an online book by David Gurteen
Conversational leadership takes root when leaders see their organizations as dynamic webs of conversation and consider conversation as a core process for effecting positive systemic change.
Taking a strategic approach to this core process can not only grow intellectual and social capital, but also provide a collaborative advantage in our increasingly networked world.
It is through conversation that anything of importance gets done, and it is through conversation that we transform the world. Since the dawn of time, conversation has been the principal tool for human communication and collaboration. Its power should not be surprising; this has always been the case, but we take conversation for granted and … Continue reading Introduction: Conversational Leadership A way of working
This article is a short introduction to the concept of Conversational Leadership and its rationale. The Rationale behind Conversational Leadership We live in an increasingly hyper-connected, dynamic, rapidly changing world that has resulted in massive complexity over the last 75 years. We can conceive of two worlds – the old world before the Second World … Continue reading What Is Conversational Leadership? By David Gurteen
The Conversational Leadership Framework strives to do the impossible. It attempts to place a clean, compartmentalized, conceptual framework around a complex multi-disciplinary field. Introduction Conversational leadership is a multidisciplinary approach to living and working in our increasingly complex world. It is an emerging field and as such, is difficult, if not inherently impossible to categorize … Continue reading Conversational Leadership Framework ** A framework to help understand the concept
Conversational Leadership is a relatively young, rapidly evolving discipline. Although much has been written about the power of conversation over the years, I am interested here in published material that refers specifically to the term Conversational Leadership or closely related concepts. I can’t find any reference on the web to Conversational Leadership before 1985 though … Continue reading The History of Conversational Leadership 1985 to today
