Everything you need to bring your people into dialogue
We're into
Stimulating Conversation
and want to
get people talking
Let's Talk
Do your people need to make progress on a specific issue? Is it hard to talk about? Are you ready to experiment with dialogue?
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We work with teams, leaders, communities, organizations – and even families – to bring about dialogue.
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With better conversations, we get fresher ideas, more satisfaction, and faster progress.
Our facilitators have brought thousands of groups into conversation. Sometimes it is about business, other times society or tensions – throughout, the goal is to empower people to shape their own group norms, to reach their aspirations.
We offer dialogue-based events and self-guided activities for the many groups who currently have a lot to talk about.
Dialogue Experiments
We brought thousands of people together to experiment with dialogue. After each exercise, we asked participants what helped or hindered their discussion. After thousands of conversations, we saw patterns emerging. This collection of insights shows how you can apply them. We think conversations need to stay personal — we do not prescribe any generic formulas.
We,ve been working on a big book, since... forever. Until it is ready, all you need to know is in The Tiny Book of Dialogue - It's free, but you have to assemble it yourself.
How To Get People Talking
The world needs better discussions. Now is the perfect time to explore how to bring the people around you into dialogue.
We invite you to do your own #DialogueExperiment, and learn from the experience.
All you need is a question, some people, willingness, and our questions to debrief with.
How It Works
After each experiment, we ask participants: What helped us talk? What got in the way of dialogue? What have we learned about stimulating conversation?
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Debriefing in a systematic way, on a wide variety of topics, has shown universal patterns. You can read about the patterns and reapply them – but most people like to do the experiments themselves. Knowing the theory is simply not as meaningful or sticky as figuring it out together.
Debrief
Questions
1. Working Well
What has helped us be in conversation? And why is that important?
2. Area to Explore
What hindered, diminished, or blocked our conversation? And why is that important?
3. Personal Learning
What have we learned about stimulating conversation? And why is that important?
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4. Take Aways
We don't always use this question, but it clarifies next steps & implications.
