Recent Updates Conversational Leadership

Recent updates to this blook on Conversational Leadership are listed below.

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Recent Blook Posts

The last twenty posts that have been published are listed below:

• Retrospective Coherence in a Complex World How oversimplified narratives distort the past and hinder decision-making
• Congruence, Coherence, and Contingent Truth Building a framework for understanding
• The House of Wisdom Innovation Story: An Islamic beacon of innovation and collaboration
• Three Questions for Meaningful Conversations Clarify focus, approach, and community-building in discussions
• The Google 20% Free Time Policy Innovation Story: A catalyst for innovation
• Silicon Valley Versus Route 128 Innovation Story: How Silicon Valley's open culture outpaced Route 128's closed network
• Building 20 at MIT Innovation Story: A humble wartime lab that sparked a legacy of innovation and collaboration
• The Many Faces of Strategy ** How strategy varies from simple plans to shaping entire environments
• Strategy in a Complex World ** Strategy is much more than a plan
• The Role of Human Agency Within Actor-network Theory Actor-network theory
• Actor-network Theory (ANT) Actor-Network Theory
• We Are Not Enemies but Friends—mostly Finding understanding by conversing with those who think differently
• The Power of Talking with Enemies Özlem Cekic’s story of transforming hostility through conversation
• Changing Minds Through Conversation The role of conversation in Derek Black’s transformation
• The Innovation Café Network Sparking everyday innovation
• The Vector of Great Conversations A parallel between the vector theory of change and conversational leadership
• Conclusion: Two Worlds Living in two worlds
• Conclusion: Two Pillars of Truth Critical thinking - a civic duty
• The Socratic Elenchus A tool for intellectual discovery
• The Scientific Method for Everyday Life Thinking and decision-making beyond the lab

Recent Pages

The last five pages that have been published are listed below:

• Gurteen Knowledge Café Registration Form Gurteen Knowledge
• Gurteen Knowledge Letter Registration Form Gurteen Knowledge
• Videos: Innovation David Gurteen
• AI Resources AI resources and tools
• Creating a Lecture in Your Own Voice Using Text-to-speech Tools PDF2Audio and ElevenLabs

Recent Updates

The last ten posts/pages that have been updated are listed below:

• Introduction: Innovation The introduction of something new
• Retrospective Coherence in a Complex World How oversimplified narratives distort the past and hinder decision-making
• The Role of Human Agency Within Actor-network Theory Actor-network theory
• The House of Wisdom Innovation Story: An Islamic beacon of innovation and collaboration
• Chatbots as Critical Thinking Partners Stimulating critical thinking is one of the most powerful application of chatbots
• The Power of Curiosity ** Driving human progress
• Congruence, Coherence, and Contingent Truth Building a framework for understanding
• Actor-network Theory (ANT) Actor-Network Theory
• Videos: Innovation David Gurteen
• Conversational Leadership Future Events Future Talks, Knowledge Cafés and Workshops

Recent People

The last five people that have been added are listed below:

• Carl Sagan American astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator.
• Simon Sinek Author and inspirational speaker
• Arthur C. Brooks American social scientist
• Yuval Noah Harari Historian and a professor in the Department of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Peter Boghossian American philosopher

Recent Books

The last five books that have been added are listed below:

• Overcoming Hate Through Dialogue: Confronting Prejudice, Racism, and Bigotry with Conversation―and Coffee By Özlem Cekic (2020)
• Rising Out of Hatred: the Awakening of a Former White Nationalist By Eli Saslow (2018)
• God: A Human History of Religion by Reza Aslan (2018)
• The New Enlightenment and the Fight to Free Knowledge By Peter B. Kaufman (2021)
• New Radical Enlightenment: Philosophy for a Common World By Marina Garcés (2024)

Recent Papers

The last five papers that have been added are listed below:

• Ten Years in Knowledge Management David Gurteen
• Teaching Innovation, Conversations, Community of Practice: Using Knowledge Cafe’s to Share Teaching Best Practice … D.J. Cranfield, D. Gurteen (2020)
• Knowledge Café’s, Informal Conversations, Sharing Teaching Best Practice Desireé Cranfield, David Gurteen (2020)
• Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Cafés – a Case Study in Higher Education Desireé J Cranfield, Isabella M Venter, Sue Evans, Ellen Spender
• Knowledge Café: New Approach in Teaching and Learning at Higher Learning Institutions Noryana Ahmad Khusaini, Mohd Shamsul Daud, Seri Intan Idayu Shahrul Asari, Nordibradini Selamat

Recent Videos

The last five videos that have been added are listed below:

• Great Leadership Is a Network, Not a Hierarchy Gitte Frederiksen (2022)
• Chatbots as Critical Thinking Partners – Talk for Bibliotheca Alexandrina David Gurteen (2024)
• What Are the the Best Circumstances for Thriving Innovation? David Gurteen (2010)
• Who Should Drive Innovation? David Gurteen (2010)
• When Innovation Should Take Place? David Gurteen (2010)

Recent Quotations

The last five quotations that have been added are listed below:

• Greed Has Poisoned Men’s Souls Charlie Chaplin
• Democracy Relies on Conversation: Can It Survive the AI Era? Yuval Harari (2023)
• Natural Verses Artificial Intelligence David Gurteen
• The Entangled Age Danny Hillis (2016)
• Curiosity as the Ultimate Antidepressant Joe Moran

Recent Blog Posts

The last five blog posts that have been added are listed below:

• Finding Value in the Unexpected The hidden power of serendipity in our lives
• Chatbots as Critical Thinking Partners Video Bibliotheca Alexandrina
• Lessons From Google’s 20% Policy Fostering creativity through employee autonomy
• Chatgpt Helps Articulate My Mission Discovering the words to express my purpose
• Knowledge Summit 2025 in Dublin Trinity College Dublin 23 - 24 June

Recent Comments

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