This is an excellent post by Daniel Schmachtenberger on the quality of dialogue. What I like about it is that, like Martin Buber and David Whyte, he does not treat dialogue as a technique, but as a way of being with another person.
He says that dialogue starts with intent, respect, listening, connection, humility, and care. He then moves into practical guidance on speaking, common traps, discernment, and the virtues that make good conversation possible.
Schmachtenberger’s key point is simple but profound: that connection matters more than content because content flows through connection. That makes this post highly relevant to anyone interested in dialogue, sense-making, conflict, and, of course, Conversational Leadership.
Resource: A few guidelines that tend to support the quality of dialogue
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