Title:
Dialogue and the art of thinking together : a pioneering approach to communicating in business and in life / William Isaacs.
Author:
Isaacs, William.
General Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [404]-417) and index (p. 421-428).
Introduction: The Fire of Conversation -- pt. I. What is Dialogue? 1. A Conversation with a Center, Not Sides. 2. Why We Think Alone and What We Can Do About It. 3. The Timeless Way of Conversation -- pt. II. Building Capacity for New Behavior. 4. Listening. 5. Respecting. 6. Suspending. 7. Voicing -- pt. III. Predictive Intuition. 8. Patterns of Action. 9. Overcoming Structural Traps -- pt. IV. Architecture of the Invisible. 10. Setting the Container. 11. Fields of Conversation. 12. Convening Dialogue. 13. The Ecology of Thought -- pt. V. Widening the Circle. 14. Dialogue and the New Economy. 15. Cultivating Organizational and System Dialogue. 16. Dialogue and Democracy. 17. Taking Wholeness Seriously.
"William Isaacs - founder of the Dialogue Project at MIT - shows how problems between managers and employees, and between companies or divisions within a larger corporation, stem from an inability to conduct a successful dialogue. He demonstrates that dialogue is more than just the exchange of words, but rather the embrace of different points of view - literally the art of thinking together. Through his work with Ford, Shell, Motorola, Hewlett-Packard, and other companies, Dr. Isaacs has expanded the ways that better-designed conversation can be (and has been) applied to bridge the communication gap in organizations and communities."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher:
Currency,
Publication Place:
New York :
ISBN:
0385479999
Subject:
Communication in management.
Communication.
Communication en gestion.
Communication.
Edition:
1st ed.
Contents:
Introduction: The Fire of Conversation -- pt. I. What is Dialogue? 1. A Conversation with a Center, Not Sides. 2. Why We Think Alone and What We Can Do About It. 3. The Timeless Way of Conversation -- pt. II. Building Capacity for New Behavior. 4. Listening. 5. Respecting. 6. Suspending. 7. Voicing -- pt. III. Predictive Intuition. 8. Patterns of Action. 9. Overcoming Structural Traps -- pt. IV. Architecture of the Invisible. 10. Setting the Container. 11. Fields of Conversation. 12. Convening Dialogue. 13. The Ecology of Thought -- pt. V. Widening the Circle. 14. Dialogue and the New Economy. 15. Cultivating Organizational and System Dialogue. 16. Dialogue and Democracy. 17. Taking Wholeness Seriously.
Physical Description:
xx, 428 p. : ill. ;
Electronic Location:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0601/99028182-s.html
Publication Date:
c1999.
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