People implicitly acknowledge that they don’t have all the answers (or else the conversation is really a lecture) and risk being wrong in front of someone else.
And conversations overcome the class structure of business, suspending the organization chart at least for a little while.
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People: David Weinberger (1)
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Quotations: David Weinberger (6)
Books: David Weinberger (1)
Quotations: David Weinberger (6)
- Business Is a Conversation David Weinberger
- Conversations Occur Between Equals David Weinberger
- For All Our Knowledge, We Have No Idea What We’re Talking About David Weinberger
- Implicit Knowledge Isn’t There the Way Ore Is Buried David Weinberger
- We Get to Knowledge by Having Desires and Curiosity David Weinberger
- What Is a Knowledge Worker? David Weinberger David Weinberger (2000)
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Conversational Leadership Workshop
In-person, 7–11 September 2026
Warbrook House, Hampshire, UK
In-person, 7–11 September 2026
Warbrook House, Hampshire, UK
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