilogue" about how three people have used what they learned in the months since.

Concluding Letters from the Authors

Appendices: Selected activities and exercises.

Bibliography and Suggested Reading.

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