Comment: Williams captures how conversation is both a testing ground and a release, carrying ideas into unexpected new places.Conversation is the vehicle for change.
We test our ideas. We hear our own voice in a concert with another.
And inside those pauses of listening, we approach new territories of thought.
A good argument, call it a discussion, frees us. Words fly out of our mouths like threatened birds.
Once released, they may never return. If they do, they have chosen home and the bird-worms are calmed into an ars poetica.
Credit: Terry Tempest Williams
Source: When Women Were Birds: Fifty-four Variations on Voice
Image Credits: Pixabay
(Pixabay)In-person, 7–11 September 2026, Warbrook House, Hampshire, UK
We are living and working in conditions of uncertainty, complexity, and rapid change. Many leadership approaches still rely on control, expertise, and tools that no longer fit the realities people face.
This week-long immersive workshop brings people together to practise Conversational Leadership as a shared, lived experience. It is not a training course but a space to slow down, think together, and explore how leadership emerges through dialogue, responsibility, and real engagement.